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QCrops & sowingAfter which crop should I sow wheat, barley or maize?
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In short: Early legumes are best before wheat; avoid cereal after cereal and late maize before wheat.
| Crop | Suitable previous crops | Unsuitable |
|---|---|---|
| Common wheat | Early legumes (beans, peas, lentils, chickpeas); early maize hybrids, sunflower, rapeseed | Late maize hybrids, heavily weed-infested fields |
| Durum wheat | Mid-early maize and sunflower, peas, late soya, ploughed-in lucerne | Barley, triticale, rye, oats |
| Barley | Legumes (vetch, peas, soya), coriander, potatoes; row crops harvested by the second ten days of September | — |
| Rye | Legumes, rapeseed, coriander, potatoes, row crops | Barley, triticale, rye, oats |
| Maize | Beans, peas, vetch, lentils, soya, lucerne; winter cereals | Sorghum, Sudan grass |
Material: Brochure 1, section 10.