Published 31.10.2025
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Guide to legumes in crop rotation
Learn about the recommended number of years off between different legume crops, common diseases and advice on prevention and control.
By Tue Schmidt Ingvorsen
Disclaimer: This article has been machine translated from Danish to English, so please note that there may be errors in the translation.
The purpose of this guide is for farmers and consultants to easily find out how densely different types of legumes can be recommended in crop rotation, both as a main crop and as a catch crop.
Guide to legumes in crop rotation (pdf file 31 p in Danish)
The guide is structured so you can easily navigate back and forth and find the description for each combination of legumes and plants.
On page 2, you will find a table with an overview of a number of different species of legumes and plants. In the table, you can click on the combination of two different types, which opens a new page with a table containing information and instructions for growing the plants in question.
On each page there is a Back button that takes you back to the start form.
Species of legume seeds and plants are included in the combination chart:
Horse bean
White clover
Lucerne
Lupine
Field pea
Red clover
Vetch
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