Advice Please

[WestHamRon]

I'm going to over-winter broad beans again this year and wondered if I could plant my autumn onion sets in between. I'm not sure if they like the same type of soil and watering. Can anyone advise ?
Thanks in advance.

[Beryl]

I wouldn't do it. Onions needs space and light to thrive. Come the spring when the beans start to grow they will crowd them out.
Beryl.

[WestHamRon]

Thanks for your reply,Beryl. Anyone else ?

[FelixLeiter]

Beryl's quite correct.

[Primrose]

I can't comment on planting onions near broad beans but this spring I planted my onion sets fairly close to my courgette patch. The courgettes spread further than I had envisaged and those onions which were shaded by their leaves hardly grew in size at all. It's a mistake I won't make again so I also wouldn't recommend planting them anywhere close to anything which will shade them out.

[WestHamRon]

Many thanks for all your replies. I shall have a re-think.

[glallotments]

I would imagine that growing onions in between fairly vigorous plants would provide conditions where air didn't circulate very well and the damp conditions especially overwinter would encourage rot.

[sparhawkiw]

If you go by the companion planting school of thought they say not to plant any of the onion family with any of the bean family...