desertrat
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Post by desertrat on Mar 5, 2012 13:45:25 GMT -5
I interplanted my salad garden area with several lettuces, radishes and bunching onions. I have aphids on radishes planted in other areas of the garden but none on those planted with the onions. None on the lettuces either which I've had problems with in the past. Could the onions help with repelling pests? I think I'll plant some remaining onion transplants in with other vegs and see what happens.
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Post by daylilydude on Mar 5, 2012 17:09:03 GMT -5
The first or 2nd year, can't remember which, but I planted a garlic border around my raaised beds and didn't have not one animal get in the garden not even the cats, watched rabbits going right beside the raised beds and not one went in after the cabbage that was planted next to the garlic!
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Post by coppice on Mar 5, 2012 21:18:59 GMT -5
IMO there is nothing in the sequence of vegetables (more on this later) that would forbid alliums repelling aphids.
Heck if getting a hose to that part of the garden is problematic, why not companion plant allium with other vegetables?
Um, er 'the sequence of vegetables'. Some things just grow better in my garden when other things get (or do not get) done.
Like? Like a year before manuring the place where carrots are gonna grow, I find when the ground where carrots get planted doesn't have a year between manure and carrot planting the roots are all hairy and funny looking. Or, very loose friable soil makes corn lodge (fall over). They need their poop the fall before plant out.
I am pretty agressive about manuring a garden, but am not so sure fresh poo and leaf lettuce should be too close on the calender.
Does any of this make sence?
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olgraybear
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Post by olgraybear on Mar 6, 2012 13:55:22 GMT -5
I have found that alliums do repel most insect situations, but then I also noticed and believe that there is a relationship in plants with other plants, some help other, some hinder, planting alliums with other garden plants does work, but there is more plants that repel aphids, Anise, chives, coriander (cilantro), garlic, onions, petunias and radish. Nasturtiums act as a trap crop. Aphids definitely prefer yellow flowers.
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