Campanion Planting with Onions

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Onions before cooking preparation.
[ (Common Name: Alliums) ( Scientific name : Allium)]          
  •   Good Neighbours /  companions   
    • Helps:   
      • Fruit Trees, 
        • Apples - said to prevent apple scab after three years planted at base of Apple tree. 
      • Nightshades [ tomatoes, capsicum, Peppers and potatoes] 
      • Brassicas [Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, broccoli, Kohlrabi, ] 
      • Carrots
      • Lettuce 
      • Onions
    • Helped by:    Carrots, 
    • Attracts
    • Repels/ Distracts
      • Aphids, Cabbage Worms, Carrot fly,  Slugs,
    • Bad / Not nice companions / Avoid
      • Beans, lentils, Peas, Parsley

General Information

Scientific name: Allium cepa

References
Does Companion Planting Work?  Just Ask my Beans.
Growing into Gardening : with your children . M  McGroarty and N Weatherley . 1993

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