[Homestead] Companion planting--or not

Lynda lurine at com-pair.net
Sat Apr 11 13:45:57 EDT 2009


The onions and garlic won't kill the peas, they stunt their growth.  Same 
with potatoes, except for early potatoes.

Peas like:  Celery, chicory, eggplant, parsley, early potato, strawberry, 
sweet potato, turnip, bean, carrot, corn, cucumber, lettuce, radish, 
spinach.

Chives will repel aphids and mint improves health and flavor.

Just a btw, onions, shallots and garlic will also stunt the growth of beans.

Lynda
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."  Aldous Huxley
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lisa Kae Van Meter Perry" <lisakvperry at gmail.com>

> Hello all,
>
> Apparently my level of not being the best gardener on the planet knows no
> bounds. In hopes of thwarting deer, several days ago I planted a long row 
> of
> snow peas next to a fence, with a row of onions & garlic in front of them.
> Seemed like a good idea to me, in theory at least. Then read just now that
> peas and onions are incompatible. Great. So... pull out the onion or leave
> it? The garlic was planted there last fall--I put in onion here and there
> where garlic did not grow. 



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