Timeline for Should I rotate border vegetables, or plant a perimeter of onions/scallions each year?
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| Feb 3, 2015 at 22:59 | comment | added | stormy | I only had a comment, not an answer. Need to pay attention a bit closer! Sorry! | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 22:44 | comment | added | J. Musser | @stormy Do you mind? If you have an answer, can you post it as one rather than as a block of text under my answer (which ends up in my inbox)? Thanks! | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 22:34 | comment | added | stormy | Forget about using plants to scare away insects! Definitely ROTATE. Be vigilant so if you DO encounter a problem with insects/disease you'll catch it in time to 'control' the problem. Rotating helps to prevent problems. But more importantly we have to relax about total control of problems or eradication. Control or balance is much healthier not only for our plants but helps keeps us sane and better gardeners. There are so many ways to prevent, balance problems in the garden. I've never found a plant that I would use as a repellent. Much better ways exist for control sans pesticides. | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 15:53 | comment | added | J. Musser | @DirtyMikeAndTheBoys actually... you do have the rep to upvote. Christoph, valid point about companion planting. Can be quite useful. | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 11:07 | vote | accept | Zac | ||
| Feb 3, 2015 at 11:07 | comment | added | Zac | Makes perfect sense, thanks to both J.Musser and @ChristophMühlmann (I'd upvote both of you if I had the rep to do so)! | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 8:41 | comment | added | Christoph Mühlmann | As J.Musser writes, it doesn't make sense to plant onions around your perimeters, rotation is much more important. But it may be an option to plant some cultures together. An example may be the combination of onions and carrots in a bed: the carrots ward the onion fly and the onions ward the carrot fly | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 3:04 | history | edited | J. Musser | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 2, 2015 at 21:49 | history | answered | J. Musser | CC BY-SA 3.0 |