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onions to combat aphids
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Posted by popsicle_toe z6KY (My Page) on Mon, Jul 2, 07 at 14:33
| Hello everyone,
I'm currently battling red aphids on my 3 tomato plants that are just starting to flower. I'm tired of spraying leaf by leaf inside and out every week with homemade spray and I don't want to use chemical stuff if I can help it. I read on another forum that Allium can be a good companion planting to combat aphids and I'm more than willing to try. I happen to have a few shallots, vidalia onions, and scallions in my kitchen. Can I just plant these in my garden? Has anyone ever tried this method? Any advise will be appreciated.
Thanks so much. |
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RE: onions to combat aphids
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I planted a few onions under my 30 rose bushes, one per bush. I have not had aphids on the roses in all of these years now. I leave the onions in the ground, and they multiply like crazy, so pull up some every yr. What I read was they emit a odor or taste to the rose plants and the aphids can't stand the taste of the onion. Myself, I do not know if the tomatoe will absorb the taste of the onion, but then, you may start another flavored food. Also there is a hot pepper spray on the market in garden dept. for bugs, and it is just red hot peppers. You also could make that in a blender, hot peppers and water. I have seen the recipe posted somewhere.
Darlene |
RE: onions to combat aphids
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| My grandfather swore by banana peels. He'd toss them on the soil under his tomatoes and roses as a cure for aphids. He said aphids didn't like a certain gas that's released when the peels rot. I've tried it and it does seem to work. But then you can't harvest rotted banana peels later. ;^) good gardening to you |
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