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Planting legumes and alliums near each other is supposed to be bad. Why is this? How close is close? I only have a small plot so it's difficult to keep leeks, onions and beans apart.
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No idea. I've always planted beans and alliums together and they seem fine.
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I've not heard of this either. I can't see what could go wrong other than them sticking their tongues out at each other because they don't like the cut of their jib!Comment
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It's mentioned on all the companion planting websites linked to from this forum! But if zazen has no problems then that's good enough for me!
I wondered if the nitrogen from the beans was too much for the onions.Comment
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I've heard they don't like each other as well but no idea why! It's usually seems to be said in the same sort of terms that tomatoes like basil - i.e. they 'like' each other, but don't have a specific identifiable effect in terms of pests etc.
This website - Companion planting guide - The Gardeners Calendar - suggests it is about the nitrogen, but I was under the impression that the point of legumes is that they fix nitrogen for themselves, they don't share it with others.
Random aside, but if the strength of legumes in a rotation plan is that they don't need fertilising (and not that they fix nitrogen), perhaps instead of going before the brassicas in rotation they should go before the carrots? That way you can feed the onions and brassicas and let the beans live a frugal life in preparation for the no-feed carrots.Proud member of the Nutters Club.
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Methinks you're all worrying too much about what goes together. On my plot things tend to get bunged in wherever there's space.Comment
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i planted broad beans last November and my spring planted onions on the other half of the same raised bed, both look fine (the broadies are massive)Comment
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I have my peas right next to my onion patch. The onions six inches away from the peas look aweful. The onions a foot away or more look great. Hope this helps.Comment
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Like RL, I plant where I can. Be brave and go for it.Granny on the Game in SheffieldComment
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I can never remember what goes with what when I'm out in the garden. So unless I get a live in companion planting garden expert I'll always be a 'just chuck it in anywhere' kind of woman.
Ali
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One bit of old folklore wisdom says to plant tomatoes when the soil is warm enough to sit on with bare buttocks. In surburban areas, use the back of your wrist. Jackie French
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Thought I'd look at this thread as was considering my beans and onions. Onions are huge, in full growth still and beautifully healthy - none have bolted. Broad beans, planted next door and windblown in amongst the onions, masses of healthy pods, can't keep up with them.
So far this year these crops have been my best performers - shall certainly not take much notice of planting rules in future - its interesting that no-one seems quite sure why they don't "like" each other.Where there's muck, there's brassicasComment
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