Planting carrots and onions next to or together will prove to be a useful habit for those gardeners who are interested in a large harvest of these crops.
These two plants have unique properties that can help them grow and thrive while staying healthy.
Benefits of onions for carrots
Onion crop is an excellent repellent for insects and diseases.
Onions contain sulfuric acid, which can repel pests including leaf rollers, ants and beetles.
Additionally, onions can help protect carrots from root rot caused by fungi.
Onions will protect carrots from the invasion of mole crickets, aphids and carrot flies.
Benefits of carrots for onions
Carrots, if planted together with onions in the same bed, will help the onion feathers not to fall off.
The plant will protect the crops from onion flies and will also grow well after harvesting the onion bulbs.
What is the convenience of planting onions and carrots together?
These can have different ripening times, which allows you to harvest throughout the season.
What is the danger of joint plantings?
Onions, together with carrots, can be affected by downy mildew. With this disease, onion feathers begin to turn gray and can die.
