Experienced gardeners try to plant carrots next to onions.
The popularity of this type of “neighborhood” is quite understandable: the two above-mentioned cultures help each other.
A member of the Amaryllis family protects carrots from a very dangerous pest.
The same help is provided by the representative of the umbrella family to onions.
An expert from the online publication "BelNovosti", agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh reminded summer residents about the ideal pair of "onion + carrot".
How onions help carrots
The onion smell disorients the carrot fly.
But it is this insect that is capable of destroying two thirds of the carrot harvest!
How carrots help onions
Carrot tops have a distinct smell that onion flies don't like.
In other words, carrots “drive away” perhaps the most dangerous pest for onions.
All of the above indicates the following: onions and carrots are ideal neighbors.
Planting these two garden crops next to each other promotes mutual protection of the plants. The flora representatives become less vulnerable to pests: as a result, the gardener gets the opportunity to collect a lot of bulbs and carrots.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
