La Puce wrote:

On 27 Mar, 07:42, "Donna \(UK\)" wrote:
I just used the peat free grow bags from B&Q and Homebase and they turned
out lovely. I grew onions near mine last year and that seemed to help keep
the pests down to a minimum.

So true - this year I'm trying chives around carrots. Because the
onions are supposed to be stronger when young, mine have been in since
feb and by the time I do carrots (end April) my onions are not so
young and therefore not strong smelling to repel the psila. The chives
will be prettier too, with their blue flowers.

Blue flowers? I've only ever seen pink ones on chives. Is it a special
variety or are they like hydrangeas and the colour varies with the ph of
the soil ?

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Carol
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