Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Planting garlic with roses
As seen on Gardeners World by Monty Don.
It seems to work. I planted a clove by each rose about 2 yrs ago and left them to grow. Last year there were no greenfly on any of the roses, and no problem with them anywhere except in the greenhouse. I noticed that there were no ladybirds at all, then realised that there was nothing for them to eat ;-) The theory is that the rose sap tastes of garlic which the greenfly don't like. I hope that this year it will be the same, the garlic have now grown into quite large clumps which I have thinned. Marina E. Sx |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Planting garlic with roses
The message
from "cross" contains these words: As seen on Gardeners World by Monty Don. It seems to work. I planted a clove by each rose about 2 yrs ago and left them to grow. Last year there were no greenfly on any of the roses, and no problem with them anywhere except in the greenhouse. I noticed that there were no ladybirds at all, then realised that there was nothing for them to eat ;-) The theory is that the rose sap tastes of garlic which the greenfly don't like. I hope that this year it will be the same, the garlic have now grown into quite large clumps which I have thinned. Planting lavender alongside roses also works very well. -- AnneJ |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Planting garlic with roses
Wow! I think I might give that a go.
Kev, |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Garlic - garlic.jpg | Garden Photos | |||
storing garlic for next planting season? | Australia | |||
Spring Planting Garlic | United Kingdom | |||
garlic planting | Edible Gardening | |||
Garlic planting | United Kingdom |