It ranks Number #1 Super Hero Defender of Good (plants) on this list of Super Hero insect-fighting plants because its powerful ability to defend fruit trees! Garlic is the perfect, yet stealthy, partner for apple, peach and pear orchards, or wherever borers are a problem. Garlic’s super ...
Garlic (Allium sativum) used in companion planting repels aphids, caterpillars, mites, and Japanese beetles. Planted at the base ofpeach trees(Prunus persica), garlic repels borers and prevents leaf curl. Planted near apple trees (Malus domestica),garlicprotects against apple ...
The benefits ofcompanion planting can be a one way benefit or a two way benefit. None of the reports that I found suggested that the garlic crop benefits. This may be due to the fact that the researchers were looking for ways to increase more valuable crops and garlic was not important, ...
[62] conducted an experiment over two years by planting white garlic (Allium sativum) one month before transplanting tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum). The appearance of winged green peach aphids (M. persicae) was delayed in the host crop and their abundance was decreased even during the aphid ...