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Chamomile & Onions

✓ Excellent Companions

✓ Why Chamomile and Onions Work Well Together

✓Chamomile said to improve onion flavor
✓Attracts beneficial insects
✓May improve overall plant health

🔬 How It Works (Science)

  • 1.Unknown mechanism for flavor (traditional claim)
  • 2.Hoverfly and wasp attraction
  • 3.Possible allelopathic benefits

📋 Planting Tips

1Plant chamomile sparingly (can spread)
2Allow to flower for beneficial insects
3Use German chamomile as annual

📏 Recommended Spacing

Chamomile plants 12-18" from onion rows

📚 Sources & Research

  • •Traditional companion planting
  • •Beneficial insect habitat research

Other Onions Companions

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