Potatoes & Onions

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JohnN
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I seem to have read, or someone's told me, that one shouldn't plant onions near potatoes, as they adversely affect each other. I was planning to put my onion rows alongside my main crop spuds - is this a bad idea? Many thanks for advice.
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I must say I have not heard of this one. I would be interested to know what other people think.
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I suppose it's the opposite of companion planting, but like Catherine, I had not heard of this one.

I think there was an article on what not to plant together some time ago in KG, Has anybody still got that?
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In the January 2009 back to basics it said that onions follow potatoes in a traditional crop rotation.

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