Walking onion

Pests & beneficial insects

🐛 Prone to: Thrips

Thrips

Thysanoptera

Silvery streaking with black specks — the specks are how you tell them from mites.

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Attract Minute pirate bugs

Minute pirate bugs

Anthocoridae

Two to three millimetres, and both stages hunt — thrips and spider mites, thirty a day.

, Hoverflies

Hoverflies

Syrphidae

The adults only drink nectar. It is the larvae that eat the aphids.

, Lacewings

Lacewings

Chrysopidae

Golden-eyed adults that mostly drink; larvae that hunt like small alligators.

to keep them in check — plant African MarigoldGood, French MarigoldGood and CosmosGood nearby.

Companion Planting

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  Allard's Lavender
  

  Allard's LavenderGreat pair

  • ❧Allard's Lavender attracts Hoverflies, which prey on the Thrips that attack Walking onion
  • ❧Walking onion draws Bees that improve pollination for both
  • ❧Allard's Lavender roots deep while Walking onion feeds near the surface — no competition
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  Chaytor's Lavender
  

  Chaytor's LavenderGreat pair

  • ❧Chaytor's Lavender attracts Hoverflies, which prey on the Thrips that attack Walking onion
  • ❧Walking onion draws Bees that improve pollination for both
  • ❧Chaytor's Lavender roots deep while Walking onion feeds near the surface — no competition
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  Fernleaf Lavender
  

  Fernleaf LavenderGreat pair

  • ❧Fernleaf Lavender attracts Hoverflies, which prey on the Thrips that attack Walking onion
  • ❧Walking onion draws Bees that improve pollination for both
  • ❧Fernleaf Lavender roots deep while Walking onion feeds near the surface — no competition

How to grow Walking onion

1. Space15 cm apart
2. GrowFull sun
3. Harvestfrom June

Water: Medium · Height: 60 cm · Soil: Well-draining soil with moderate fertility