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Re: Tomato/onion incompatibility?

In a message dated 6/14/98 6:18:54 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
Rebecca.Neason@foxinternet.net writes:

<< 
 We all have heard of allopathy (or is it alleopathy?), of course, the
 reverse of companion planting.  Onions are notorious for their
 incompatibility with other plants.  I'd aviod mixing any alliums with
 other plants.
 
 Steve  (Maritime...)
  >>

Many thanks,  I know alot about plants,  but not everything about veggie
gardening.  I did not know about alliums and incompatibility.   And it's
allelopathy.  Some of the pioneering work with native california sages was
done at the U.C. that I was attending many years ago.  At that time there was
a big argument going on re the bare zones around local native salivas.  Our
local prof said it was because of exuded plant chemicals preventing
germination,  and hence reducing competition for limited water,  and the prof
at Berkeley was saying there were not seedlings around the sages because the
birds would sit in the bushes and hop down and eat the seeds.  This battle,
which was mildly heated,  raged for several years and was the subject of many
theses, not to mention published articles in various ecology journals.  Prior
to this if I recall correctly,  the only other work had been done with
inhibited growth of plants associated with walnut husks,  and also some things
re replanting peach trees in the same sites.  But memory fades.

thanks,  no more interplanting with onions for me.   Janet.
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