![]() Nasturtium attracts beneficial predators of the cucumber beetle.Cucumber Grow with beans, cabbage, dill, eggplant, lettuce, nasturtium, peas, radish, sunflowers, tomato, corn, and onions.Coriander great for repelling aphids and spider mites and attract beneficial insects to your garden.Comfrey adds calcium, phosphorous and potassium to the soil, read how to make comfrey fertiliser.Also, attracts many bees and other beneficial insects to the garden, read more about clover Clover A great green manure plant for lawns, fixing nitrogen into the soil.Chrysanthemum, is a natural insecticide, killing cockroaches, aphids, spider mites, ants and flies.Chives are planted with apple trees, brassicas, carrots, roses, and tomatoes, preventing scab on apple trees and keep aphids and black spot of roses.Chamomile with cabbage, cucumber and onions.Catnip Is good planted with eggplant to repel the flea beetles, ants, aphids, cockroaches, Japanese beetles, squash bugs and weevils.Carrots good companion plants with beans, brussels sprout, cabbage, radish, peas, tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, and leeks.Borage works with cucumbers, grapevines, tomatoes, squash, and strawberries.(plant it near to ponds to repel mosquitoes) Basil for asparagus, peppers, petunias, oregano, also repels mosquitoes.However, with a bit of practice and trial and error will do something for your garden, and it won't I have listed more companion plants and effects below, some are tested, some should work. Garlic planted among rows of carrots will help keep the carrot fly at bay. Companion plants with a strong scent, like spring onions, chives and Another benefit of companion planting is certain plants are veryĮffective at attracting bees for pollination. Tomatoes. The pungent smells of French marigolds deters whitefly from your tomato plants. Marigolds work particularly well in protecting Marigolds work by attracting beneficial insects, like ladybirds and hoverflies, which then feed on the aphids and greenfly. Marigolds are among the most important companion plants to helpĬontrol aphids, blackfly and greenfly. Leaving the cabbages, cauliflowers, sprouts and broccoli for you to eat. Planting nasturtiums among them will attract the butterflies to lay most of their eggs in the nasturtiums The leaves back to the veins over a couple of days if left unchecked. Brassicas are a main food source for caterpillars, they can eat Here are the three examples of common pests that I know forĬertain from my own experience, can be stopped or at least deterred by companion planting The manufacturers and sellers who are dependent on plant pests ruining harvests, will tell you that companion planting is complicated and doesn't work. Pests out of the equation and creating fields and gardens dependent on pesticides or herbicides. It all started to go wrong (that's wrong for gardeners) but right for chemical man, when we started to separate crops thus taking the natural predators of And now the Eco worriers have arrived companion planting is back in fashion. Growing the different species of plants I have listed below close together creates habitat for beneficial insects and animals (frogs eat slugs), and deters problem pests and enriches theĬompanion planting isn't new, it can be traced back to ancient Roman times and probably all the way back to 2000 BC (that's Before Chemicals) when cottagers, gardeners and farmers usedĬompanion planting to deter pests and protect the harvest. It can be fun it will be rewarding, the food tastes better and it is satisfying knowing you are harvesting safer fruit and vegetables that aren't full
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