I have heard that planting certain Herbs with certain Vegetable Plants, helps keep the pesky bugs off the plants and your veggies grow bigger & better. I have no idea what Herbs go with what Vegetable Plants. If anyone has any knowlodge of the plantings of Herbs & Vegetable plants together, if you have the time, can you please help me. Thanks you for your time.
Planting Herbs with Vegetable Plants
I generally plant herbs with vegetables. It's a pain when you're rotating crops and dealing with perennial herbs, but it generally does fine and I just pull the herbs out of the garden end of season and put them in a pernnial bed. I am not convinced about companion planting's help with pest control, but I like the look of it, and use many flowers as well. Here are a couple of lists of common "good neighbors." I usually plant nasturtium and marigold everywhere in the garden, as well.
http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/complant.html
I have the book "Carrots Love Tomatoes." It is a great book that explains companion planting. I am going to try planting this year with my herbs and vegetables together to see if it helps any. Hope it does. I too plant marigolds around my garden to help repel pests.
http://davesgarden.com/gbw/c/417/ Here is the link for that book I mentioned above. Hope this helps!!
Thank you. I will have to get the book.
Do get the book -- "Roses Love Garlic" by the same author is good, too. I just plant nasturtiums everywhere. Don't know what it would be like without them, but so far not much of a pest problem. Aphids prefer nasties to other things, so that's one of the benefits -- they'll stay off other things and go for the nasturtiums. Those books are also good for telling you what NOT to plant around other things, like don't plant onions or garlic around peas or beans.
Even if you don't follow strict rules of companion planting, I believe that a polyculture of plants is better than a moncrop in any event. Too much of any one thing in one place seems to be like a bug becon to me - hey, look, moths - there's a whole field of tomatoes to lay your eggs on! My favorite, of course, is the classic basil and tomatoes. Both for smell and grazing in the garden.
Opps, too late already have the peas and fava beans next to the onions. They all seem to be doing okay though.
LOL ... it's not hard and fast science. I was very zealous about it in the beginning, but I'm a little more open minded about it now. :)
NO, ZEPPY, YOU'RE WRONG!!!!!! MSCHEINOST IS BANNED FROM GARDENING FOREVER!!!!!
Not really. ;} Although I do, of course, have the authority to ban others from gardening. I'm also a dead ringer for Michelle Pfeiffer at about age 23, have flown to Mars under my own power, and am able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.
Seriously, though... I'm under the impression it's more of an interplanting thing. Near each other isn't quite the same. And if yours are doing fine, that's what counts, anyway!
I try to always plant basil between tomatoes. Enhances the tomato flavor. I don't grow any other vegies anymore except a few banana peppers and a row of asparagus, so I have not kept up with all the companion planting information.
I love growing borage with tomatoes.
Hi All
Thanks for all your wonderful ideas & tips. I was not able to plant the way I wanted to this year being in an apartment and all, but am buyibg a house, and I am going to plant me a beautiful garden next year, and use your ideas. My hubby is growing an upside down Tomatoe plant and it has 4 tomatoes on it. It is amazing to me to see an upside down tomatoe plant. Never seen it or heard of it till hubby did it.