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gthumbus Gentry, AR May 11, 2009

i am looking for info for companion planting. anyone know of any good site or guides?

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NatureLover1950 Vicksburg, MS(Zone 8a) May 11, 2009

http://www.companionplanting.net/ListofCompanionPlants.html

Hopefully others will have more sites to offer but this will get you started.

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gthumbus Gentry, AR May 11, 2009

thanks for the link "NatureLover1950"

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HoneybeeNC Charlotte, NC(Zone 7b) May 12, 2009

I seem to remember that many moons ago I purchased a book about companion planting, but it seems to me that veggies don't know they are not supposed to grow next to certain neighbors, so they go ahead and produce anyway.

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msrobin Caneyville, KY(Zone 6b) May 12, 2009

I think the companion planting has more to do with keeping plants healthy. Some plants like marigolds and nasturtium will help keep pests away. Other plants "add" something to the soil to make others grow better. I've done a little companian planting in the past, but when I start growing for market, I'll really get in to it then. I'll be growing organically, so want to incorporate the benefits of companion planting.

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gthumbus Gentry, AR May 12, 2009

msrobins thats what i was after on this thread. like beans with corn because the beans put nitrogen into the soil where the corn takes it out. and looking for plants that like the same soil or need different things from the soil that way they aren't competing for the nutrients.NatureLover1950 gave a good site and i found this one last night
http://www.ghorganics.com/page2.html

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msrobin Caneyville, KY(Zone 6b) May 12, 2009

The guides I had found were like the one that NatureLover provided the link to. The link you shared gives a lot more detail as to why.

I don't recall all the combination plantings I did, but last year I was more concerned with pest control, instead of improving the soil. I had a major problem with Japanese Beatles in previous years. Last year I planted a few Marigolds around the inside the garden space and had very few JB.

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