It is getting that time of the year! Spring is just a few weeks away and I am already planning to keep my plants happy by allowing them to buddy up to their favorite friends!
Here are my 10 favorite planting companions. Some of these I learned from my father growing up and many of them I learned from reading the Farmer’s Almanac.
- Onions and Cucumbers repel cucumber pests that feed on young cukes.
- Leeks and Carrots keep the rust fly at bay.
- Basil and Tomatoes control hornworms.
- Onions and Chives planted around your garden will keep the rabbits out.
- Radishes and Cucumbers repel cucumber beetles.
- Thyme and Potatoes to enhance growth.
- Thyme and Eggplant to enhance growth.
- Sage and Cabbage will enhance growth of the cabbage.
- Marigolds planted around your garden will keep a variety of insects and rabbits from feeding on tender plants.
- Catnip and Eggplant will repel flea beetles.
Do you have a favorite companion plant that works well in your garden? Please share, I love trying to introduce my plants to new friends!
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All these companion plan combinations are good to have written down. I try to plan my garden according to who gets along and who doesn’t too!
Oooooh, I want to try this! Thanks for a great idea! Pinned!
I also do the marigolds around the garden…something I learned from my parents.
Lori
Last year we put in raised beds and in one bed I grew strawberries and onions. I had read about this combination and it does work. I had really nice strawberries and hugh onions growing in the bed. I had to keep my 2 year old granddaughter out of the bed so I could have strawberries to go with the rhubarb. I also plant marigolds in the perimeter of the beds to help keep out the bugs. I put marigolds in with the potatoes and had less beetles munching on my plants.
I will try the sage with the cabbage, maybe I will get a better crop by doing this. Always look for a better way to garden and produce more food.
I never put much stock in companion gardening, but the last few years I have been embracing it and my garden does so much better.
I use the marigolds around the edges of my raised beds. I haven’t been successful in growing them from seed, they take too long. And the local stores don’t always offer the sets. But when I can get them, I use them. – Margy
Great list of companion plants. Beware the catnip if you have cats. Mine roll on the stuff. I use a planter basket turned upside down to keep them from completely crushing the stuff.
Yael from Lionmom’s Musings
I am just learning about companion planting. When you say plant Onions and Cucumbers, how far away do you plant each of them? Do you plant a row of onions then a row of cucs? Or do you intersperse them?
I plant a row of onions and then a row of cucumbers on each side of them…the vines then go into the onion plants…works great!
Thank you… I am going to try companion planting this year and see how it goes…
Very interesting and helpful information. Thank you for sharing at Good Morning Mondays. Blessings
Very helpful information. Congratulations on being featured on Homestead blog hop. I pinned & twitted.
Thanks so much for linking up at RCH Awesome Life Friday. This is a great post!
Great and very helpful information! Companion planting is a great gardening method and this list will be of a great help for people who are considering to try it. My sister made a small garden recently and I’m surely recommending your post to her, because she was very interested about that. Thank you for sharing and happy gardening!
In Arkansas, gardens are plagued with Japanese Beetles. The old-fashioned Four-‘O’clock flower is easy to grow with the kitchen garden produce. This simple, rather non-aromatic flower is a favorite of the Japanese Beetle. They eat of it and die; but it is not harmful to other insects or humans. My favorite Four-O’clock color is red, but the seeds are usually found in mixed colors.
I have heard those flowers are good for controlling beetles. I wonder how they would do with potato bugs?
Now that you mention it, I don’t seem to have as many potato bugs since planting Four-‘O-clocks. . .but my confirmation is shaky. It could be due to a variety of good changes implemented. But I firmly believe these flowers reduced/wiped out the Japanese Beetle population; and I’m joined by Master Gardener friends and even our Extension Office Horticulturist in believing the connection. Hope this helps many!