Whether you’re planting flower companion plants or trap crops, there are some plants that simply should not be mixed.
Certain flower bulbs, such as those that resemble garlic or onions, could be mistaken for the plants you can eat. Oleander and Foxglove, while beautiful, shouldn’t be planted near your vegetables. All parts of these plants are toxic and harmful to your health. Gladiolus should be kept out of the garden especially if you’re growing legumes like peas and beans. Because they are known to hinder the development of these plants as they grow. Sunflowers, too. While these tall gorgeous flowers add a lot to a vegetable garden in terms of their beauty and attractiveness to pollinators, you need to be mindful of where you place them so you don’t overshadow the smaller sun-loving plants.
On tomorrow’s program we’ll talk about the flowers you should plant near veggies.
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Oleander and Foxglove, while beautiful, shouldn't be planted near your vegetables. All parts of these plants are toxic and harmful to your health. Gladiolus
Gladiolus
Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of perennial cormous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). L. L. Antholyza L.
Beans and onions: Onions can inhibit the growth of beans. Brassicas and nightshades: Brassicas, such as broccoli and cabbage, can stunt the growth of nightshades, such as tomatoes and peppers. Fennel and most other plants: Fennel can produce allelopathic chemicals that can inhibit the growth of most other plants.
Nasturtiums. If aphids are chewing up your garden, it's time to plant some nasturtiums. Easy to grow and pretty in bloom, nasturtiums repel aphids, squash bugs, striped pumpkin beetles, and whiteflies. Plant nasturtiums near beans, cabbages, and cucumbers to ensure an insect-free growing season.
Growing flowers in your vegetable bed attracts native bees and other beneficial insects. These helpful bugs help spread pollen around, which encourages your vegetable plants to grow, breed, and produce food.
If you want to grow flowers in the same beds as your veggies, here are some great pairings: Marigolds with tomatoes, peppers, or squash: Tuck the flowers at the base of the veggie plants. Borage with strawberries: Place the borage at the corners of the bed and strawberries in the middle.
Therefore, lettuce (Lactuca sativa), spinach (Spinacia oleracea), basil (Ocimum basilicum), chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla) and parsley (Petroselinum crispum) make great neighbours for tomatoes. They can even be planted or sown long before the tomatoes, in March or April.
Marigold companion planting enhances the growth of basil, broccoli, cabbage, cucumbers, eggplant, gourds, kale, potatoes, squash and tomatoes. Marigold also makes a good companion plant to melons because it deters beetles. Beans and cabbage are listed as bad companion plants for marigolds.
Lavender – This is a well-known plant, but few people know its effectiveness as a mosquito-repellent. If you plant enough of this in your garden it will not only smell amazing, but it will keep away mosquitoes.
Although it's usually recommended to not plant tomatoes and peppers right after each other in the same bed every year, they can be grown together in the same garden bed (and then rotated to another bed next season).
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