Science-Based Companion Planting Combinations That WORK
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Join Kevin and @jacquesinthegarden to learn the basics of companion planting, a great way to help your plants thrive by growing them alongside their best buddies.
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00:00 – Intro
00:11 – What Is Companion Planting
01:23 – Tomatoes
02:24 – Cucumbers
03:36 – Corn
04:28 – Beans
05:40 – Squash
06:23 – Brassicas
08:00 – Carrots & Lettuce
08:57 – Potatoes
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Terrible that these US videos still stubbornly persist with British Imperial units ( I mean, Fahrenheit, really???) even though US has been OFFICIALLY metric since the presidency of Gerald R Ford!
He hits us with the tchamomilé again
Great ideas and it’s always fun to try out different combo’s to see what works in your garden! For your three sisters cucumber, why not do bush beans with the buckwheat and radish combo to pack as much into that space as possible?
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I really don’t worry too much about those particular beetles on squash. Not even that worm. The squash bug, the one that looks like a stink bug. That is the most devastating to my squash. here in Mississippi it seems like the more humidity the worse they are.
Avacado companions?
What is that pink plant at 4:24 ? I can’t figure out what he’s saying.
I wish you would provide solutions for eelworm! Very sandy soil. Don’t like the idea of treating the soi 0:40 l chemically….
I found this channel maybe a month ago and I can’t stop watching and learning from both of you
Superb knowledge shared. Thanks tons from Maharashtra, India.
So lucky here in Mzatshi so hot no rain my garden is dying with some kind of diseases
If you plant horseradish in a spot, it will be there forever. Just a warning. It’s like Mint, you can’t get rid of it.
It is called a symbiotic relationship between crops…
I dug up my potatoes yesterday and have sooo many earthworms in the soil (not in the taters) must be doing something right.
Are your squash also know as a type of pumpkin?
Let’s say it together…. Cam-o-meal
Further companion planting resources:
→ https://eorganic.org/node/5307
→ https://sandovalmastergardeners.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Companion-Planting-slides.pdf
→ https://piedmontmastergardeners.org/article/magical-repelling-powers-of-marigolds-myth-or-fact/
→ https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2023/03/28/improving-tomato-plants-through-companion-planting/
→ https://tilthalliance.org/resources/how-legumes-fix-nitrogen-in-your-soil/
→ https://www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/canr/cooperative-extension/fact-sheets/adding-diversity-garden/
→ https://www.mofga.org/resources/companion-planting/companion-planting/
→ https://northerngardener.org/ladybugs-asian-lady-beetles-and-aphids/
→ https://cales.arizona.edu/cochise/mg/best-enemies-brief-guide-companion-planting-part-2
→ https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=21085
→ https://extension.umn.edu/planting-and-growing-guides/companion-planting-home-gardens
→ https://u.osu.edu/extensionclermont/2023/06/23/potager-article-8/
→ https://extension.psu.edu/maximizing-your-vegetable-garden
that shamoleleeh had me dying from laughter @8:58
Nice work
Iv noticed peas like hangs around corn as well
these guys have beautiful gardens
What does help against stink bugs on tomatoes?
Jesus Christ is our Lord and Saviour. REPENT! You know why too.
There’s no such thing as french marigolds.
Like so many things france take credit for.
It’s Aztec marigold. Originating from central America & Mexico.
Whats funny is I have been unconciously growing most of these plants as pairs without even knowing the benefits
This is so helpful and encouraging. I have gardened for years, planting more each spring summer and sometimes Autumn into winter.
I had a problem this season though— something was sucking the life out of the tomatoes. I have always had many tomatoes, into the autumn and last year even wintered over a few plants. However, like I said…the plants were green and growing and within a few days they turned a pale brown! I had to pick what tomatoes I could before they were destroyed too. For some reason I think it was spider mites. There were concentrations of web in the plants. I gently power sprayed them and it work for a bit but no use. I believe what ever it was got to a few other plant too.
Watching this I realized that I have always had an abundance of nasturtium and lavender on the garden edge but the nasturtium didn’t grow well this year and I didn’t replant. My lavender as well struggled. I telling you all this because I have got to figure out what happened.
The last thing different about this year was we primarily watered with a drip line + tiny soaker strips. (I’ve always hand watered or used a sprinkler). Anyway, lots of marigolds this year and the bell and chili peppers are still growing.
Finally, one side of the garden is a chin link fence covered with ivy and trailing vine. We always cut it back and hasn’t been a problem in the past…but ?
Any insight or help would be appreciated. I’m in SoCal, two hours north of San Diego so similar zone as you guys but hotter too.
Thanks!
Very informative, thank you.
Corn attract à lot ants ! Cucumbers will be underground constant hardware attack…
Saving this for spring
Dude’s going to be a reincarnated as a potato lol
10:50 Planting other plants on top of the potatoes will probably help with keeping the soil from drying out and will enrich it with organic material and mixroorganisms through the excreted exudates from the added root mass.
very helpful this video, thank you!
Horseradish is incredibly vigorous. I would not recommend planting it in the ground. It will stay forever, spread, and eat up your garden space.
I love container planting because you barely get any weeds. Weeding is the worst part of gardening
i know which ones grow well together but what do you need to look for? how would you know beforehand?
Everyone talks about basil being companion but I don’t see them doing it. Basil doesn’t like sun, I give them 1-2 hours, their companion is a fence, block the sun all day completely
I like that you’ve gone in ground instead of containers.
I was just zoning out after work to this video and the pronunciation of chamomile really brought me bback
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When I planted French Marigolds I did not pull out the dead head ones going to seed often enough and they consequently grew everywhere. I almost had to replace soil in between where I had the tomatoes.
radish will hold cucumber growth
Nasturtium. Is it a pest defense? Great on salad but what could you plant them with? They can easily be a takeover plant like mint.
LOL!! You can see in the intro that Jacques is really not into the special effects.
Are these guys a couple?
Kevin, can you show us an aerial view of how you rotate your garden? I’m new and feel daunting about needing to do this in a small space. How do you handle rotation every year.
It’s my first year growing tomatoes and chili peppers. So far, I’ve not had much fruit grow. But I’m taking all the advice and hoping for the best next season. I’m in 9b zone. And it’s been so extremely hot, which i think is hindering. My peppers seem to struggle with aphids. They attack the flowers, which is probably why i have no serrano peppers.
what are the best companion plants for cannabis?
So you’re saying some things grow better together and others are incompatible by nature…
Great, great content — more people should take this approach (I’m trying!)