Companion planting in veggies........How do your score/

Here is a nice place I picked up to share COmpanion planting.Have any of you done it ?/

Ideas please.
http://www.gardenguides.com/how-to/tips ... /vcomp.asp
Barb

 

I did some research on companion planting before I planted my veggies last year. It didn't make a difference once the deer found their favorites! LOL
I'll try it again this year along with things to deter deer.

 

deer meeeeeeeeeeeeeee.. :-D :-D
I haven't done it at all.. But sounds good. All my weeds like everything , I notice.

b

 

This is good to know,, i saved this,, thank you for the link an posting.

 

Your welcome.......



My beets didnt do much at all last year..
b

 

Thanks toni,

Now some more reading ..I print them and study..
b

 

Hiyah B,

That companion planting is something that we have tried a few times with varying success.
There are basically two kinds that I know of: the planting of different types of veggies with each other...and the planting of veggies with non-veggie plants that supposedly keep pests away.

Generally speaking, companion planting means to me the concept of "the three sisters", which is most commonly considered to be corn, beans and squash(or courgette). There are other combinations, no doubt...but those are what I think of first.

If you try it, be sure to let us know how you get on with it.

 

Thanks sjoe

I have been using marigolds in my veggies??????If it did anything???????Beats me.
Also Borage , the scratchy buggers........What did it do?????
My worst veggie problem lays in the cukes.
Tomatoes ?????????/We had plenty , but not all at once.

Peppers...........just go ape in my gardens.. I love planting them, and we eat very few.. Only sweet ones.
Bull nose is my favorite......
If I creat any miracles on companions, I will surely shout.

b

 

Just out of curiosity Barb...
How were you using borage? Were you growing it to use as a "green manure", or as an anti-pest or for the flowers or leaves?
Do you know, I have recently read that if you plant borage near tom plants it can improve the flavour of the fruits. I am going to try that this year in the greenhouse.
It could just be an old wive's tale...but it won't cost anything, to speak of, to try it once. I buy lots of seeds to plant over the plots freed-up when broad beans and spuds have been harvested--so a couple of extra seeds won't be missed.

 

Borage .........anti pest and was to make tomatoes sweeter.......Now that you mention it, I think it did......Cause HD keep saying how sweet they were on that area.. ha ha

GO ahead an try.. Hope I remember to do it again.. I think it comes back and doesnt have to be replanted..
b

GOod thought

 

You are right..it is premanent. I have a few that I leave scattered over the plots and I harvest periodically to use as fertilizer. It makes a very nutricious plant food.

 

HOw do you do that ? Chop it up and turn it under?

b

 

If I am using it as green manure, I pull it out by the roots and lie it on top of the soil. It breaks down rather quickly, so I don't always turn it under.

If you want to use it as plant food, you need to place it in a bucket with some nonchlorinated water and just let it decompose. The liquid that you get is what you use to feed the plants.
Some folks use it "full strength", but I would mix it with a bit of unchlorinated water-e.g. rainwater or tap water that you have let stand for several days. Apply it directly to the base of the plant.

One of the "old hands" on our complex roams all over the place asking everyone if he could have their borage foilage several times a summer. Chuckle.

 

Sjoe

Thanks so much for the useful info.. I will indeed try that formula......Nothing to loose there.
Can it be used on shrubs as well?

I never heard of that use.......I am getting smarter now..



b