What are best companion plants for squash?
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Comments (38)I grow many of the plants listed above, but I love the "surprises" that show up in the garden. A couple of years ago, I harvested some California poppies .. of course, they don't transplant well, but I put them into a container and let them do their last gasp to spread seed to continue the species. Their glorious orange/yellow has shown up in places in the garden where nothing else would grow well. The funny thing was that I thought they were spring flowering only. To my surprise, if they get water throughout the season, they repeat bloom all season long with no care on my part. Feverfew is another accidental plant that is providing "sparkle" to the garden with it's white blooms. I have poor soil and when these accidental plants show up in places where other delibertly planned plantings have failed, I always find that they are a special sorce of enjoyment. Yes, I have bulbs and am learning to grow irises and the texture of the garden is always changing. For me, that's the joy of gardening. Smiles, Lyn...See MoreCan anyone tell me what companion plants they like best zone 9
Comments (16)Well, I'm another Californian with hot dry summers. But I grow a lot of irises, all kinds of lilies, dahlias, salvias, dianthus, foxglove, peonies, clematis, centaurea, pelargoniums, echinacea, snapdragons, guara, echinops, hellebores, heucheras, alstromeria, glads (altho they don't do that well), african daisies, asters, mums, euphorbias, gazanias, gaillardias, gerbera daisies, marguerites, rudbeckias, penstemons, shasta daisies, tracheleum caeruleums, lion's tail, verbascums, veronicas, lavenders, scabiosa, lantana, eucomis, caryopteris, stachys.... The best of them are the dianthus, echinops and lilies. The irises have to be thinned out about every three yrs or they become invasive and quit blooming. Salvias can get overwhelming. I have three "Hot Lips" in one bed and by summer's end they engulf the whole bed. The tracheleums are lovely, but they also get huge and spread all over, and have to be deadheaded. Asters and mums have to be hard pruned and thinned. Same with Shasta daisies. Euphorbias get really innvasive too, but they make nice fillers, until you have to deadhead. Snails and slugs like the gerberas. Dahlias have to be staked, or they become trailing groundcovers! Dang I hadn't realized just how many different plants I have put in the yard.. Not to mention the many Japanese maples and butterfly bushes, azaleas, camellias, rhodies, daphne, witch hazel, pieris japonica, etc all in the shady areas. Yikes.... Now, if I could just get delphiniums to grow!.......See MoreBest plants for cucumber and squash.
Comments (1)Check out the Companion Planting Forum of August -04. There are many plants for pest control or for repelling listed....See MoreBest companion plant for tomatos
Comments (8)Some marigolds DO work against nematodes; I have seen the results myself, comparing roots of tomato and pepper plants that were thickly underplanted with marigolds with roots of plants that had few or no marigolds nearby. But as I said, the marigolds have to be thickly underplanted (completely surrounding the tomato plant and quite close to it) to be effective. That means they are competing with your tomatoes for moisture and nutrients. Also, tall varieties of marigolds can outgrow and completely overwhelm a young tomato plant. Another way to use marigolds for nematode prevention is to grow a dense cover of marigolds in your tomato area the season before planting. That should drive off the nematodes for a few months and give your tomatoes a good shot. Of course, that means you're not growing a crop in that area for a few months while the marigolds are driving off the nematodes. If nematodes are not a concern, I second the recommendation for basil. Basil and tomatoes get along as well in the garden as they do in the kitchen. If you let it flower, the basil will bring bees into your garden, too....See Moremtmermaid
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