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Did you know that rhubarb is a native of Asia? And that
bell and hot peppers were cultivated by the Aztecs for thousands
of years?
For many growing seasons, I have used companion planting
to enhance my vegetables and fruit trees. I feel one needs
to see for themselves if this method of “growth”
works for them.
I have also used herbs to repel certain harmful insects.
But please note, there are a lot of beneficial insects that
we need to keep around as they are our friends.
The following are a few terms referring to compatible planting.
The following herbs are believed to repel certain pests.
I have found that planting in groups of three, encircling
the affected plant, produces good results. A lot of these
herbs can be started from seeds or should be available from
your favorite nursery.
| Pest |
Repellent Plants |
| Ant |
Peppermint, spearmint, pansy, wormwood |
| Aphid |
Catnip, chives, coriander, eucalyptus,
fennel, garlic, larkspur, marigold, mustard, nasturtium,
peppermint, spearmint |
| |
| Asparagus Beetle |
Basil, parsley, tomato |
| |
| Cabbage Butterfly |
Dill, Southernwood |
| |
| Cabbage Looper |
Dill, eucalyptus, garlic, hyssop, peppermint,
nasturtium, onion, pennyroyal, sage, southernwood, spearmint,
thyme, wormwood |
| |
| Cabbage Maggot |
Garlic, marigold, radish, sage, wormwood |
| |
| Carrot Fly |
Leek, lettuce, onion, rosemary, sage,
tobacco plant, wormwood |
| |
| Cooling Moth |
Garlic, wormwood |
| |
| Colorado Potato Beetle |
Catnip, coriander, eucalyptus, nasturtium,
onion, pansy |
| |
| Corn Earworm |
Cosmos, geranium, marigold |
| |
| Cucumber Beetle |
Catnip, marigold, nasturtium, radish,
rue |
| Cutworm |
Spring amaranth |
| |
| Flea Beetle |
Catnip, peppermint, rue, spearmint, southernwood,
pansy, tobacco plant, wormwood |
| |
| Japanese Beetle |
Catnip, chives, garlic, pansy |
| |
| Leaf Hopper |
Geranium, petunia |
| |
| Mexican Bean Beetle |
Marigold, rosemary, savories, wormwood |
| Mice |
Wormwood |
| Moles |
Castor beans, narcissus |
| |
| Peach Borer |
Garlic |
| Rabbit |
Garlic, marigold, onion (winding hoses
in vegetable garden that have a snake like appearance) |
| |
| Slug/snail |
Fennel, garlic, rosemary |
| |
| Spider Mite |
Coriander |
| |
| Squash bug |
Catnip, nasturtium, peppermint, petunia,
radish, spearmint, pansy |
| |
| Squash Vine Borer |
Radish |
| |
| Tomato Horn Worm |
Dill, opal basil |
| Whitefly |
Nasturtium, peppermint, thyme, wormwood. |
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