Companion Planting Vegetables

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Companion Planting Vegetables

• Saving Money and the Planet With Companion
  Planting

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Companion Planting Vegetables

• Companion planting vegetables is the name given
  to the practice of planting certain vegetables
  together to optimise plant health and crop yield.

• Some plants get on better when they grow in the
  vicinity of certain others, and if two plants
  growing together leads to benefits for one or
  both of them then they can be called companions.

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Companion Planting Vegetables

• The amount of shelter, shade, and soil nutrients
  can all have an effect on whether plants are
  companions.

• For example a plant with a deep root system will
  likely be happier growing beside one with a
  shallow root system because there will be less
  competition for food.

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Companion Planting Vegetables

• Some plants help others by repelling pests or
  diseases.

• Onions, for example are good at deterring carrot
  fly, so the planting of onions between or beside
  the carrots is a good example of companion
  planting vegetables.

• Tall plants can give support to to climbing
  plants, and in such a way corn and climbing beans
  can get along well.

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• Companion planting vegetables is a practice often
  used in organic gardening.

• The plants themselves are better at controlling
  pests and diseases, so the need for pesticidal
  sprays is naturally diminished.

• And growth of each plant is optimised with no use
  of artificial fertilisers.

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Companion Planting Vegetables

• Grow-your-own gardeners should remember, though,
  that although many companion planting rules hold
  true internationally, there are many plant
  partnerships that have differing success
  depending on location and climate.

• Companion planting rules should perhaps be seen
  more as guidelines from which to start some
  experimenting to see which plant companions work
  best in their own soil and location.

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Companion Planting Vegetables

• At present in the global climate of financial
  hardship it is especially important for everyone
  to improve efficiency.

• For vegetable gardeners, whether a large scale
  grower or a home gardener, that means getting the
  best yield possible in order to mitigate the
  effects of austerity measures.

• An annual family grocery bill could be cut by
  hundreds with a large healthy crop from the
  garden.

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Companion Planting Vegetables

• Over the centuries gardeners have noted the
  results of planting partnerships.

• Companion planting guidelines that exist now are
  as a result of trial and error from down the
  years.

• We can continue that ethos of experimentation,
  but we can also make use of knowledge that has
  been passed down through the generations.

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Companion Planting Vegetables

• Companion planting doesn't have to just involve
  the co-planting of vegetables.

• Flowers and herbs can be very helpful in the
  vegetable plot too, where they help to repel
  pests and diseases.

• Flowers that are commonly grown around or between
  vegetables include marigolds, nasturtiums and
  sunflowers, and herbs that are useful as
  companions include rosemary, thyme, sage and
  mint.

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Companion Planting Vegetables

• Some fruit also likes to be planted in the
  company of other plants strawberries and sage go
  well, and pests will be deterred by garlic
  planted around the base of a fruit tree.

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Companion Planting Vegetables

• As we have seen, companion planting vegetables
  has been around for centuries but it is enjoying
  a resurgence of popularity at the moment.

• It is ecologically sound, and as more people
  start to grow their own food they are interested
  in getting the most out of each plant. Quite
  right too, with over 7 billion mouths to feed on
  the planet, each plant counts!

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