5 Best Companion Plants for Tomatoes for Maximum Yields and Healthy Plants & 2 Plants Tomatoes Hate

hey guys it's Brian with California garden TV and welcome to our first ever tomato Tuesday in today's video we're going to talk about five plants companion plants for tomatoes and why they're so beneficial for healthier plants we're also going to go over the two plants you should never grow with tomatoes that's all coming up [Music] if this is your first time here and you're looking to join a gardening community that offers tips tricks and advice to grow your best garden ever you're in the right place start now by hitting subscribe and click the bell notification so you are notified every time we upload a video which right now is three times a week Sunday Tuesday and Friday let's get started just wanted to start off the video real quick with an update on my tomato plants they're in the solo cups and I'm just getting ready to add the next layer of soil there are two extremes when the subject of companion planting comes up one side is the mystical magical view that certain plants are just really good friends and they help each other to grow bigger better stronger more fruit and then there's the other camp on the other end of the spectrum that believes in 100% science and if there is not ten double-blind studies to back up that hypothesis then it doesn't exist I'm somewhere in the middle and I hope you are too I do believe that there are plants when combined or when planted in proximity to Tomatoes and other plants do help that plant grow stronger by providing it protection from certain pests I also think there are methods that have been passed down through generations that work and they don't have to have you know five double-blind studies to prove to me that they work as always this is an interactive gardening community and I would really like to hear from you guys down in the comments section if any of the companion plants that I'm about to lay out if you've had experience with those positive or negative and if there's some that I haven't thought of that you have you'll swear by and you've done it for years we'd love to hear that too let's get into number five and that is marigolds there are very few plants that produce a substance that is toxic to nematodes specifically root-knot nematode root-knot nematodes are microscopic round worms that live in the soil and on plant roots they injure plants by feeding on the root cells with their needle-like mouthparts and the root system can become damaged to the point where the plant can't properly absorb nutrients and water plants may appear stunted discolored they may die they may wilt easily in hot dry weather and appear to have nutrient deficiencies beneath the ground the roots may have knots or swollen areas but the effect of the marigold may not be only because of the natural Nomad asides in it nematodes may enter the root system get trapped and not be able to continue their life cycle but the nematode may actually actively be killed on the plant when the nematode starts to chew into the root system French marigolds are the best tangerine appears to be the most potent variety number four is members of the Allium family like onions garlic and chives now according to Cornell University's home garden website members of the Allium family actually put off such an odor that it does repel pests especially red spider mites red spider mites are pale orange to red and feed on the underside of leaves they're really difficult to see with the naked eye they suck the SAP out of your leaves and the damage appears as many shiny pale yellow marks on the top of the tomato leaf eventually the leaves turn brown and die or fall off now if untreated it can lead to a very severe issue with actually the formation of webs on the plant now if you prune your Tomatoes like I do and I'm actually going to be doing a very in-depth video and tomato pruning in a future episode of tomato Tuesday but if you prune them like I do it actually removes a lot of the lower leaves and branches which allows plenty of room underneath Tomatoes to plant members of the Allium family yeah garlic it's a little late when you're getting tomatoes in the ground garlic should have already been planted you can plant garlic beforehand and then plant the tomatoes around it but right now is the perfect time to plant onions and chives and so those will be perfect planted in and among your tomato plants number three is peppermint the strong smell of peppermint is known to repel a lot of unsavory and damaging insects I'm most interested in its ability to repel rodents now you guys if you've been watching my channel any length of time you know that I have a rodent issue and rodents are my big big nemesis in the garden and last year after I mentioned that for the first time I got a lot of UV you viewers telling me about peppermint and after watching a youtube video that I'm gonna post down below I was absolutely convinced so this year I'm actually gonna be taking some peppermint cuttings and planting them in pots throughout my tomato bed now one word of warning mint is very all kinds of men are very invasive and so you want to make sure they're gonna be planted in a pot and they're actually so invasive you want to put that pot not directly on the soil you want to put like a stepping stone or a brick underneath it so that the roots don't escape through the drainage holes and take over your bed number two is parsley now parsley is used in a ton of cooking recipes but parsley is actually a really really good companion plant for almost every garden plant the reason is it has the ability to attract hover flies but you have to let it go to flower and it will do that this summer parsley flowers attract hover fly the larvae of which will eat aphids thrips and other harmful insects some harmful beetles are also repelled by the presence of parsley as a sidenote swallowtail butterflies lay their eggs on parsley leaves as well and they will bring a whole new generation of butterflies to grow up in your garden now my favorite companion plant for tomatoes comes in at number one and it absolutely has to be basil now just the smell of basil and tomatoes growing together in the garden that says summer to me and that's good enough reason to plant them together right there but basil is also said to repel tomato hornworm now last year the only tomato plant that had tomato hornworm was one that came a volunteer away from my basil plants another reason to grow basil other than the great pesto is for the flowers bees absolutely love basil flowers now the problem with that is as soon as basil flowers the leaves become bitter and so I grow two types of basil I grow green basil which I keep pinched throughout the summer to keep the key from blooming so it never gets bitter until the very end when I let it go you know in the fall and then I grow purple basil and this I let go to flower and I'm telling you the bees are come from miles around to find basil flowers they just swarm it so it brings in the pollinators to help with your tomatoes and every other plant in the garden now I grow a ton of basil so I start it in these Solo cups and after hardening it off I pricked them out and plant three per cell and when the weather warms up I'm gonna plant these guys all over the garden but especially around my tomatoes okay so real quick I promised you two plants that you should never grow near your Tomatoes the first one are potatoes potatoes are very susceptible to blight and are a host for fungi that causes loose areum and verticillium wilt which spread the out the soil these diseases keep the plants from utilizing water resulting in leaf wilt and death and if one crop get the disease either one of the diseases the chances are good that the other one will too especially if they are in close proximity also the root system of potatoes inhibits the growth of Tomatoes if they're planted next to each other the second thing you don't want planted near your tomatoes are walnut trees walnut wilt is actually caused by the uptake of the chemical juglone which is toxic to Tomatoes juglans toxicity to Tomatoes directly depends on how close tomato plants are to walnut trees tomatoes planted within the trees root spread which is two to three times the circumference of the tree itself our most accept susceptible to this disease so thanks for watching guys if you learn something definitely give me a thumbs up hit subscribe and make sure your hit the bell notification so every time we have one of these videos you get notified and if you have any comments if you've tried one of these and you have it work for you or if you have something else that we didn't cover we'd like to hear that as well see you guys on Friday [Music] you [Music]

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Id: KqG7BAfJQWA

Length: 10min 42sec (642 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 01 2020