Companion Plants For Tomatoes

Tomatoes are so popular. We all love to grow this easy to grow vegetables, but it can be so frustrating to see your carefully tended tomato plants attacked by aphids, whitefly, or destroyed by fungal disease. You need to give your tomato plants the best possible environment to grow by implementing companion planting in your vegetable garden. Companion planting is an excellent way to improve the health and the good growth of your tomato plants. 

What is Companion Planting?

Companion planting is the practice of growing different plants together. 

This will make them strong, healthy, and more productive because some plants have complementary characteristics, such as their nutrient requirements, growth habits, and pest-repelling abilities. The right tomato companions will engender a healthier plant with better fruit yields.

In this post, i will give you some insight into plants and herbs that grow well with tomatoes.

Companion planting next to tomatoes plants that grow well with tomatoes can include vegetables, herbs and flowers. 

Companion Plants to Grow With Tomatoes

Marigolds

Marigolds are particularly excellent companions for tomatoes. Marigolds can help repel root-knot nematodes, microscopic worms that feed off of the nutrients in a tomato’s root system, The roots of a marigold produce secretions that contain flavonoids, amines, amides, phenols and ketones that have insecticidal and nematicidal effects, and nasturtium acts as a general pest repellant thanks to its peppery.

Basil

Basil and tomatoes are made for each others. This vibrant and aromatic herb repels insects, specifically white flies and hornworms, and is believed to improve the yield of tomato plants. Basil also attracts bees, which improves pollination, tomato health, and flavor.

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Calendula

Calendula makes a great companion plant in a vegetable garden because it attracts beneficial insects and repels unwanted pests, including tomato worms and nematodes. 

Borage

The benefits of borage are so many from repelling tomato plants  pests such as hornworms, attracting pollinators, until aiding any plants it is interplanted with, by increasing resistance to pests and disease.

Garlic

The smell of garlic is known to deter aphids and spider mites away from tomato plants, and a spray made with garlic can protect your plants and soil against blight.

Mint

Mint repels flea beetles, carrot root fly, onion fly, aphids and many other pests. This aromatic herb with its strong aroma keeps most insects at bay. But because of its invasive nature, You have to keep the mint close, but not planting directly next to your tomato plants, this will provide the most benefits. I recommend planting them in a container and placing this so useful herb near your tomato plants.

Chamomile

Companion planting chamomile with tomatoes, improves the health and flavor of your tomatoes, and deter pests too.

Now you know that you can improve your tomato yields by strategically growing beneficial tomato companion plants near them. You can enjoy growing your most productive tomato crop yet. With good care and some work in the garden, you can produce the biggest and best-tasting tomatoes you have ever encountered!

I hope that you find ways for companion planting to help improve your tomato plants growing!

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