Almost everything in the world is mutually exclusive, and plants are no exception. When planting plants, do you know which two plant species will grow well together and which two plants will grow badly? Which plants grow together, the garden does not even use pesticides and fertilizers, and almost all the products are organic and pollution-free.
You can do this by getting to know some good friends "companion plants" in the plant.
What are associated plants? The so-called companion plants refer to two different plants planted together, which have a good influence on each other during the growth process.
How do associated plants benefit from each other?
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The smell of garlic, aphids are very afraid, planting cotton and garlic together, cotton will not be infested with aphids, and the yield will increase.
Planting garlic next to the roses will drive away aphids and the roses will grow better. Garlic also works well on apple trees, pears, cucumbers, peas, lettuce and celery. Garlic can also help peach trees drive away peach borers, as well as apple moths, Japanese beetles, root maggots, snails, and carrot stemflies.
Onions have a good name for "Doctor of the Field". Its smell kills the spores of wheat smut and the dark spots of peas. If you plant onions and wheat together, they will "get along" very well.
Onions and carrots are good friends. Their smell drives away pests from each other. When onions are grown with leeks and carrots, the smell of the onions confuses carrot flies with seed flies, thus protecting carrots and leeks from pests. Onions are also good friends with leeks, beets, brussels sprouts, strawberries, rape, lettuce and tomatoes.
Growing leeks, carrots, celery and onions next to apple trees can promote the growth of these plants, and leeks can also drive away carrot flies.
Cabbage leaves are often bitten by the larvae of cabbage moths, and the smell of tomato plants only drives away small cabbage moths. The taste of lettuce will also drive away the cabbage butterflies, the sworn enemy of cabbage.
Radishes attract leafminer flies in spinach. But this is not a big problem for turnips, because people eat the roots of turnips: although the leaves of turnips can be damaged by leafminer flies, they have little effect on the growth of the roots.
Marigolds are also a well-known insect repellent plant native to Mexico. Its roots secrete a substance that kills soil nematodes, and many insects are afraid of it. Malachite grass is a small marigold whose roots secrete a substance to kill nematodes. Malachite grass grown next to tomatoes can drive away mealworms.
Pyrethrum is one of the few intensively cultivated insecticidal plants in the world. It is also an herb used to treat skin diseases. Its roots, stems, leaves, flowers, etc. all contain toxic insect substances and are raw materials for extracting pyrethroids. Pyrethroids can be used to make a variety of insecticides. Pyrethroids are not only natural enemies of aphids, mosquitoes, cabbage worms and cotton bollworms, but also can kill root-knot nematodes.
Dahlia, also known as dahlia chrysanthemum, geranium, passionflower, and chamomile, is a perennial herb of the Asteraceae family. But it is different from chrysanthemums. Chrysanthemums bloom and dahlias bloom in spring and summer. After summer, when the frost comes, it will open again and wither. Its flowers are very similar to peonies. There are thousands of them, and there are a lot of colors. They can often be seen in gardens around the world.
Although dahlia is an ornamental plant, it is also able to repel soil nematodes.
Wattle is a plant of the family Lipaceae that smells strongly and can repel jumping beetles, aphids, beetles, pumpkin bugs, ants and weevils, and even voles. Planting mustard and kale at the same time can reduce the harm of jumping nails to kale.
The petty morning glory can drive away garden pests such as asparagus leaf beetles, leafhoppers, some aphids, smoke moths, and ink bean ladybirds, and it is also a good friend of tomatoes.
She is a good friend of radishes and cabbage (cabbage, kale, cauliflower, cabbage, cauliflower, and mustard greens). It repels aphids, pumpkin bugs and striped pumpkin beetles, improving the growth of these plants and the flavor and taste of the fruit.
Golden lotus, also known as golden lotus and wood lotus, is native to South America and is a perennial herb of the family Oleanderaceae. Its stem is upright, and its leaves resemble a bowl of lotus flowers. When the milky yellow flowers bloom, they are like a swarm of butterflies flying in the air. It is an important summer ornamental flower in the garden. Planted next to cucurbitaceae crops, it can repel pests such as aphids, whiteflies, cucumber beetles and so on
<h3 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > attract carnivorous beneficial insects to eliminate pests</h3>
Some beneficial insects feed on the nectar of some plants, and they can parasitize the larvae of pests to lay eggs to destroy these pests. Adult aphid-eating flies usually feed on nectar and pollen in the sun, while predatory species feed on aphids, aphids, mealworms, and leafhoppers.
Buckwheat is a food crop of the family Tateshina. Buckwheat's white flowers attract a number of beneficial insects, including aphid-eating flies, predatory wasps, bed bugs, cunning flower bugs, parasitic flies and ladybirds, which control or parasitize aphids, mites and other pests, thereby reducing the harm of these pests to neighboring plants.
Pests that harm cauliflower include aphids, whiteflies, small cabbage moths, vegetable powder butterflies, beet moths, etc. Ladybugs, whether larvae or adults, can eat pests such as aphids, shellworms and ticks. The honey glands of dwarf pertussus can attract predatory insects such as ladybirds, and ladybugs suck honey glands here in pertussis, and also go to cauliflower plants to hunt pests such as aphids, so that they can protect cauliflower from harm.
The cruciferous plant is a small flower that looks like a hydrangea flower. It attracts beneficial insects, such as pest-eating wasps, so it is often used to prevent and control pests on potatoes or broccoli.
Some plants, including many legumes, and extra-flowered nectar glands, can attract beneficial insects. Carob can also attract beneficial insects to prey on pests on corn, such as leafhoppers, grass moths and leaf beetles.
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Peppermint is an important natural flavor plant in the family Lipaceae. The whole plant is fragrant. Peppermint has a unique fragrance that can repel pests such as moths, beetles, aphids and promote the growth of kale and tomatoes. Thin lotus flowers can also attract aphid-eating flies and predatory wasps to kill other pests. Even earthworms are attracted by its smell, which is peppermint loose soil.
Lavender is a perennial herb or small shrub. Its purple and blue flowers can be used to extract lavender essential oil. The smell of lavender can drive away fleas and moths. The honey glands of lavender flowers can be used to feed some beneficial insects to protect plants that grow nearby from mealybugs. Lavender can also drive away apple moths.
Fennel can attract predatory wasps to prey on aphids, and some studies say that fennel can drive away aphids. It can also camouflage the smell of rapeseed pests to drive them away.
<h3 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > sacrifice yourself and protect your friends</h3>
Old Stork Grass is a genus of plants in the genus Old Crane grass in the family Hmrushidae, and its white or pink flowers are solitary on the total peduncle. The capsule has a beak-like tip and does not spiral up when ripe. The stems and leaves of the old stork grass contain volatile oil, and the whole grass contains tannin, which is used by the folk to treat dysentery. Stork grass can drive away green worms and Japanese scarab beetles, and can be planted near grapes, roses, corn, tomatoes, peppers and cabbage; it can also drive away beet leafhoppers, a carrier of the beet leaf shrinking virus.
Geraniums can attract Japanese scarab beetles to eat their own leaves and then kill them.
Purple jasmine, which we commonly see in summer, is also such a self-sacrificing plant. Purple jasmine attracts Japanese beetles to eat like crazy. After the Japanese beetle ate the purple jasmine, it was poisoned before the next time it ate. Purple jasmine is a plant of the genus Purple Jasmine in the family Purple Jasmine. Calyxes are petal-shaped and trumpet-shaped. It is red, orange, yellow and white, or has stripes, patches or even two hues, and it opens from late afternoon to early morning and emits a rich fragrance. Its fruit is black, oval, and the surface is wrinkled and edged, commonly known as "small mines".
<h3 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > improve soil and serve companion plants</h3>
All legume crops, including beans, peas, soybeans, alfalfa, etc., can fertilize the soil by fixing nitrogen in the air by rhizobia. In general, legumes are suitable for growing with carrots, celery, corn, eggplant, peas, potatoes, rape, beets, radishes, strawberries and cucumbers. Pulses are particularly beneficial for maize and cereal crops that require a lot of nitrogen
Corn can provide a natural trellis for vine legumes; morning glory is also a climbing vine, and it can protect the plants it relies on from aphids by attracting aphids.
Okra can not only shade lettuce in the summer, but also shield plants with fragile stems such as peppers and eggplants; peas are planted next to okra, which are not infested with aphids.
Sunflowers, flowering tobacco, and drunken butterfly flowers can shade lettuce and make it grow better.
Peas and beans provide shade for spinach.
Improves flavor. Improve quality
Growing onions with chamomile and summer peppermint improves their flavor.
Summer peppermint drives away the bean turtle, promotes the growth of beans and improves its flavor.
Planting chamomile with cabbage can improve the flavor of cabbage.
Angelica can contribute to the healthy growth of most crops and improve their flavor, and can also attract soil turtles to eliminate pests.
Borage helps tomatoes drive away tobacco moths and, together with lemon balm, improves tomato flavor. Chives improve the flavor of carrots and tomatoes.
Parsley is a companion plant to radish, lettuce and broccoli1, improving their flavor and repelling aphids from lettuce. It is said that even slugs can be driven away by them.
Dry lotus improves the growth and flavor of cucumbers.
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The term "associated plants" sounds like a new concept that has been known and used since ancient times.
In the United States, the first example of the use of associated plants is the story of the Three Sisters Garden. They grow corn with beans and pumpkins. Corn provides support for climbing beans. Phaseolus vulgaris rhizobia fix nitrogen fertilizes the corn, while the large leaves of the pumpkin cover the ground to prevent soil moisture evaporation and weed growth.
As early as the 1st century BC in China, there are records about melon and bean intercropping in the "Book of Victory". The 6th-century Qi Min Zhi Shu recounts the experience of intercropping mulberry with mung beans or small beans, and between onions and coriander. After the Ming Dynasty, wheat bean intercropping, cotton and potato intercropping have been more common. These are all good examples of the application of companion plants.