Mixed crops: seven plants you should never plant next to tomatoes
Created: 05/13/2022 15:36
By: Andrea Stettner
If you grow tomatoes in your garden, you should pay attention to the right neighbors.
Certain plants do not like the red fruits at all.
Juicy, red fruits, perfect for the salad - tomatoes are probably one of the favorite types of vegetables that Germans grow in their gardens at home.
But as in real life, the neighbors should be well chosen.
In mixed cultures, not all plants get along.
Instead of large, juicy fruits, only a few puny tomatoes will grow on the vines.
Or there is the threat of diseases that threaten the harvest or even the entire plant.
In the following we will introduce you to
unfavorable planting partners for tomatoes
- but also those that promote the growth of the tomato.
Certain plants do not get along with each other in the garden bed.
That's why you should never put cucumbers next to tomatoes.
© Westend61/Imago
Bad neighbors for tomatoes: you should rather do without these planting partners
Poor planting partners for tomatoes are so-called
heavy feeders
, which have a high nutrient requirement, as well as plants that need a different location.
In both cases, growth is inhibited.
If the nutrient consumption is too high, the soil is also depleted and the vegetable plants suffer from deficiency symptoms.
But even the natural
root excretions
of a bad partner allow tomatoes to grow insufficiently.
In addition to poor growth, tomatoes can also suffer from diseases transmitted to them from their neighbors.
Therefore, do not use the following plant partners for tomatoes in mixed cultures:
other nightshades such as
potatoes
and
eggplants
(they are most commonly affected by late blight and will also infect nearby tomatoes)
Cucumbers
(need another location, often transfer powdery mildew to tomatoes)
Peas
(due to unfavorable root excretions and similar space requirements)
fennel
Cabbage plants (cauliflower, red cabbage
, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, etc.)
mature
dill plants
Tomato plants are
also said to grow less well
under walnut trees .
Although
peppers
also belong to the nightshade family, both types of vegetables thrive quite well next to each other - provided the distance between them is sufficient.
Mixed cultures: Which plants are compatible with tomatoes?
With the right choice of planting partners, on the other hand, all sorts of positive effects can be achieved, such as a
high yield
, better taste or particularly good protection against pests and diseases.
Basil, parsley, chives
, beans, carrots, garlic, squash,
lettuce
, celery, asparagus
, lemon balm and onions
have proven to be good neighbors for tomatoes .
In this article we explain more about the positive effects of mixed cultures and which partners get along well.
(as)
Even gardening?
Share it with us.