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Mixed crops: seven plants you should never plant next to tomatoes

2022-05-13T13:44:14.533Z


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.


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.

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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.

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Source: merkur

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