Ivydene Gardens Companion Planting:
Companion Plant : T

ORIGINAL PLANT

PEST/DISEASE

COMPANION PLANT

ANTAGONISTIC PLANT OR TO PEST/-DISEASE

Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)

Tansy aids
Cabbage
Rose,
Raspberry,
Grape and
Peach by concentrating potassium in the soil close by these plants.

Cutworm,
Cabbage Worm,
Ant,
Fly,
Mosquito and
Fruit Moth.

Thyme
(Thymus vulgaris)
do not put in vegetable bed as it is a perennial.

Thyme contains 'thymol', a powerful disinfectant.

Cabbage.

Bees love it.

Tomato (Lycopersicon lycopersicum)

has solanine in its leaves, which is an insecticide. Grow in a fixed bed.

Nematode.

Aphids.
Red Spider.

Grow French Marigolds with Tomato to protect from nematodes.

Tomatoes protect gooseberry bushes against insect attack.

Basil grow parallel to tomatoes,

Using discarded tights to tie plants to metal supports.

Beebalm ( Monarda ),
Chives,
Celery,
Garlic.
Marigold,
Asparagus.
Horehound (Marrubian vulgare),
Seaweed,
Stinging nettle,
Onion,
Parsley,
Foxglove,
Sweetcorn,
Nasturtium,
Carrot,
Cabbage,
Pea,
Sage,
Celeriac,
Kidney bean, Mustard,
Cress,
Borage

Tomato roots harm apricot tree roots.

Fennel,
Brassica family,
Kohlrabi,
Potato,
Walnut,
Strawberry,
Dill,
Rosemary,
Cucumber

Trillium sessile

Anemone nemorosa 'Allenii',
Anemone apennina 'Alba',
Doronicum cordatum, Pulmonaria,
Lamium maculatum

Tulip
(Tulipa)

Mice

Scilla,
Forget-Me-Not, Wallflower,
Honesty,
Rosemary,
Tall bearded iris

Wheat

Tulipa sprengeri

Hellebores, Erythronium,
Cistus,
Dianthus,
Rosemary

Tulipa tarda

Pulsatilla vulgaris

Turnip
(Brassica rapa).
For best taste, harvest before they are fully mature.

Aphid

Hairy vetch.
Mustard,
Pea,
Nasturtium,
Radish

Knotweed
(Polygonum aviculare),
Cabbage family,
Hedge mustard

The Bacon Tree or Antagonistic Plant.

Two Mexicans are stuck in the desert, wandering aimlessly and close to death. They are close to just lying down and waiting for the inevitable, when all of a sudden.......

'Hey Pepe, do you smell what I smell. Ees bacon I is sure of eet.'

'Si Luis,  eet smells like bacon to meee.'

So, with renewed strength, they struggle up the next sand dune, and there, in the distance, is a tree loaded with bacon.

There's raw bacon, dripping with moisture, there's fried bacon, back bacon, double smoked bacon... every imaginable kind of cured pig meat.

'Pepe, Pepe, we is saved 'Eees a bacon tree.'

'Luis, are you sure ees not a meerage? We ees in the Desert don't forget.'

'Pepe when deed you ever hear of a meerage that smell like bacon... ees no meerage, ees a bacon tree'.

And with that... Luis races towards the tree. He gets to within 5 metres, Pepe following closely behind, when all of a sudden, a machine gun opens up,and Luis is cut down in his tracks. It is clear he is mortally wounded but, a true friend that he is, he manages to warn Pepe with his dying breath.

'Pepe... go back man,you was right ees not a bacon tree.'

'Luis, Luis mi amigo... what ees it?

'Pepe... ees not a bacon tree...

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Eees a Ham Bush.