Why Companion Planting Works (The Science Behind The Magic)

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1. Thx you for this info! I’m interested in more companion videos! I’m always looking for more ideas to mix flowers with veg in my beds and containers.

2. Yes! Please make more floral/veg companion idea vids

3. I love Botanical Interests! Some of the best-quality and most diverse seed selection out there. Excellent.

4. Haha I get it April fools haha

5. for the record, the little buddy at 3:45 isn't a stink bug! it's a leaffooted bug, which can still be a garden pest, but please know that beneficial assassin bugs are often visually very similar to stink and leaffooted bugs. as I said, leaffooted bugs are still considered garden pests, but it's a good idea for any gardenener to learn their local insects and work with the beneficial ones! it could be a really great video idea to try out some methods for attracting beneficial insects to see if they help you out at all: the xerces society has an excellent book on the topic, and there is tons of info online. EDIT: brachonid wasps! an excellent addition, brachonids and other parasitoid wasps have the dual benefit of pollination and pest control, I love them dearly.

6. I dunno about tomato and cucumber combo. But I always wanted to hear more about companion plants as I never understood gran always planting basil with tomatoes as basil grew out a lot and shaded the lower leaves. I did however hear alot about cucumber and tomato plants being grown together is a huge nono as cucumbers need a lot of water including water on leaves (we used to have a system of sprinklers from above in the cucumber greenhouse that helped hydrate leaves) and tomatoes need a lot of ventilation as they are easy to start rot of all sorts if there is too much moisture around in the air so a greenhouse with tomatoes should never have cucumbers in it. but I guess maybe this only applies indoors and the companionship actually works outdoors? I am really curious now.

   Glad I found your channel as a few months ago when I decided to start growing things after thinking about it for a while I realized I fell into the rabbithole of youtube shorts and all sorts of trends like germinating seeds in ways that seem fun but arent and the banana peel in water looked interesting until I found out its not really that effective. Got duped since my gran used to have barrels where she would rot things like dandilion, nettle etc and once the concoctions reeked like mad she would use that to water plants. But sadly my gran died a couple years ago and one of the regrets I have is not getting all her lifelong wisdoms about gardening as she had so much knowledge and this year im starting to really want to finally get back into it and am glad to stumble upon quality stuff like this that in some situations reminds me of things forgotten while also learning some new things.

   Tho I only have windowsils and a balcony to work on so I don't expect to grow things like cucumbers and tomatoes anyways especially with tomato tar being hard to remove and getting everywhere. Germinated spinach, basil and a local leafy sour green that is native to these regions, tried but sadly failed with wild strawberries and I wish I had done more reading on what I should do before attempting it in late February. Been really interested in hydroponics as I heard for peeps with either bad soil, or working with urban gardening it was said to be an amazing alternative tho doesnt work for all plants, even one of my professors grows her garden that way. I heard you started out with it too, and I do have a question for anyone that has tried hydroponics before as well if it is over-hyped or actually could be a solution for someone working with little to no space. my apartment gets very sunny but during months like these i do realize I probs will need some growlights anyways or some other cheaper form of lighting. But a hydroponic system terrifies me with electricity being so expensive rn as well as me wanting to go the route of growing those plants in a way that also looks nice enough in my apartment.

7. Ooh yeah, that's the good stuff, baby! Can't wait to get started

8. Fantastic info! That poor flag in your neighbor's yard. We should start a go fund me to replace it.

9. Something I read yesterday that I haven't seen shared anywhere else is that Thyme growing next to Eggplant improves the Eggplants flavor, first time I've heard of a flavor changing companion planting but immediately took some Thyme cuttings and plugged them in by my Eggplants so we'll see.

10. I garden in containers and I want to garden as organically as possible. This was helpful in my understanding of why certain things do and dont work. Using cucumbers to shade my leafy greens through the summer was probably last years best garden decision for me.

11. South Florida boy here, love the channel and products, you've helped teach me a great deal for my challenging climate in SWFL. I grow a lot of the tropical fruit stuff but vegetables are such a different ball game where I'm at so thanks again. : – )

12. Hi there, informative video. I am in the Netherlands and wondering what companion planting options might work for deterring ants? I cannot seems to grow carrots or any root vegetable basically. We planted lavender and garlic chives and it's helped to redirect them in some spots, but I would like the grow carrots and radishes without worrying they'll be eaten under the soil.

    Do you have a blog with a list of companion pairs at all? I went to your website but I cannot seem to find the relevant info. Thanks!

13. By cow peas are you referring to black eyed peas? I’m not familiar with those

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