The Natural Way To Reduce Pests In Your Garden

Mar 17

Some plants will naturally attract a certain kind of insect. Other plants will deter insects. You can use these relationships between insects and plants to build a natural defence around your crops. Take a look at the table below. If we look at growing cucumbers as an example we find radish in the helpers column, since radish will deter cucumber beetles. So when you grow radish around cucumbers, you have a better chance of keeping your cucumbers free from pests. Go through the list to see if you can apply some of the rules or relationships to your current garden layout:

Name	Helpers	Enemies
Asparagus	Tomato (repels Asparagus Beetle)	Garlic
		Onion
		Potato
Bean	Carrot	Broccoli
	Cauliflower	Garlic
	Cucumber	Leek
		Onion
		Sunflower
		Beet (stunts the beans growth)
		Tomato
Beet	Garlic	Cabbage
	Onion (deters some insects and weeds)	Lettuce
		Runner bean (stunts the beets growth)
		Silverbeet
Broccoli	Garlic	Tomato
	Onion
Cabbage	Garlic	Runner bean
	Onion	Tomato
Carrot	Bean (provides nitrogen)	Celery
	Garlic (repels Carrot Fly)	Parsnip
	Leek (repels Carrot Fly)	Radish
	Lettuce	Tomato (stunts the carrots growth)
	Onion (repels Carrot Fly)
	Pea
Cauliflower	Garlic	Tomato
	Onion
Celery		Corn
Corn	Bean	Celery
	Cucumber	Tomato
	Pea (enhances growth of corn)
	Potato
	Squash
	Sunflower
Cucumber	Beet	Tomato
	Carrot
	Pea
	Radish (deters cucumber beetle and other insects)
	Sunflower
Garlic	Carrot	Bean
		Pea
Leek	Carrot	Bean
	Celery	Pea
	Onion
Lettuce	Bean	Broccoli
	Carrot	Celery
	Onion
	Radish
	Strawberry
Onion	Beetroot	Bean
	Cabbage	Leek
	Carrot	Parsnip
	Lettuce	Pea
Parsnip	Garlic	Carrot
	Pea	Celery
	Potato
Peach	Garlic (prevents peach leaf curl)
Pea	Bean	Garlic
	Carrot	Onion
	Corn	Potato
	Cucumber
	Radish
Potato	Carrot	Broccoli
	Garlic	Cauliflower
	Leek	Cucumber
	Onion	Pumpkin
		Raspberry
		Squash
		Sunflower
		Tomato
Pumpkin	Radish (repels Flea Beetles)

Radish	Cucumber	Broccoli
	Lettuce	Cabbage
	Runner bean	Cauliflower
		Potato
Spinach	Bean (provides natural shade)	Potato
	Fruit tree
	Pea (provides natural shade)
	Strawberry
Squash	Bean	Potato
	Celery
	Corn
	Cucumber
	Onion
	Pumpkin
	Radish
Strawberry	Bean	Garlic
Tomato	Asparagus	Bean
	Carrot	Beetroot
	Celery	Broccoli
	Garlic (deters Red Spider Mites)	Cauliflower
	Leek	Corn
	Onion	Pea
		Potato