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  • The Natural Way To Reduce Pests In Your Garden

    Mar 17


    Photo by KirrilyRobert.

    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

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