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In this video, we are talking all about companion plants for peppers. Each of these plants has some sort of benefit for a vegetable garden. Keep in mind, companion plants won't make problems disappear, but can usually help in one way or another.
The plants we talk about are some that we have found useful throughout our years of growing peppers, but there are MANY more options depending on your climate and specific gardening needs.
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I love planting basil close to my cherry tomatoes. Pick a leaf of basil, wrap it around a cherry tomato and have a nice snack while you garden. Yum.
How does the dirt on the underside of the leaf taste? 🧐🤣
@@lauriecheese1152 amazing. 👉You Try it.
@@lauriecheese1152 Mulch keeps dirt off and trim plants 6" from ground and clean fruit to eat. 😁🌱👍
@@lauriecheese1152 why the negativity lol, you could have easily just not said that crap lol 😂 how do you know her basil is dirty? Maybe it’s only your basil that’s dirty? Try mulching or watering it gently so you’re not throwing soil up onto he leaves, kind of a given.
@@HATINTHEKAT I was thinking the same thing! My neighbors 5yr old daughter often helps me in the garden. She loves what she calls tomatoe sandwiches, basically a cherry tomato wrapped in any herb or lettuce.
I planted rosemary with my peppers this year. No rhyme or reason other than both being perennial here. The next day I had ladybugs on my rosemary. They have stayed for two weeks, so we named them Rosie and José. The following week my tomatoes had aphids, but none on the peppers. Thank you Rosie and José!
About 20 years ago a friend told me to plant asparagus near my tomatoes to keep tomato horn worms away. In that 20 years I have found 3 horn worms.
Speaking of companion plants. I was offered some heirloom cherry tomatoes fresh from the bag at a family get together. I took two and when I got home I removed the seeds and planted them. I planted them in 20 cloth pots I had grown beans in. My plants produced a wide variety of tomatoes and produced an unbelievable amount of these
heirlooms. lol.
Nice Doug!
I did the same thing with a red capsicum from the supermarket.
Obviously it's no heirloom, but I'm new to growing my own food and new to gardening altogether!
However, I am currently a bit overwhelmed with the amount of capsicum seedlings I currently have!
Doug, every tomato plant I grow, ends up with brown spot, I remove the leaves affected and it seems to go away for a while, but it always comes back within a few weeks at the most.
It doesn't seem to matter what conditions I plant them in or keep them in, the brown spot always shows up eventually!
Do you have any advice or ideas?
Sorry! But I'm at the point where I don't really think that I should be thinking about growing tomatoes ever again! 🙏🏼
I have planted wild garlic (Tulbaghia) as a border around my veggie garden and also acts as barrier to my backyard to keep the small moles out. They flower beautifully in the sun and the leaves and flowers are edible and taste of garlic, just no normal garlic bulbs. They also do well in the heavy heat and waterwise
I’ve been growing Marigolds next to my peppers for years now and have NEVER had aphid problems, just my 2 cents…
same! this year we actually started our marigolds from seed since prices of everything are up. I believe Id rather buy them after that experience . they seem to grow slower than the peppers lol
How close together do you recommend?
@@Freddiefazfan I place them all over. usually within 6ft throughout my peppers and tomatoes. may can get by with spacing further but 6 cells are cheap and you can plant them in smaller containers and move them around if needed. I use the same containers every year for them untill they break
@@sonjo2419 queen marigolds seem to have germinated better for me than any other this year.
Im also trying alyssum and zinnias this year as well feom seed. slowly growing but it got hot faster than normal in Ky so I believe its affecting them a bit. but they are still alive so thats a plus lol.
Thank you, I really was about to go pull up the marigolds I planted by my tomatoes and squash since they are very young, started by seed a few weeks ago. I'll leave em and keep my eye on em. I have garlic planted with them because why not!
I just bought some of these seeds and came across you video about it. Perfect timing!
For 8 minutes of the video I was like, "I can't believe you're not going to talk about nitrogen fixers in a companion planting video!" then came the beans.. I was very relieved.
Ah! Maybe should have moved that up closer to the start 😁
Clover!
@@PepperGeek I wonder if a tall pepper like a Ghost can substitute for corn in a 3 Sisters system... Do you guys know about the Native 3 Sisters agriculture system? They plant 3 crops together that all work in conjunction to help each other grow. Traditionally corn is planted (but maybe it could be replaced by chillies?) next beans and squash are planted. The beans grow up the corn stalk and fix nitrogen into the soil and the squash grows out as ground cover providing ground cover to conserve the water. This seems like a fun and easy experiment to try...
@@sonjo2419 yeah beans form a good environment in their roots and feed/encourage all the bacteria and fungi that add nitrogen to the soil
It might not show much effect for one or two seasons as you usually have to wait for the roots to decompose
Petunias are great around peppers & tomatoes. Aromatic, yes, but more that that they have sticky leaves & stems that aphids/most pests hate. Good soil shade as a living mulch too
Nice! We'll have to get a few in our garden this year.
I think it’s worth mentioning that most plants cannot access the nitrogen that is collected by legumes until the root systems decompose in the soil. Also, flowers are fully capable of fixing nitrogen as well.
Isn't corn an exception to this? The mycorrhiza of the nitrogen fixing plant roots near corn can transport nitrogen from legume to corn
@@lcplantnerd There can be a small amount of N transfer between intimately entwined roots of dense plantings in ideal cases where the legume has optimal N fixing conditions. Such as well a well managed legume-grass pasture. (Managment including soil tests, plant tissue tests, seeding selection, fertilizing [legumes still need plently of the other 15 nutrients and a couple micros that aren't needed by other plants like Cobalt ], etc) But even then the direct transfer is small and most N still goes through the decomposition cycle.
The N fixing bacteria live inside noduals of the legume's roots, so the ammonium produced is normally never outside of the plant, the only ammonium that gets into the soil is overflow leakage and even that is immediate to the same root and tends to get reabsorbed.
I planted Tulsi basil last year because I've heard so many good things about it's fragrance and it's medical properties. This stuff grows like a bush though. I recommend planting it in it's own area but near your plants that need pollination. The bees love it.
lol I buried a garlic head in my pepper pot just because it was sprouting and it just started shooting out spring greens... I like using the greens so I'm more than happy to do the same with the rest of my peppers.
Mr pepper geek, I grew one year in a bed one fennel with 6 tomato plants & many strawberries at the bottom. The fennel grew very big & annoyingly with many bugs.
It was about an 8 foot long raised bed by 3 feet wide.
So from the right going left for about 2/3rds were strawberries. They were literally taking over the bed & gave many strawberries. 6 tomato plants interspaced throughout & the fennel grew on far left front corner. Oh & a few garlics too here & there.
But from what I saw the fennel really didn't inhibit the growth of any of the other stuff in the bed at all. This is the first I here of such a phenomena from 👉you.
But thanks for all your other great info. I've been watching all your other very informative videos on hot peppers 👍
Marigolds help with the nematodes as well. More pollinators in the garden also equal more cross pollination which is a must if you rely on cross pollination for your crosses rather than hand pollinating
I started growing this year for the first time. Followed all your info and having an amazing experience so far. 2 months into my growing time and still going strong. From UK Manchester
I did as well! Do rove gave me a now dead zuch May 1 and I now have three fenced in Raised beds and everything is growing perfectly thus far. My only issues have been earwigs.
I like growing eggplants with peppers as they are started inside and planted out about the same time 💕🙏🏼
Yep another great option. All from the same plant family!
I had really great luck growing basil and chamomile together with my peppers.
And then make yourself some salsa 😂 I love watching this
Guess that explains why the elderly Italian couple used to plant the tomatoes and peppers away from the fennel… This was 40 years ago.. sure wish ole Leo and Mary were still here to ask..
I had to replant all my peppers, they was out getting some sun, & the cover blow off them and while they was sun bathing naked the chickens picked off the seedlings leaves
I have had good luck planting dill, basil, carrots, Bush beans, snap peas, and bunching onions around my tomatoes and peppers.
The best way I've found to keep any animals out of the garden is a matting pair of mocking birds. There's a nest right outside my garden and they don't let anything near the garden because it's to close to them
I grew fennel over the “winter” here in Texas along with broccoli, Brussels sprouts and leaks. Everything grew very shell except the leaks, which I suspect was shaded out rather than hindered by the fennel.
I always grow Basil with peppers in soil and use up the extra real estate. Did discover that Komatsuna (a Japanese super food spinach) really detests Basil and will not grow well together in same pot. Removed Basil and Komatsuna shot right up!
Did the same setup on my beds. Peppers, Thai basil and spinach (just regular old spinach). Never really paid much attention to the spinach but now that you mentioned it I'm thinking I should observe that closer. Did you replace the basil with something more compatible or left the space open?
Left the space open and the Komatsuna acquired it nicely.@@Njabulo
@@bigyote cool. Thanks.
This is the best little CZcams channel I've found in a long time!
Much appreciated :)
I have grown a row of parsnips down the center of my pepper bed and they do quite well together. I harvest the parsnips in the fall after a couple of frosts. Its a nice way to sneak a few more of my favorite root veggies into my garden plan.
hello my friend i am pepper guy myself but i am in nyc i only have 4 months of good weather to plant i found your channel very useful and informative keep up the very good work my friend
I warded off bugs in my garden by going to my farmers market and they had homegrown garlic bulbs 5-6 in a pack on clearance for .69¢ a pack. I diced some and including the peelings I sprinkled this around my garden. The bunnies then left my plants alone! As did squirrels and deer.
Great video, and very informative as usual 😊 and great advice about the peas and beans
I'm learning a lot from your channel! I'm going to try fermenting peppers for hot sauce this year using your fermented pepper video as a guide! YUM! Thank you so much!
Really great information. Thanks. Tested the basil alongside habaneros and so far haven't had any pest issues to date 👍🏾
This year I decided to try and grow random seeds - fennel, coriander cardamon, mustard, peppercorn and a few others in 1 huge pot. Mustard, coriander and fennel have emerged. The fennel doesn't seem to be affecting the growth of the others. I also have peppercorns growing surrounded by sugarsnap peas. So far so good although I'm dubious about the British weather. Hope they survive....
I absolutely love alyssum but somehow never knew what it was called! Thanks to you, now I do and will definitely get some alyssum seeds. As always, thank you for another informative and helpful video.
And just like that no more facial hair…. I’m really excited about my peppers this year due to your channel, keep up the great videos.
Love the channel. You two sparked my interest in growing. Just my seeds in…I’m going to start them indoors tomorrow. I’m in Western PA so I hope I’m not too late to the game this year - I’ll be growing the following:
Sugar Rush Stripey
Sugar Rush Peach
Scotch Bonnet Freeport Orange
Yellow 7 Pot Primo
Aji Charapita
Snow White
Aleppo
Aji Lemon
Tiger Jalapeno
…and of course some Hungarian Hot being in Western PA!
Keep up the great vids!
Awesome! Glad we sparked the interest for you. Looks like a nice list of varieties. Good luck this season 👍
I've grown fennel alongside lacinato kale. The kale actually did great.
Thanks y’all. Love that video
Thanks for your videos. I'm trying so many different peppers thanks to you guys
Amazing- I hope you have a successful year.
tons of great info, thanks! I adore our Chili Pequin plants and want to help them
Keep up the good work!
I use more peppers as companion plants for my peppers.
Really love your channel(s)!
I've been gardening in the city for several years and want to try a few new peppers. Since the gardening season is winding down, how about a series on different kinds of peppers and their flavors. I've hot plenty of heat but would like to explore different flavors with low heat.
I grew onions with my peppers last year with great success
How about companion planting with leeks? You can hill them up to make the peppers more wind resistant, and make for better leeks. Peppers will also sprout more roots along the section of stem that is covered with dirt, giving them a larger nutrient supply. Add to all this, leeks and peppers taste pretty good cooked together.
Great topic! I usually have some pots with rosemary, basil and thyme next to my peppers on the windowsill, aphids really don't like to be near those.
iam growing over 350 peppers this year, 182 different kids... prob every known aji type in existance. grow for my business. 150 tomatoes will go in this year and so much brassica. think i have 34 types of lettuce so i do alot of companion planting. i grow all this outside a duplex with neighbors. its all about how you use your space.
Wow, that sound impressive. You should share some pics of your garden on our reddit page: reddit.com/r/peppergeek
Cool
Hi! Love your channel! I have ad success with marigolds, carrots, onions/chives, and tomatoes with my peppers. I have had an excellent growing year with growing bags and ollas too. I also place straw as a mulch in our desert climate. We have overwintered chiltepins, jalapeño, and Serrano. This year we are adding Anaheim, poblano and shishito to our garden. I hoping we have success with these new crops. We planted California Wonder green peppers and had a great year with 4 plants.
Yes, I live I10, I8 junction area, I overwinter many Chiles too, I clip the tips, they are bushier that way, re monsoons.
This year I'm growing my tomatoes in a 50 gallon fish totes, putting wheels under them, south facing till the heat comes, north side during our heat, and Oct back into the sun, it's my way of trying to over winter tomatoes, and keeping them alive in the heats of summer.
Looking for others to see which varieties are more heat tolerant, so far the yellow pear do best, but would like a slicer.
Any ideas ?
@@johac7637 I have been growing mostly cherry tomatoes too. I am trying one larger tomato this year: Costoluto Genovese. So far the plant is doing wonderful. I grew Celebrity one year and produced well, but didn't like our high temps in the summer. Celebrity is one slicer that home Gardners use here. A hybrid that some gardeners like is the Better Boy, hybrid. Good Luck
Incredibile...I was looking for a video like this today and boom! :)
Glad you found it :)
I do row gardens, i like putting beets and carrots in between my peppers just to use up space. So far never had an issue
Fennel is one of the few plants that was able to compete in the same bed with spearmint. It does make space for itself and it's roots will push competitors away. In this way, it is excellent as a living fence for zealous plants like mints. Fennel will also come back again and again once the bulb is cut, as long as there is some root left that is exposed to sunlight.
Thank you!
thanks for this video
I would love to see you do more tests, particularly a fennel test.
From my own personal experience, I've grown tomatos and peppers together and the tomato hornworms decided that the tomato wasn't the only thing it would eat. It devoured some of my peppers but once I found them I had no issues after that. I do live in the deep south, so I don't know if that can play a role in it too.
I experienced the same thing I don't think tomatoes and peppers are best companions❤️🇿🇦
Your comment about store bought garlic is hokum. Organic garlic works fine. I use it every year. If you harvest sunflower heads, they wont reseed. White radishes, dill and peppermint has helped greatly w cabbage moths in my experience.
I planted some of these plants I bought as "butterfly plants". Immediately saw a massive amount of tiny peppers growing after about a week.
Nice! Butterflies are lovely to have around, though the caterpillars are not...
@@PepperGeek Yeah, have had more than a couple of plants die. But this time I have alot of free-time after school to spend carefully inspecting the plants.
The garlic you want in New England is hardneck garlic. The garlic you bought in the store is softneck garlic that came from California or China. It won't grow in the cooler northeast. If you are in New England the Littleton Co-op in Littleton NH is a great place to get organic garlic that was grown in VT. If it grew in VT it will grow anywhere in New England. Also, hard neck garlic grows garlic scapes so you get two harvests from the same plant!
I've had kale and tomatoes inhibit each other's growth. I'm kinda curious if that carries over to other nightshade crops like peppers. Also I notice that you have baker creek seeds. I LOVE Baker creek. As for tansy, I want something I can eat and tansy is toxic so... but I do know places where I can find them growing wild in my area. One busride, behind a supermarket.
Make sure garlic is planted the autumn before with copious amounts of straw. You can use the leaves in cooking. I like to use farmer's market garlic for my seed garlic. For corn, well it's a high nitrogen suck. You'll want extra extra mulch. If you don't want to spend a lot of money on fertilizer make sure they have plenty of compost. If you want beautiful varieties, baker creek has some crazy ones.
Some tomato varieties can also self seed, especially smaller tomatoes, cherry, pear or current type. Simply lay the dead plants on their side where you want them to grow the next year and spread your winter mulch. This also works for tomatillos and ground cherries. The question of pruning tomatoes is a trick question. Tomatoes have two growth patterns, determinate and indeterminate. Determinate plants have a set growth range and produce their fruits all at once. Indeterminates never stop growing or producing fruit. If you prune a determinate tomato you will lose yield, but they also have some very early or cold resistant varieties among their number like silver fir tree (which survived an unseasonable snow storm in a milk jug!) Indeterminate plants, you have to keep correcting their focus later in the season if you don't want loads of green tomatoes. These are plants you trellis, plants that will break if put in a tomato cage. These are plants you sucker and trim. If you get a lot of joy out of tomatoes and caring for plants, get indeterminate. But make sure you keep those early varieties on hand JUUUUST in case. Especially if you're in the north.
Try letting lettuce and other greens go to seed and reseed in your garden. Sometimes members of the mustard family will come back up long before you begin work in the spring. And I've got parsley seedlings at the community garden that came up in the fall and are still alive in their bed, right where I left them, now that it's early spring. They like cool wet climates, and humans generally don't. So it's a good idea to leave them to their own devices in the fall so they can greet you when you go out to your garden in the spring.
I have a lot of trouble getting most of the "mediteranian" herbs to survive indoors over the winter. They're lasting longer and longer, but it's still a huge struggle. I've been gardening for about a decade and I still can't keep rosemary plants alive over the winter. However, in the southwest you have the ability to grow rosemary in bulk. Thyme grows wild all over the place in my neighborhood, anywhere there's a sunny, sandy place. When people mow their lawns in the summer you can smell it along with the grass. But creeping thyme doesn't grow very tall. So it's hard to get a long enough branch. I suggest picking from areas near fences, that way it's harder for the mower or weed whacker to take them out. Oregano is THRIVING in the community garden where I planted it from seed, which is good because although it's touted as having numerous health benefits, oregano does its best work for you when eaten as a staple food of your diet.
Basil also comes in an amazing variety of shapes and sizes. Dwarf basil, purple basil, cinnamon basil, lemon basil, but my favorites are purple basil and tulsi. Purple basil loves hot areas like blacktop, where the high heat and bright sunlight intensify its color, flavor and scent. But it's also slow growing, so wherever you plant it, coddle it. Try to use cuttings to reproduce it for next year rather than planting from seed. Tulsi or holy basil is an asian variety far older than most of the basils you can buy seed for and comes in four cultivars. It has a unique spice like scent that's hard to mistake for anything else and it's tolerated chilly, dark weather far better than it's newer itallian counterparts. Its very good for combating the effects of stress and aiding digestion. Try shredding a sprig into the grounds of your coffee before brewing.
Try planting vining beans on the skeletal remains of last year's sunflowers. :D free beanpoles. Scarlet runner is always a show stopper, but if you want to eat the pods make sure to harvest them young and leave a few on the vine. The fresh beans can be an inch long and are a beautiful pinkish purple and black color. The mature pods can grow to be 8 inches long. If you have issues with deer or woodchucks, try the asian yardlong beans. Woodchuck norris only seemed to want them when he was in dire straits and a gardener with much more space and a deer problem shared his experience with me of deer not wanting to eat them. For peas in small spaces I've had great success with Laxton's #9. For sheer showstopping edible beauty try dragon's tongue beans or royal burgundy. This year I plan on trying calypso and mayflower dry beans. But don't forget that you can grow beans like mung from seed and get a pound of them on the cheap for a cover crop. To know if your plants have symbiotic bacteria actively collecting nitrogen, check the bean/pea roots when the plants die. You're looking for small light brown nodules hanging off the roots, the biggest of which I've seen is fingernail sized. There are also flowers and trees that know this trick, locust trees and lupine flowers, clovers, and a few others. If you don't have signs of nitrogen fixing bacteria, then you can buy a packet of the stuff to sprinkle on your garden beds. Sprinkle it in when you sow your beans and peas.
Fennel is just not a team player, that growth inhibiting effect is called "allelopathy." I haven't seen fennel do this, but I have seen kale and tomatoes edge each other out. I've had kale and tomato plants each stay below a handspan high and a foot high respectively when planted together.
As far as supports go, this year I'm trying out giant walking stick kale. This kale regularly grows the same size as a person. And I suspect it will make good plant supports the following year. It's dried and varnished into walking sticks, hence the name.
Awesome info. Love your suggestions. Thanks for taking the time to generously share what you have learned.
@@rafika816 i'm a bit on the obsessive side so it comes naturally. you should see all the debris in my livingroom from trying to produce homemade yarn from natural fibers. in case you were wondering... dogbane ROCKS... milkweed is a little more fragile but the bast fibers are awesome. i'm having a ball, literally.
Proper vernalization can be accomplished by placing the garlic in a refrigerator (as cold as possible) for at least 2 to 3 weeks. I just read that and been told that; haven't tried it.
Love the content. Keep it up
Appreciate it!
I've grown fennel. Had no negatives to other plants at all.
Re Fennel being too aggressive: I've had a lot of success putting Fennel in the same planter as Lemon Balm (or Mint), they did not seem to affect each other. It works well because fennel grows so big/tall it blocks light when used with other herbs that like full sun, but Lemon Balm is just as happy lower down in shade/semi-shade. Also I've actually had aphids attack my fennel but they won't go near the Lemon Balm. Not sure if that's a great test of Fennel's aggressiveness though, Lemon Balm seems to thrive in basically any conditions you throw at it.
Proper vernalization can be accomplished by placing the garlic in a refrigerator (as cold as possible) for at least 2 to 3 weeks.
I have heard the same about fennel. I got some young fennel mixed in with some young carrots. I have carrots either side along with onions and sweet potatoe.
The Sweet Potatoes has gone ballistic.. it is growing vines everywhere. The carrots and onions are also growing well.
Sometimes accidents work out..🙂
Lupines are great plants too add some nitrogen too your soil which can help benefit peppers as well 😎.
I have a huge fennel growing for seeds, and its close to my peppers and they are absolutly fine
If you have issues with Leaf-footed bugs causing piercing damage, planting Mammoth sunflowers away from you’re desired crop is beneficial. I plant them along the edges of my garden a which makes them easier to manage since they are “coming to you” vs. being all of the place.
My peppers do well planted with okra or tomatoes. I add marigolds, Nasturtiums, borage and basil no horn worms
Clover as a cover crop
Fennel's supposed to put out chemicals in the soil that make it unfriendly to other close-by plants, so I grow it in containers. That way the soil isn't shared but I still get to enjoy it in my garden.
Clover, clover and any type of clover!! Nitrogenfixer as the beans and the flowers are realy popular amongs pollinaters
To the contrary, here is Los Angeles, our garlic and spring onions actually attract tons of aphids that has a purple juice when you squash them. Why is that? I ended up spraying them with diluted dish soap!
thanks for the video! my companion plants are just different pepper cultivars. :D
Oh right, forgot to mention that excellent companion 😁
Pines also prevent other plants from growing. That is why there is so little grass or shrubs in pine forests. Some people may grow pines in their garden for shade or esthetic purposes or even edible nuts, but that can be a mistake.
I have a massive 3 story white pine 10 feet away from 2 of my gardens and they don't cause issues other than, due to their placement, they start shading the gardens at 2PM and are totally shaded by 5PM. Under the tree, I have grass and other weeds growing up to 2 feet or so from the trunk.
@@ASpinnerASpinner there is a bank office close to where I live, with two spruces at each side of the entrance. Right under them there is just nothing. Only fallen needles and cones. To the sides grass starts growing.
Interested in the Fennel situation! I was about to plant some because I like to have it for Thansgiving stuffing and a side dish for Christmas. I already have the seeds but want to be careful where I plant if it negatively affects anything.
Buying garlic and other veggies for seeds at your local farmer's market is cheap and guarantees the variety is ideal for your area.
Im experimenting this year mainly out of neccessity because my space is limited and everything must be bunched up close! Im trying a salsa approach growing Cilantro near the hot peppers and different varieties of annual flowers nearby and amoungst.
It’s plant family diversity so you have diverse micro biome. Check out regenerative. Recently they actually saw how plants use microbes and if you set your soil up with enough diversity and at least 4 plant families you can avoid most diseases. It was like magic this year. Also check your boron levels. A plant needs boron to move calcium. So it’s not always missing calcium that causes issues but the ability to move it. It leaches easily in wet areas
I also have bees which is a nice plus yeah they don’t all go but I only need a few of them to stop by on their way out the hive and two the honey is awesome
I grew fennel last year for the first time. The Brussel sprouts did not grow, I assumed because it was soo hot? But the dill on the other side was fine. Good to know info.
😳 me hearing about fennel after planting two right next to my peppers. Too nervous to run the experiment lol. Gonna move them.
Nice and informative video 👍 I usually just plant marigolds as companion plants. But after watching this video I think I'll add alyssum, chives and maybe some basil as well. Also, what happened to the beard?! 😱
Thanks! The beard had to go, I think it'll be a seasonal thing ☺️
I don't know about fennel but dill does stunt plants around it. If you're worried about what a plant excretes through its roots but want to use it as a companion plant then just plant it in a pot and grow it nearby
I grow a few volunteer dill plants in each of my garden beds to attract beneficial insect predators. That works. I've had no issues with suppressed growth in beans, peas, peppers, eggplants, marigolds, or members of the mint family. FWIW
The most effective sacrifice plant I've encountered, to grow with your tomatoes, is the weed lambs quarter. I've pulled up large lambs quarter plants covered in aphids from next to tomato plants that didn't have a single aphid on them. If there is lambs quarter in your tomato patch, you don't need to fear aphids.
Fennel is supposed to be one to avoid planting near nightshades, but really shouldn't plant Tomatoes and Potatoes or Eggplants but we have had good crops with these. Just never planted fennel as it is a noxious weed.
I’ve always felt peppers and tomatoes don’t grow well together because they are both nitrogen pigs. I separate them in the garden!
I made the mistake of planting fennel between the horseradish and a berry bush. It has killed both. That is saying something if you know the habits of horseradish. I'd yank the fennel out (it goes to 6 or 7 feet tall each year) but our honeybees LOVE it... i mean LOVE IT! So, there it stays.
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Basil is the best pepper companion.I plant em in the same hole .
I try to avoid heavy feeding plants like eggplants, tomato, sunflowers ect around my peppers as peppers take up quite a bit of nutrients and I don't want them to compete for food I stick mainly to herbs, borage and nasturtium with my pepper and mulch with natural products like straw or dry chopped leaves.
I suppose since I’ve been working on a warm farm for a year now with lots of castings there will be plenty of everything that everything needs red wigglers and European night crawlers- fish meal- kelp meal- yucca liquid- powdered allow and aerated water i believe plenty of nutrients for the whole gang for decades to come 👍👍💪🌼🙏😇🤔🇺🇸
I have a fennel plant next to a sweet red pepper plant. No problem with it. Last year I had a jalapeño pepper plant next to the fennel had a large harvest of jalapeño peppers. I think fennel has a bad rap!
Wow, we've seen both sides of it from gardeners. We should probably run a test next year
If it's true about fennel, then I need to plant it all around my yard to get rid of the weeds. LOL
do you guys rotate your pepper planting areas? Ive always rotated but due to unforeseen issues, we had to let our 2nd plot grow over and dont have time to prep it so will have to try the same spot as lat year. I remember my great grandfather has specific spot for specific things and never rotated, but just ammend the soil with compost and winter crops. tia for your thoughts and anyone else thats tried this!✌❤
wonder if growing finnel in containers would stop the negative effects?
Ive always grown my herbs in pots to move them around in inside if needed anyways. may try this around a few to see if I can still get any benefits
Thanks for your video. I want to put creeping lemon thyme in the same pot with my bell pepper as a companion plant. However I know that most herbs, including thyme, do not like a lot of water and can cause root rot. On the other hand, bell peppers love to keep a moist soil. Can these two plants thrive in the same large container pot??
Is this a new camera? Looks really clean
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I have been under the impression that beans only add nutrient to soil when they are tilled in like a cover crop. When they are growing they are still taking nutrients from soil and air.
Yes, a lot of people recommend planting beans/peas one season, cutting them back, and then planting peppers or other nutrient-hungry plants in their place the following season. Still, we've planted beans alongside peppers and had no issues :)
I think they grow nodules on their roots to store it and so you need to leave last year's root base at least.
I’m testing carrots with peppers...will let u know
Hi there I have grown fennel with strawberys and bell peppers and all of them strived together. Hope this helps you but please try it and let us know what is your results. Lots of love from Namibia
Add okra along with the sunflowers and corn
Right now I’m growing 15 foot snow drifts. Best crop I’ve ever had. It’s almost as if global warming is something politicians use as a form of control and manipulation.