SIMPLE & COMPLETE Guide To COMPANION PLANTING! Use Your Plants To CONTROL Pests & OPTIMIZE Growth!
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- čas přidán 13. 06. 2024
- COMPANION PLANTING simplified!
In this week's video, we will show you the general rules that are common to all companion planting combinations, so that you can apply them to take the vegetables, herbs, flowers and other plants you grow to make the combinations that work for you, simply by knowing one or two details of each of the plants you grow.
COMPANION PLANTING is basically a simplified version of how BIODIVERSITY works in NATURE! Different plants with their different properties helping each other out! An ECOSYSTEM with a great deal of NATIVE BIODIVERSITY is a BALANCED ecosystem and a HEALTHY one. We strive to imitate how NATURE and BIODIVERSITY work as much as possible so that the food we grow is as HEALTHY and ABUNDANT as can be!
The way we grow our food goes way beyond organic! We grow our food the way nature grows food!
Knowing just a few things about each of your plants will allow you to be able to MAKE YOUR OWN COMPANION PLANTING COMBINATIONS. Some plants grow slowly, others quickly, some stay small, others get really big, some need full sun while others need shade during part of their growth. We will show you the practical ways of combining plants based on their growth patterns, based on the type of plant they are (aromatic, sweet, spicy, etc.), their needs for some shade or full sun, and so on. We will show you how you can TIME your plantings of different combinations of plants to MAXIMIZE their POTENTIAL to help each other out. We will also show you how to care for your PERENNIAL COMPANION plants so they too can help in the best way possible their other companion plants!
It's Mid-June, and we think the garden is looking beautiful! We can't wait to share with you what's growing there! Magali and I worked together on this video so we could get lots of better shots. And we've taken your feedback to heart to work on making our videos as ENJOYABLE, INFORMATIVE and EDUCATIONAL as we can!
Welcome to Willows Green Permaculture. Magali and I are here to chat with you and answer any questions you might have! Enjoy the video! Thank you everyone for hanging out and chatting with us. Don't forget to leave a question in the comments if you have any, or any comment too!
I have a question about a recent short video you posted♡
It was the short where you ate all the flowers... at the very very end, it started to talk about fuchsia flowers... but my video cut off before I found out if they were edible!!😢 please help.
Grateful to have found this channel. Not only is it so useful and rich in information but also so good to the soul to hear such a gentle person talk about what they clearly love. ❤
Thank you n.s.. This means very much to me. ❤
Just the other day, I was telling my husband about the 3 sisters corn, beans, squash and how we should adopt this method.
I've been wondering about what other companions exist. It's like you read my mind 🌱😊
Thank you!
Hello new brother 🤝. Growing OFF-THE-GRID, 1st garden this year. Been boat, float plane and sled access only 4 years now. Much respect 💪🍁👣
Wow! That’s amazing! All the best with the garden! Welcome to Willows Green Permaculture!
Yes please thank you God bless you Maranatha
Thank you!
Deliberately cutting back potatoes and sunflowers is something I would have neuer thought of. Guess I am still in the mindset that originates from commercial agriculture.
I need to experiment more while I still have the supermarket as a backup.
Experimenting is the best way and having a back-up makes experimenting so much easier and more fun! And yes, the commercial agricultural mindset has conditioned us with many u helpful expectations like perfect shaped fruit, unusually large sizes and not a single bite from little bugs.
Such a helpful and enjoyable video to watch with my coffee. My little garden is doing well this morning 🎉
Thank you so much!🙏 Enjoy your coffee! 😊
Your videos are rich on gardening knowledge and this video is no exception - for one thing I never knew borage leaves are edible and I love it in the garden for attracting pollinators but one complaint it can get greedy for space. Now I know how to manage them. Thank you. I’ve learned so much,
Thank you so much! Yes, borage can get huge, and it self seeds like crazy!
My borage had self seeded, humongous! I let it go for the bees for the most part and new plants are already emerging😊
Yes, carrots and tomatoes do well even in buckets!
Thank you!
Great information i'm sure I watch it over and over.
Thank you Toney!!!
Excellent video
Thank you!
Thank you! Beautiful garden. Yah’s blessings.
Thank you!
You were right in your comment to me in another video about the deer eating the top leaves of my bean plants. I left them there and they sprouted side shoots and kept growing.😊
Wonderful! Thank you for letting me know Barb!
I have noticed that cucumber beetles usually attack weak, stressed plants. For example, if my cucumber plants don't get enough sunlight or enough nutrients (poor soil), they often succumb to bacterial wilt that's transmitted by cucumber beetles while plants that are not stressed are unaffected. Fellow retired teacher from Ontario here! Take care and happy growing. Thanks for the video.
Absolutely. Water too. Squash family plants need alot, especially up front. The faster they can get started and get past that small seedling stage, the better. Sometimes it's just better to wait. Now (mid-June) is probably the best time to direct sow to avoid the cuc-beetle. But you have to make sure they get full sun, and this time of year everything is growing like crazy!
Un fuerte Abrazote para ti y tu hermosa familia !!! Un video que miré varias veces !!! Desde Uruguay 🤗
¡Muchísimas gracias Loreley! ¡Igualmente!
Always enjoy your videos. Everything is growing so fast. I have mammoth sunflower over 7 ft tall and are blooming & picked 5 gallon bucket of green beans. I have been having problems with cucumber fungas, squash bugs and japanese beatles. I hand pick the insects & sprayed cucumber plants with hydrogen peroxide and water mixture. Best wishes
For the squash vines borers, bury your vines everywhere you can under mulch or a little bit of soil.
They will sprout new roots at the leaf nodes and so will be able to survive squash bucket attacks.
Thank you I did as much as possible. I've been putting small pieces of cardboard around squash the bugs like to hide under it and then I can just flip it over and SQUASH them. It's 100 here today with the heat index. Canned 12 quarts of green beans today. Have a great weekend.
I love the cardboard trick! I often see the bugs scurry under the leaf when the see me coming, so I just pass my finger under the leaf, and I usually find them. I might just try that cardboard trick!
My green beans are a few inches tall. It wasn't warm enough to plant them till the middle of May.
@@marilynmitchell2712 Here I have to wait until the very end of May to plant beans. I still have a couple of areas I'd like to plant some more.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom 💚
It's a real pleasure! Thank you!
The garden is so beautiful and green
Thank you!🌿🌳🍇
Great garden and video! I'm definitely going to plant calendula next year.
That's great! You"re going to love it! Sometimes it self-seeds and comes back on it's own too. However, the seeds are super easy to collect and keep from the dried flower heads. You will only ever have to buy a single packet of seeds.
@WillowsGreenPermaculture I was wondering what I should do about my purple clover. The bees are loving it but it's taking over my garden. Having a hard time pulling it up. Can you give me permission? Lol
Clover is a tough plant I think. I would keep that in a separate pile, along with the other tough ones, like creeping charlie, grass and so on. Let that pile cook, or use it if you have areas that need vegetation to prevent erosion or something.
Hi, thank you for your work. You and a few other permaculture youtubers made me underestand that everything and everyone has a place and a function...you just have to find it...and i cant tell you enough how much i needed to learn that...❤
Thank you!
Great stuff as always. Thanks for all the info! I took notes.
Thank you!
Im not a vegetable gardener but I really enjoyed this!
Thank you so much!
On the topic of animal pressure on our gardens - one of my major strategies is to deflect them away from my garden plantings - we're on twenty acres of almost undeveloped woodlands, adjacent to a wildlife reservation, so there's a huge amount of "native" food available. I just try to make my plantings a little harder to access ;)
That’s fantastic Peter! And it really is the way. Giving animals the food they need and the space they need. It’s something we really have to try to do better as a society because not all individuals have enough space that they can give to animals on their own. It’s funny, I say almost exactly the same thing, word for word, as your comment, in the following video, if I recall correctly: czcams.com/video/2VJtpHOJOY4/video.htmlsi=GidJ3lXc1SeLcr-n
Thank you. Great effort and passion put into sharing your knowledge that came from years of hard work and observation. Priceless.
Thank you so much!
I like the name Willow green permaculture. Thank you for the video
Thank you! Several years ago, when I was doing Shodo, Japanese calligraphy, as a hobby, I asked a very good friend of mine from Japan for an expression I could practice with my Shodo that spoke about the well-being we feel when we are in contact with nature. He told me of an ancient Chinese poem, the first line of which is - Willows Green Blossoms Red.
Really enjoy ur information! Has helped me lots with my garden! God bless!!❤
I’m so glad! God bless you too!
Thanks for the video i learnt a few new things that i will give a try come spring with the corn beans and squash and potatoes thanks a heap from AUSTRALIA .
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Thank you! I’m not really recommending that you plant potatoes with your Three Sisters, only that, like what happens with so many other companion plants, I observed that they seem to mask the squash sprouts from the cucumber beetle. You could get that from a flower or an herb that would take up much less space than a potato.
subscribed and thumbs up! glad to support you in all your hard work! thank you for all the shared knowledge
Thank you! Welcome to Willows Green Permaculture!
And the sunflowers well they pretty and bring hummingbirds 😊 .... Subscribed :))
Thank you! Welcome to Willows Green Permaculture!
It's quite interesting to watch this video.
Thank you!
WOWOWOW, thank you so much.
It's a real pleasure!
This is so interesting! I am learning .....
Thank you!
Great ideas. Thanks for sharing!
It’s a pleasure! Thank you!
Thank you that was wonderful and really informative 😊
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Thanks!
It's a pleasure!
That was very helpful thank you 🙏
It’s a pleasure! 😊
Great video
Thank you Samantha!
Thanks, going to put beets with my peppers in a month, let the peppers grow a bit. I was already wondering what to plant/seed there😊
That’s great. Good luck!
Thanks for this
You’re welcome!
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Awesome tour, you have given me more ideas! I'm dealing with cucumber beetles here. Any other ideas besides squashing them and using diatomaceous earth?
Planting as late as you can. Here cucumber beetles seem to have done their thing by mid-June. Another thing you can do is plant trap squash first - a whole bunch of them. All you have to do is make sure you keep some seed from some of your squash in the winter, preferably Queensland blue or blue ballet. Those seem to be really popular with the cucumber beetle. The ones you want to harvest from, sow them ahead of time in pots. Not too small. It’s good to let your squash get to a good size before transplanting. Also, once they are a decent size (you have at least one leaf that’s about the size of your hand let’s say) they’re less susceptible to the cucumber beetle. Transplant them when they’re ready.
How you give the Gandalf vibe 🪶
Thank you! 😊 😊😊
I grow lemon balm for tea
This year I've planted more for our, so far, empty beehive. I think I will definitely harvest some for tea!
Companion planting is a pale but useful tentative to diversify like nature does.
Precisely. You might say it’s the first tentative step in a person’s journey toward immersing themselves totally in nature’s biodiversity.
Please put me on your list! Many thanks. Be well, be safe.
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Wow your squash has already come so far along! Where in Canada are you ?
When did you plant the squash and what variety did you use?
We planted on Victoria day, and our squash has hardly budged.
Your gardens are lovely
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I sowed the squash in the Three Sisters beds at the same time as the corn, on May 8th. It's normal for your squash not to have shown up yet if you sowed Victoria Day. It'll pop up soon, and the advantage for you, is cucumber beetle season is over. Also, if you bought your seeds, they always take a little longer than the ones you collect, which will be adapted to your conditions.
@@WillowsGreenPermaculture thanks for your reply and encouragement 🙏
@@teagoldleaf4137 You're welcome! It's a real pleasure!
@@WillowsGreenPermaculturemy squash are still small even though I planted them around May 8 too.
@@marilynmitchell2712 Give it time. Some of mine are still very small too. So long as they have lots of sun and not too much competition, they'll take off at some point as the days get hotter. Make sure they get the water they need if you don't get rain.
Hi how do you decide how far apart to put them from each other. How far apart timing do you plant so successful. I would like to try this 😊
For spacing, I space them a little further apart than the full size of the plant. For timing of the planting of different plants growing together, I will make sure the slower growing smaller plants have time to grow before putting the larger plants in. The timing will also depend on things like if the plant is frost, tolerant, or not, so you just need to know one or two things about each plant to know about timing and spacing. If I don’t know these small details, I check it out on the Internet. The information is usually pretty accurate because it’s simple information.
I just planted my third corn bed and I always germinate my seeds before I put them in the soil, so I'm less likely to have an empty plot, but for some reason one of the corn plants is pushing another entire corn plant.
Are you sure they're not side-shoots growing out the base of the plant? Corn often does that, like the several tillers of a sorghum plant, for example. If the main stem gets damaged, one of the side shoots takes over if needed, and will grow as tall as the main stem. If it's an entirely separate plant, and the second one isn't too big, you could gently separate it and replant it. Give both plently of water if you try this.
I count my plants in my tiny garden in the city. What do I grow to repel moles?? I tried onions circling my 8 squash sprouts this year. I try marigolds and mint to discourage the deer who walk diwn the road only 20 feet from the garden.
I wonder if rutabaga could work. It has such a large root! How have your solutions been working?
Hi Stefan; thanks for sharing your knowledge, I'm so glad to find your channel. With such a large garden (how big of an area do you garden?), how did you find enough cardboard, soil, and wood chips? Cheers Roger
If I add all the gardens together, with the orchard, it’s probably about 1/4 acre. The main garden out front is 1/10 of an acre. I got the cardboard for free from grocery stores, the liquor store, and the big pieces I got from stores like Moores and some big box stores. All for free. The woodchips I get for free from arborists. When we set up the garden, I purchased 20 cubic yards of triple mix. Well worth it when faced with the prospect of removing 1/10 of an acre of grass. It was enough to cover the main garden overtop the cardboard to sufficiently smother the grass. We did it at the beginning of January 2020, and by the end of April, we were able to plant in it. The cardboard was sufficiently decomposed, the plant roots could grow through it. I prefer to do that sort of thing in the fall just before the winter to give it more time, but we moved here in December.
@@WillowsGreenPermaculture Thank you for this information. I guess it's time to grab a shovel. Amazing in just a few months you were able to plant a garden. All the best and again, your content is A++ Cheers Roger
@@rogerkenworthy6380thank you Roger!
what zone are you in and what area of the country? Your garden is beautiful.
Ontario, north of Lake Ontario about 30 minutes. Zone 5b, although it’s probably gonna be 6a or b when the map ever gets updated. Thank you!!
@@WillowsGreenPermaculture So nice to hear you're in Canada...your garden and way of gardening is fantastic, so natural, I love it! I am en-route to changing my methods, it just makes sense so thank you for all your info, its very helpful indeed. .
@@mssavedin92 Thank you for sharing! I appreciate it!
Hello Magali and Stefan, a very, very nice place you guys have established there. I am curious, do you have any problems with snails and/or slugs? Or do you have natural predators who take care of them? We are drowning with slugs this year here in Denmark :-( I am looking for a natural way to handle them. After all they are a part of nature and we need some of them to handle the decaying green stuff.
What kind of climate are you in? Costal, in land?
Wish you all the best, Hajo from Denmark
Thank you! We are inland in a somewhat humid area. If you can attract frogs and toads or even little snakes to your garden they will help you a great deal with the slugs and the snails. Check out some of our other videos about this. I’m gonna make a playlist about bugs and pests. Birds also help us control the slugs and snails. For frogs if you have pieces of logs, or other wood or wood chips or old broken pottery, put them in around your garden as shelters for them and for birds put in vertical pieces for purchase like long stakes, branches teepees, anything really. All the best to you too!
Thank you, I will try that!
@@hqprivat That's great! Good luck!
what about pruning down the potato plants? Theyre 2.5 feet tall and will get taller, thats something I need to know. Please let me know.
Yes, you can prune them back as much as you want. It just means they’ll have a little less energy for the potatoes. But, when they fall over, they’re also not as efficient. I’ve pruned them before and I’ve gotten just as much harvest.
Hello, thank you for your informative videos.
Very often you talk about B-bombs or Bbombs (that's what the translation in the subtitles says). What is that or which plants are meant by that?
Bee Balm. A type of Monarda. 😊Thank you!
@@WillowsGreenPermaculture Aaaah ok, thanks! I know this as "Indianernessel" (Indian nettle)
@@Sugo669 You're welcome. If ever I have time, I'll go in and correct the automated subtitles.
Hi from Germany, I liked your Video very much, thank you! Do you plant your veggis every year in the same spot? Ive been told, the karrots are not alloyed to be planted for 7 years at the same spot. Whats your oppininon? All the best for you from Taffy
Sometimes I plant them in the same place. The reason you should avoid this is probably because of bugs, but I use biodiversity and companion planting to control the bugs. Bugs only become a real problem with a monoculture. I think the seven year rule applies more to a monoculture of a large space having only carrots in a big large space, because with a monoculture bugs can wipe out an entire harvest.
Thank you very much for your answer. I feel the same way, but i am a beginner - anyway, it all works fine out :-)
@@Egret13-ps5te It's a real pleasure. All the best with your gardening! You're going to do great!
Are there mustards that aren't hot. I grew mustard one year it was so hot you couldn't eat it
I'm guessing that for mustard, it's likely growing conditions that determine how hot it is. My guess is that the drier the conditions, so long as the mustard can still grow well, the hotter it will be, because the 'heat' property of the plant will be in higher concentrations than a mustard that's got a ton of water. That's just a guess, though.
The squash borers don't seem to be deterred by the prickles😢
You must eat a lot of peppers!
No. They’re not. They don’t like butternut squash vine though. It’s harder. Wherever you can, bury your squash vines (not the leaves, just the vine, under mulch or soil). . At each leaf node, the vine will grow roots, and so will survive a vine borer attack and eventually thrive.
@WillowsGreenPermaculture thanks! Not so easy in my cramped space, but definitely worth a try. Will get butternut for next year!
Good luck! The vine doesn’t need extra space, just extra roots. Any squash related to butternut will have a similar effect. Crookneck another one.
What zone are you in? Thanks
5b. Could be 6a or b when Ontario comes out with a new map
chuckle. If, like me, you're a genetic "taster", fresh cucumber can never be likable ;) The bitter chemical signature taste is not one to adapt to ;) Pickled they're fine. My wife finds cilantro tastes like soap.
That’s funny about the soap! I can relate! I Probably felt the same way the first time. The first time I tasted papaya I thought it tasted like vomit. Now I absolutely love it. I do love, pickled cucumbers, but I also like to have a few fresh ones in the summer. Not a ton though. There’s nothing like a cucumber and tomato sandwich.
So happy to have found your channel! Thank you for all you are sharing in your gardening journey. I have been transforming my suburban property into a food forest for over 10 years now, and love so much how the learning is ever ending🙏 In a past vid you showed weeding and just placing those pulled weeds as mulch around same area, instead of composting them. Was one of those moments where I thought, yes! Of course makes sense, as I do that chop and drop with my comfrey plant leaves…so why not do that with “weeds”👍 You have taught me so much more in this vid also….I threw some carrot seeds many weeks ago into a raised bed where I plant tomato seedlings because I saw bare soil😜…and now in this vid you share how that can work so well! So much fun, this surprising confirmation from you that this interplanting works so well when it was just a random planting choice on my part! 😊🙏❤️
@@avag1424 Thank you! It is great when that sort of thing happens. I love when I learn things completely randomly!