vue - Companion Planting: Why Vegetables Need Friends
Flowers: they’re not just pretty to look at, they can really help to improve the way we grow our fruits and vegetables. Growing a variety of flowers as companion plants in or near your vegetable garden can enhance the beauty and productivity of your plot. In this short video we’ll show you how to harness the power of flowers to deter pests, attract beneficial insects including pollinators, and even improve your soil. If you've noticed any pests or beneficial insects in your garden lately please report them to us at http://BigBugHunt.com If you love growing your own food, why not take a look at our online Garden Planner which is available from several major websites and seed suppliers: http://www.GrowVeg.com http://gardenplanner.almanac.com http://gardenplanner.motherearthnews.com and many more... To receive more gardening videos subscribe to our channel here: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=GrowVeg
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About to do a garden in Louisiana and am new to this. Not to sure where to start on the flower side of gardening. Any help would be much abridged
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The bees love the Korean Hyssop too.
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Enjoyable video. I have many of these flowers scattered throughout my large garden. I especially love my comfrey and thyme which are loaded with bees for a long part of the growing season.
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Can the garden planner be used in Ireland? This channel is so helpful!
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I had marigolds every year between vegetables. they're great because they bloom continuously from June until the frost kills the plants.
I also like to have a flower bed with spring and summer flowering bulbs in the middle of the garden to brighten it up. :-) -
What is the software you are using? Does it take into account hardiness zones?
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Thank you. very informative
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I like your videos but ... I'd like to see the science behind these claims. Don't get me wrong. I "buy in" to many of these claims, but I've often wondered whether they actually work. Would love to see some field trials. Thanks for your efforts.
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Borage was a dead winner on the bee front. Also they love lilac. Lilac is massive, and grew in the garden next to mine, and bee's flocked to it! In my small garden borage is a little big and floppy (no puns intended) but with a few stakes and ties they became manageable for me.
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I love nasturtium and marigolds.
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I recommend Alyssum flowers in the vegetable garden.
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Fantastic information as always. I took many ideas from this video for next year's garden. I hadn't realized that flowers can attract beneficial insects to the garden, although it seems rather obvious!
I have a question: What are the flowers shown when you mentioned the wildflower meadow? The colours together look just beautiful. -
The Marigolds seems to help reduce pests here. Had problems with the Nasturtium as they get rangy real quickly, and had to be pulled - I may try a more dwarf variety. Think I've mentioned we've been using the Crimson Clover for a cover crop (as seen in our "Winterizing" video) and this year added the corn flowers -- they have both come up marvelously. Kept the bed beautiful all throughout the Winter and was easy to chop down and turn into the soil, as long as you get to that before seeds fully form.
Ongoing thanks for the videos. -
What would you recommend for winter gardens - something hardy of course. I have onions and spinach and a few beets growing for the winter? or is the frost enough to ward off the undesirable bugs?! Nice short video - THANKS!
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Very informative video, thank you.
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enjoyed your video
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Our community garden planted marigolds among the kale/ broccoli plants, we also planted parsley and basil at the end of each 25 foot row where we planted carrots, onions, beets and so on. Apart from grasshopper eating holes in some of the leaves, we had no cabbage moth larvae giving us trouble. Our only troublesome pest was a groundhog who had a taste for beets and sweet potatoes! We also scattered calendula and borage through out the garden, the borage is always full of pollinators.
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Love all the Vermont Bean Videos but shouldn't you ask us what we have to add before you do the video?
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I let onions go to seed last year and was shocked at how many bees the flowers brought into the garden. They also seemed to love my sunflowers as well as cosmos, calendula, marigolds and zinnias. I had a ton of beneficials this year.
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This year, I planted marigolds and calendula in my garden and they have done well. Borage self-seeds and I leave it where I can because the bees love it. Three self-seeded cosmos grew in late summer and looked lovely as well as attracted lots of bees. I also have nasturtiums growing around our fruit trees but they can get out of control. I also grow comfrey for home made mulches and fertilizers around the edge of my veg garden but like to leave a few to flower for the bees. I am planning a flower border for next year with spring bulbs and summer flowers so thank you for your suggestions. I will definitely add heleniums and single dahlias into the border. I have tried sowing poppy seeds without success but the native poppies return year after year. Thanks for your great videos.
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