Color chart of companion plants: http://www.mysquarefootgarden....
from Mindy03 on the herbs forum:
Basil repels mosquitos and horse flies
Lavender repels mosquitos, moths, flies and fleas
Lemon grass repels mosquitos
Lemon Thyme reels mosquitos,
Mint repels mosquitos
Rosemary repels mosquitos, and vegetables pests
Bay leaves repel flies
Chives repel carrot flies
Lemon balm repels mosquitos
Dill repels aphids, squash bugs, spider mites, cabbage loopers and tomato hornworms
Fennel repels aphids, slugs and snails
Parsley repels asparagus beetles
Marigolds repels aphids, mosquitos and rabbits
Nastrtium repels white flies, squash bugs, aphids, beetles and cabbage loopers
Petunias repels aphids,tomato hornworms, asparagus beetles, leaf hoppers and squash bugs
Common lantana repels mosquitos,
geranium repels leaf hoppers
Companion planting guide from "The Productive Garden": http://www.theproductivegarden...
Beneficial companions:
Basil: repels mosquitoes
Catnip: repels flea beetles
Marigolds: deter Mexican bean beetles, cabbage moths, aphids, potato bugs, squash bugs, nematodes, and maggots
Borage: repels tomato worms
Nasturtiums: repel aphids, potato bugs, squash bugs, striped pumpkin beetles, Mexican bean beetles; destroys white flies in greenhouses.
Tomatoes: repel cabbage worms
Celery: repels cabbage worms
Onions/Leeks: repel carrot flies, deters "most pests, especially maggots"; helps keep root maggots from parsnips
Wormwood: repels carrot flies, parsnip root maggots
Chives: deters aphids and Japanese beetles
Soybeans: deter chinch bugs
Radishes: deter cucumber beetles
Green beans: deter Colorado potato beetles
Garlic: deters Japanese beetles and aphids; garlic oil spray deters onion flies, aphids, and ermine moths
Oregano: deters many insect pests
Rosemary: repels bean beetles, cabbage moths, carrot flies
Sage: deters cabbage moths, carrot flies
Thyme: deters cabbage moths
Dill: deters squash bugs
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Planting times and extending the season:
Winter gardening chart: http://www.territorialseed.com...
Spring planting guide: http://www.territorialseed.com...
Time intervals for succession planting - Vegetables: http://www.johnnyseeds.com/t-s...
Time intervals for succession planting - Herbs: http://www.johnnyseeds.com/t-s...
Time intervals for succession planting - Flowers: http://www.johnnyseeds.com/t-s...
Succession planting calculator: Link found on same page as above interval planting charts. (Succession Planting Spreadsheet in my "downloads")
Scheduling vegetable plantings for continuous harvest (PDF): (Link to download is found on same page on Johnny's Seeds as the above succession planting guides.) (Continuous Harvest PDF in my "downloads")
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"Trap Cropping is a vegetable garden planting strategy that involves planting something garden pests like better than the crop you’re growing, then uprooting and removing the trap crop once the pests have infested it. In the process, you knock back the breeding population of the pest." (www.grow-it-organically.com)
Vegetable companion planting chart:
http://www.ufseeds.com/Vegetab...
Companion planting guide:
http://www.motherearthnews.com...
Interplanting: grow mutually beneficial plants together, utilize different root zones, interplant crops that mature early with crops that mature later.
(excerpt from Gaia's Garden)
http://www.chelseagreen.com/co...
Vegetable intercropping:
http://www.gardeningknowhow.co...
Vegetable gardening planting strategies:
http://www.grow-it-organically...
Crop rotation: "There are two general rules of vegetable crop rotation:
1.Avoid planting members of the same vegetable crop family in the same place every year. For information on which vegetables are in each vegetable crop family, see How to Grow Vegetables.
2.Follow a heavy feeder with a light feeder, and a light feeder with a legume to restore soil fertility before planting a heavy feeder again. This basic rotation schedule reduces soil depletion and the buildup of pests and diseases."
(www.grow-it-organically.com)
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