Tomato Companions

Tomatoes: 5 Companion Plants to Repel Pests & Grow More Tomatoes!

Companion planting is essential for having a successful growing season! Tomatoes are one that can benefit from a variety of plants around it from pest control, to attracting beneficial critters, and even making the tomatoes produce better and taste better!

Companion planting is essential for having a successful growing season! Tomatoes are one that can benefit from a variety of plants around it from pest control, to attracting beneficial critters, and even making the tomatoes produce better and taste better!

Check out this video to see our top 5 favorite companion plants for tomatoes and how they help to benefit them!

Tomatoes and basil pair really well together not only in the kitchen, but in the garden as well! 

Basil helps the tomato plant to produce more tomatoes!

It also helps to repel various pests such as flies, mosquitos, thrips, and tomato hornworms!

Marigolds helps to protect against numerous pests!

They can helps to deter nematodes in the soil with their roots.

Marigolds can also help to attract beneficial critters into your garden to help pollinate your tomato flowers!

Nasturtiums help to benefit the tomato by a few different ways!

Nasturtiums help to repel aphids and beetles away from tomatoes by acting as a trap.

They can also be effective against the squash bug and potato beetles, as well as white flies!

Garlic (along with chives!) will help to deter the Japanese beetles (June Bugs), aphids, and mites!

These can also improve the flavor and growth of the tomatoes!

Tomatoes and carrots are mutually beneficial!

Tomatoes help provide protection and help to protect it from numerous pests. At the same time, carrots help to aerate the soil with allows the tomato to uptake more moisture and nutrients into their roots!

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