9 Companion Plants You
Should Never Grow With Tomatoes (And 7 You Should)

Some benefits of growing tomatoes with companion plants:

•  They attract beneficial insects that pollinate your tomatoes 
• they repel pest that may eat your tomatoes plant
  

•  They prevent disease by acting as natural fungicides

•  They create a beneficial environment for everything growing in your garden

• They make your tomatoes taste better

• They improve seed quality and increase the quality of your fruit

• They go well with tomatoes and recipes 

Plants
That Thrive As Tomato Growing Companions

1. Asparagus

Asparagus and tomatoes are powerful garden duos. With the help of the chemical solanine, tomatoes prevent the nasty asparagus beetle, which can damage the asparagus plant. asparagus and causes browning and bruising.  A relationship exists between the two. plants, such as asparagus plants, in turn, repel nematodes. Nematode disease can harm the plant by attacking tomato roots and preventing their growth.

 2. Chives

The Chives of the Chives is delicious Herbs to have a garden, but they can swift aphids, nematodes and mites, which actually is really nice trees for tomatoes. They are part of the allium family and can help protect your tomatoes from pests by producing a strong onion-like aroma. Chives grow best in full sun and well-drained soil with organic matter. Their herb-like hollow leaves have a mild onion flavor and are often used in salads and stews.”

 

3. Lettuce

If you are considering a garden that will give you salads, you are happy, because lettuce and tomatoes are happy friends in the garden. When you plant lettuce next to tomato plants, you will create a ground cover that will help keep the soil moist and reduce weeds (and weeds). In return, the shade that climbs the tomato plant can help provide some protective cover for the lettuce and stop it from wilting (flowers, which make the leaves shiny and dry) n ‘summer time.

4. Marigolds

The bright flowers of marigolds attract insects such as bees and ladybugs, which are good for the garden, but they also repel pests such as aphids, slugs, tomato worms and snails, all of which love to plant your garden. These helpful plants also help make the soil good for tomatoes. A few studies have shown that basil and marigolds can be effective in reducing the number of thrips in tomatoes, both in the field and in the greenhouse.” 

5. Basil

Basil and tomatoes are friends in the kitchen, but they can also be friends in the garden. “Basil is a good tomato indicator plant,” Basil will show powdery mildew and other diseases before it appears on the tomato plant. It may be time to spray if you are waiting for the disease to appear in tomatoes. Mixing with basil can help promote tomato growth.

 

6. Garlic

Garlic is a natural insect repellent that can help keep moths away from your tomatoes by protecting the smell of the growing fruit. It also repels other insects such as cabbage loopers and plant rootworms with its strong smell.

 7. Lavender

The fragrant flowers of the lavender plant repel mosquitoes and other flying insects and keep aphids away from nearby crops such as strawberries or cucumbers (but not blueberries). Lavender also attracts bees that help keep your plants healthy, which can lead to higher yields and higher yields. 

What not to plant with your tomatoes

1. Cabbage 

Planting a member of the brassica family, such as cabbage, can stunt your tomato plants because it out competes them for the same nutrients. Both cabbage and tomato plants need a lot of nutrients to thrive, so competition causes plants to suffer, and that’s usually tomatoes. In this case, tomatoes may not produce buds, causing it to fail to bear fruit and harvest. 

2. Corn

Corn and tomatoes can be good when combined in the kitchen, but not when mashed together. This is because they both attract the same types of bacteria and fungi. Moth larvae feed on corn and tomato seeds, which can destroy any chance of growth. Placing vegetables next to each other in the garden makes them twice as attractive to insects, which will cause twice as much trouble to the gardener hoping for a bumper harvest. 

3. Broccoli

Broccoli, another vegetable in the brassica family, is not a good choice to plant next to tomatoes. This is because tomatoes are hungry for food, and broccoli will compete for the same selection of food on the ground. Both plants are heavy feeders, so planting them separately is your best bet if you want them to thrive.

4. Fennel

Like brassicas fennel inhibits tomato growth. Fennel is not a good companion for most garden vegetables and should be grown alone in a small patch or pot. “Don’t plant trees next to beans, kohlrabi or tomatoes because this inhibits their growth”, he said. This spice can be combined with other vegetables in your recipe, but not in the garden. 

5. Dill

While many herbs pair well with tomatoes, dill is an exception. can do well around tomatoes as they are known to help repel aphids, a small pest that affects many garden plants. However, when the dill is ripe and ready to sow, the bite can prevent the growth of tomato plants. Mature plants can easily damage tomato roots and prevent them from growing in the future. 

6. Potatoes

Tomatoes and potatoes are both part of the nightshade family, which means they need the same nutrients to grow. As people, potatoes like tomatoes than other members of the family often follow the same diseases and insects. If they are kept together, they will compete with each other, which will not be beneficial for any species and can make them susceptible to disease, the same disease, which can spread to the soil and destroy both trees if one of them is affected. In addition, the proximity of these two plants is important because tomato roots can be damaged during harvest. 

7. Eggplant

Like potatoes, eggplant belongs to the nightshade family, which makes it a competitor to tomatoes. Eggplant is also susceptible to late blight, a fungal disease that can spread quickly from areas exposed to wind. Crowding them together makes adjacent tomatoes more susceptible to disease. When suddenly brown, yellow, spotted or dying leaves appear on plants, this is a possible sign.

8. Walnuts

Choosing to plant tomatoes next to walnut trees can also harm your harvest. Walnut trees release chemicals into the soil that inhibit the growth of surrounding plants. According to him, tomatoes can grow well next to a black walnut tree for some time, but as the tree grows, its roots grow and eventually reach the garden. Once the tree has grown walnut, it will not take long. it is necessary to wait until the disease affects the fruits of tomatoes, and then the whole plant.

 9. Cauliflower

This is another brassica to avoid when looking for a companion plant for your tomatoes. Cauliflower and tomatoes both feed well on soil. If it is planted together in the garden, their competition for food will make the smaller plants less healthy. Keep them separate to ensure more opportunities for plant growth and product development.