Everyone knows that some plants just don’t get along next to each other. If you place them in neighboring flowerbeds in your garden, you won’t expect a good harvest. But there are also those that combine well. At the same time, they even help each other grow. Our favorite tomatoes also have plants whose proximity will help increase tomato yield.
Tomatoes are fussy neighbors. Sometimes it’s hard to choose a plant that won’t interfere with your growth. For example, cabbage and potatoes should not be planted next to each other. They have the same diseases as tomatoes. Such a neighborhood will not only not help you get a good harvest, but it will also destroy the tomato bushes themselves.
So what should we choose as a neighbor to our favorite tomatoes? It turns out that these plants exist. Cucumbers, for example, won’t stop them from growing. But such a neighbourhood can hardly be considered ideal. They won’t interfere, but they won’t help either. Also, if you’re growing in a greenhouse, you shouldn’t plant tomatoes or cucumbers nearby. These plants need different conditions to produce a crop, and diametrically opposed.
There is also an option such as onion. If you plant these plants nearby, the tomatoes won’t get sick. Swinging the onion will repel pests. But there are some nuances here as well. In such a neighborhood, the onions themselves will suffer, and you won’t get a good crop of bulbs.
So, what’s best to plant near tomatoes? Which not only won’t damage tomatoes, but will also help you get a better harvest? Here comes the experience of experienced gardeners. It’s good that I have friends like that among my friends.
The answer turned out to be quite simple. Plant lettuce next to the tomatoes. Your shrubs will repel pests without removing important tomato substances from the soil. In contrast, lettuce introduces compounds into the soil that help tomatoes grow better.
So if you want to get a good crop of tomatoes, plant lettuce next to it. Many pests will disappear and the tomato bushes themselves will grow more actively. There is one more advantage. When everything starts singing, all the ingredients for a rich and healthy salad are already close.
Also read the article on cucumbers’ best neighbors. This will help you get more harvest.
