Not strictly about companion plants, but: There are lots of methods for keeping slugs & snails at bay - making a collar out of copper strips around a plant, spreading ashes (microscopically sharp to their tender membranes), leaving out dishes of beer. On marigolds: it's alleged that the less showy 'single' french marigolds are much better at repelling tomato pests than the pompom shaped ones you usually find for sale at the garden center. You can usually find seeds, though. I once had a wall of those marigolds about 3 feet high - not like any common marigolds I'd ever seen and I liked the look of them better, too. I believe the alliums are also good - onions, garlic, leeks, etc., but they're not compatible with all veggies grown in the same soil. I've got some books you could borrow, with charts of companion species, good and bad combinations, etc.
Thanks, I've got some good books already. It's just finding the time to read them and follow through. :)
So far every morning I'm surprised that no animal has dug things up or eaten the sprouts. Maybe city gardens are better off than country gardens in some ways?
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On marigolds: it's alleged that the less showy 'single' french marigolds are much better at repelling tomato pests than the pompom shaped ones you usually find for sale at the garden center. You can usually find seeds, though. I once had a wall of those marigolds about 3 feet high - not like any common marigolds I'd ever seen and I liked the look of them better, too.
I believe the alliums are also good - onions, garlic, leeks, etc., but they're not compatible with all veggies grown in the same soil.
I've got some books you could borrow, with charts of companion species, good and bad combinations, etc.
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So far every morning I'm surprised that no animal has dug things up or eaten the sprouts. Maybe city gardens are better off than country gardens in some ways?
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