Bad neighbors of tomatoes reduce the harvest

Some plants repel pests near tomatoes. Others steal nutrients or easily infect them with diseases, putting the harvest at risk.

If the plants have the same requirements for the site and soil, they can be grown, e.g Ideally socialize with perennial family. from tomatoes You can expect a good harvest, but you should take a careful look when choosing companion plants. Especially when they have the same needs, you can compete with tomatoes and slow down their growth.

Poor bed neighbors take away nutrients or space from tomatoes

Tomatoes are heavy eaters and require a lot of nutrients. This also applies to vegetables such as potatoes and peas, so tomatoes can suffer very little in their area if they are not provided with enough fertilizer. Others secrete growth-inhibiting substances through the roots that affect the tomato plant. Potatoes, for example, can cause such diseases It is susceptible to late blight and infects tomatoesTherefore they should not be planted at a distance in the same bed as tomatoes.

These plants should not keep tomatoes in a container or bed:

• option
• fennel
• Eggplant
• Physalis
• love
• sunflower
• Salafi
• Jerusalem artichoke
• potato
• Peas
• Beet roots

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