Science-Based Companion Planting Combinations That WORK

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Join Kevin and ‪@jacquesinthegarden‬ to learn the basics of companion planting, a great way to help your plants thrive by growing them alongside their best buddies.
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00:00 - Intro
00:11 - What Is Companion Planting
01:23 - Tomatoes
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06:23 - Brassicas
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08:57 - Potatoes
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@epicgardening Ай бұрын

Further companion planting resources: → eorganic.org/node/5307 → sandovalmastergardeners.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Companion-Planting-slides.pdf → piedmontmastergardeners.org/article/magical-repelling-powers-of-marigolds-myth-or-fact/ → agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2023/03/28/improving-tomato-plants-through-companion-planting/ → tilthalliance.org/resources/how-legumes-fix-nitrogen-in-your-soil/ → www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/canr/cooperative-extension/fact-sheets/adding-diversity-garden/ → www.mofga.org/resources/companion-planting/companion-planting/ → northerngardener.org/ladybugs-asian-lady-beetles-and-aphids/ → cales.arizona.edu/cochise/mg/best-enemies-brief-guide-companion-planting-part-2 → ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=21085 → extension.umn.edu/planting-and-growing-guides/companion-planting-home-gardens → u.osu.edu/extensionclermont/2023/06/23/potager-article-8/ → extension.psu.edu/maximizing-your-vegetable-garden

@10Flowers323 Ай бұрын

I was wondering if you guys would ever do something that covers the food forest concept. FYI at the time of writing this I have not yet viewed this video. thanks and love!

@lindamon5101 Ай бұрын

I may grow much better next to U2🤩🤩😍

@thedtfrosty8395 Ай бұрын

planted my first garden because of this channel, already producing a ton of food!

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

LOVE to hear this

@thedtfrosty8395 Ай бұрын

@@epicgardening most the seeds came from @botanicalinterests

@earthisflat Ай бұрын

Awesome 😎 👍 just be warned it's really addicting 😅

@ifeyanishaminya Ай бұрын

@earthisflat agreed, highly addictive. I always sigh before going into plant nurseries because I know my wallet is going to feel the pain 😂

@thedtfrosty8395 Ай бұрын

@@ifeyanishaminya never anticipated how much I could spend on DIRT 😂

@GrowsGoneWild Ай бұрын

We gonna need a flowchart for this 😂

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

We'll make something!

@GrowsGoneWild Ай бұрын

@@epicgardening would honestly be super useful 🤩

@catherinebaldwin6580 Ай бұрын

I can’t imagine a veggie garden without marigolds. Always had they in with the tomatoes and squash since I was real little.

@PorchGardeningWithPassion Ай бұрын

Same!

@rachelt761 Ай бұрын

Me! I got a flat of marigolds at the start of the season and planted everything else from seed (tons of veg). The marigolds came with spider mites 🎉 so they’re all gone now and I was able to quarantine them from my other things. It’s a battle but I had to tell my story 😂lol

@earthisflat Ай бұрын

Planting basil and toms next to each other are an absolute game changer, i planted both of those next to each and am happy to say i no longer have tomato horn worms 😁 although it doesn't prevent aphids 😅

@ninavandenabbeele9667 Ай бұрын

You can plant some sacrificial nasturtium they work really well

@tiffany7023 2 күн бұрын

Plant marigolds on one side of the tomato plant, aphids hate them.

@suepowlesland8541 Ай бұрын

Great tips! I have found Borage + Onions + Strawberries works really well in my garden😊

@marilynmitchell2712 Ай бұрын

I always grow cucumbers vertically in tomato cages. (Small garden) I really love this video. I will use all the tips.

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

Wonderful!

@Embassy_of_Jupiter 28 күн бұрын

It's so crazy watching people garden without slugs. I could never do anything you guys do because the slugs would eat it all 😂

@joepa6106 Ай бұрын

You had 1 job ..... hilarious dual laughter intro ... 😂😂 ca'mon guys its the highlight of the video !!!

@cryptelligence Ай бұрын

Perennial buckwheat is beautiful and pollinators love it - especially on the west coast!

@johndyer9232 Ай бұрын

Here in SW Missouri as well.

@lave2404 Ай бұрын

Have you tried PLOYES? BUCKWHEAT FLOUR BREAD SUBSTITUTE.

@MissBitterSunshine 4 күн бұрын

Buckwheat next to potatoes helps with potatoes bugs (hoverflies are amazing!)

@tayjahrivera7156 Ай бұрын

I have learned so much over my 3 years of garden and much thanks to this channel! My garden is looking amazing this spring. I started gardening after my first child passed away, this has been great therapy for me ♥️.

@janes2180 11 күн бұрын

Breaks my heart to read this, sending you lots of love and healing 💜 so glad you found some therapy in your garden x

@allfruit Ай бұрын

Great video. Would love to see the same for a container garden. Such as 5 gallon buckets, 20 gallon tubs and various size grow bags. I'm in south Florida and the bugs during the summer are bad. Especially aphids.

@ejk9645 Ай бұрын

My Grandfather always had the companion plants together and garlic and buckwheat peppered the garden and roses. First thing I did when setting up our garden after buying the house was to get buckwheat to help with the soil in areas we wanted to help. I miss him so much. If only the people who bought their house knew how rich that soil is from the farm my Babci had and then my grandfather’s garden!!!!!!

@marvinbrock960 Ай бұрын

Any man that can sing beans beans out-loud…. You’re good in my book! 😂👍🏻🇺🇸

@leahdshults Ай бұрын

Painted daisy is really good companion like marigold. Painted Daisy has the chemical pyrethrum, which many insecticids have in them.

@tinyturnip43-lu1og Ай бұрын

I have been planting beans with the rest of my crops for a little over two years! They taste good, give shade, and add nitrogen back into soil

@judymckerrow6720 Ай бұрын

I’ve also heard if you plant Hubbard squash near your squash plants the Hubbard squash will be a trap crop for the squash beetle because squash beetles prefer Hubbard squash over any other squash. 💐💚🙃

@baddriversofcolga Ай бұрын

I like planting native plants around the garden to attract beneficial insects that help control pests and they benefit the environment as well.

@benm5407 Ай бұрын

Thanks Eric

@molnaralexandru3485 Ай бұрын

Horseradish in containers!! I really love em, but they're very hard to get rid of. Every 1-2cm of chopped root can develop into a new plant. Container gardening horseradish also makes it really easy to harvest/store.

@theheardhomestead Ай бұрын

I have multiple scallions (from the grocery store), nasturtiums, marigolds, alyssum and dill in each bed. I’m here to win 🥇 😂😂😂😂 I will fight a pest this year!

@pocketjen4136 Ай бұрын

I’ve been planting cilantro with my potatoes, it shades the cilantro and keeps it from bolting. Ill try adding some bush beans, and putting some cosmos nearby too! (I love cosmos already so it’s not a problem)

@butterlite100 Ай бұрын

Eric gives the best advice for companion planting!

@CaliforniaGardenGoddess Ай бұрын

Great video! I always love planting basil and marigolds with my tomatoes but I like these other ideas!

@phillippinter7518 Ай бұрын

I eat a lot of beans, mostly pinto, every day, they stop giving you the farts if you eat them often enough that your body gets used to it (at least for me and most people)

@Dronebertios_World 10 сағат бұрын

LOVE the marigolds that we planted this year they're really starting to take off (7b)

@maggieclendenin6740 18 күн бұрын

Jacques is a gem

@Talula72 Ай бұрын

I grow in raised beds and a couple weeks after planting my cabbage and romanesco, I had potato sprouts coming up among them. I obviously missed some of last year's potato harvest. 😃 It will be interesting to see how that combo does.

@GardenTronics Ай бұрын

Yard long beans makes for an awesome spicy salad. 😋

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

Love yard longs!

@veryberry39 Ай бұрын

Man, I HATE it when planes hit my brassicas. Like... you've got that whole open sky, why're you taking out my crops???

@warprail Ай бұрын

I'm in Zone 4, and have been pairing potatoes with horseradish in the garden for four years, and it works quite well. Potato beetles always miss the crops hidden amongst the horseradish, and the two plants get along. A word of caution, though. Horseradish is an incredibly aggressive plant, and will re-establish from even the smallest piece of root. You have to cull it back every harvest when it's in an enclosed bed. Its far more challenging to REMOVE horseradish than it is to grow it. :)

@jesswelsh9838 Ай бұрын

Great video, gentlemen! Very helpful. Thanks & happy growing!💚🌻

@PeteVera Ай бұрын

Great video!!! Really have started planting beans around all of my garden thanks to y’all’s advice!:)

@chantelmcskimming6633 Ай бұрын

Super useful video!! Thank you-- will use immediately!! 😊

@keithscookies799 Ай бұрын

Good alternatives to spraying

@RealBradMiller Ай бұрын

My neighbor asked me if they could spray for weeds and insects... I politely declined... But you can definitely tell where they sprayed... 😬 There was even some type of squash or gourd growing along this rock wall, and they sprayed that shit down.... Like what was it harming? Now there's just straw brown spots and lines everywhere. 😮‍💨 Glad I was home, my dad would have told them to spray away and every single thing would be dead. 😂

@wolfpup7891 Ай бұрын

Beans, beans, they're great for your heart, The more you eat, the more you .... well, you know.

@Squiltt Ай бұрын

Weird pick but we're experimenting with growing peas up our raspberry stalks this year!it took so long for the raspberries to get any leaves coming out of winter it was an easy trellis for the peas. The raspberries are growing in now and shading out the peas as it warms up.

@PorchGardeningWithPassion Ай бұрын

I love it! I am working on planning out my warmer weather crops for the rest of the season up here in the PNW and this video is helpful for that process 😀

@Whitegems015 20 күн бұрын

One combination that worked for my garden is planting beans plant with my chilli plant. One of my chilli is now 5 foot tall and loaded with chilies. Beans provide lots of nitrogen to soil which in turn is absorbed by chilies. I only had to put Fertilizer for flowering and fruiting, I never had to add nitrogen for leaves.

@jackiek4159 Ай бұрын

You can never go wrong with tomatoes and Basil together! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🍅

@northerngirlhobbies Ай бұрын

Thanks fellas, perfect timing.

@ritairenegutierrezleon9993 28 күн бұрын

MILPA is traditional agriculture in Mexico, still in use. Based on the agronomy of the Maya and of other Mesoamerican peoples, the milpa system is used to produce crops of maize, beans, and squash without employing artificial pesticides and artificial fertilizers.

@Greens5511 Ай бұрын

This is such a great info video!! 👍👍 One thing I wish I could understand is how I have heard it here and elsewhere to plant horseradish in ur garden 🤷🤔 I have planted it in my garden in two areas and found out how invasive it is and I struggle to get rid of it

@alisonk157 Ай бұрын

Suggestions for what I can plant with mammoth sunflowers to repel squirrels from eating the stalk as soon as the sunflower blossoms? 😂

@deecooper1567 Ай бұрын

I’ll be trying some of these companion plantings soon 🌶🫑🧄🍆🧅🥔👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

@clarissaviens5778 29 күн бұрын

Watching this again in January when I need to be planting seed starts for Georgia spring crops!

@guineawheat Ай бұрын

Ever give any thought to a companion garden app? I bet EG would make an epic (pun partially intended) resource for gardeners when they're out doing garden things... always so much good information on the channel but I always forget it!!

@ediem4222 Ай бұрын

Great information! Thank You!

@PepperplacewithShawna Ай бұрын

Thanks! Basil is a game changer for tomatoes!

@HardCandy-fd4vz Ай бұрын

You can also grow sunflowers for a natural trellis for cucumbers..

@MadMusic26 Ай бұрын

My brassicas and potatoes have been decimated by caterpillars this year. At least, I *think* they’re caterpillars. We’ve had a lot more moths than butterflies this year. This is my first year gardening so I’m not entirely sure. At this point I’m just letting them clear out my beds for me as I get ready for summer 😅 I’ll definitely be working your companion plants into my garden this time around.

@dennislauritsen2590 Ай бұрын

The edits are on fire xD Never laughed so hard at one of your videos, keep the memes coming!

@erickangelcastro Ай бұрын

lmao the edits kill me. I like where Jeaques takes a whiff and eyes turn into those of a fiend lmao

@xylophenia Ай бұрын

That was my favorite part 😂

@BlendAndConquer Ай бұрын

I would be careful with that horseradish, it will take over. Like a hostile takeover lol. I’m growing some in a whiskey barrel here in CA (9b) and now it’s popping up in ground around the barrel. I personally am not mad about it because a Polish gal can’t have too much chrzan & it’s kind of an empty nothing patch over there, but you have a whole garden of Eden there. I’m sure you already knew, but just in case I spoke my peace.

@moomin1632 Ай бұрын

Rose arch is looking beautiful ❤️

@cut-- Ай бұрын

We do have a short season here in Maine and have to time planting seedlings precisely (something I'm still holding off on doing as we speak) because of deadly frost but WOW I'm so thankful we don't have all the insects you have! We do have an occasional potato and squash beetle but I know how to counter them now! Thank you. 🥰

@GardeningFeedingCookingFolk Ай бұрын

Khu vườn của bạn rất tốt ,cây trồng phát triển xanh mướt ,bạn rất có kinh nghiệm trồng cây làm vườn ,cảm ơn bạn đã chia sẻ video với mọi người .

@terrivance8750 Ай бұрын

Thank you. 😊

@Just_A_Name14 28 күн бұрын

I have been planting basil in my garden with the peppers and tomatoes along with marigolds every year. Also keep a ground full of romaine lettuce.slugs and tomato worms eat the leaves along with the rabbits. So I put some salt down along with diatomaceous earth. I try and trap the tomato worms and put them in my compost tumbler to eat all the stuff in there 😆. Dang squash Beatles always eating my zucchini leaves. So I go look for them and squash them into the ground.

@joshualloyd4275 Ай бұрын

Pyrethrum Daisy and borage - 2 other great veggie companions!

@natalie526 6 күн бұрын

i like the california poppies in the background :)

@TheJemstar28 Ай бұрын

This is awesome info!!

@itllbesuzanarchy Ай бұрын

"Cha-mom-olé". No. Just no, unless you're John Travolta at an awards show. 😉🤣

@RealBradMiller Ай бұрын

I say hey, Cha mom olé But I'll grow back all around the way It seems like everywhere I grow The more I leaf, the less they sow But I know one thing...

@Nikki-mx5my Ай бұрын

It's an inside joke if you're new to the channel. Kevin knows how to pronounce chamomile correctly. 🤣

@itllbesuzanarchy Ай бұрын

@@Nikki-mx5my Yeah, I know. Hence, the winky-face! It just reminds me of Travolta trying to pronounce Idina Menzel's name and massively butchering it. 😁

@IAM963HZ 24 күн бұрын

NEXT LEVEL INFORMATION GREAT CHANNEL🙏🏿

@vanessawhitneypro 9 сағат бұрын

FANTASTIC!

@nickg8100 5 күн бұрын

Can yall do a video on what plants attract beneficial insects and animals to your garden (ala the lady bug and wasp examples were fascinating)

@ashleymeans7447 19 күн бұрын

Y’all are so lucky where you live, Wyoming is ridiculously unforgiving on my garden. Especially with such a short growing season 😔

@arimasrizan1007 Ай бұрын

Another great video.. my go to channel live your work and chemistry - missed the signature laugh today tho

@anyaaiello8762 Ай бұрын

Yes! the dill is always missing! growing it in every nook and cranny this season

@user-uj5cc5zy6t Ай бұрын

Borage works well to keep squash bugs away.

@rosea830 Ай бұрын

Horseradish is invasive, it grows wild here and is hard to get rid of. You can dig it up, but if you miss the smallest root piece it's back! I haven't seen it repel any beetles. Otherwise, great video! I'll the corn, cucumber, radish inter-crop.

@jordanyeager9220 Ай бұрын

Awesome segment!

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@VeretenoVids Ай бұрын

Is there an Epic Garden in-joke I about "che-mom-olé" that I've totally missed?

@MR.ROBOT...76 11 күн бұрын

Dude you should see my lettuce right now 😮 this is amazing. I also have carrots and watermelon coming in 😅 I can't wait..

@jennifercole5788 Ай бұрын

I have been companion planting for years! Carrots are sweet when planted by tomatoes. Don’t plant dill by carrots they will not taste good!

@jeannamcgregor9967 Ай бұрын

Careful with that horseradish ...it spreads underground. Not as bad as mint, but still invasive.😮

@dirkjanrulez23 Ай бұрын

Watching as a European seeing a lot of those pests not existing here. Yay for cold winters I guess. Only one I knew was Colorado beetle but not seen em in my garden.

@user-uj9cy2wj1j Ай бұрын

I love your channel and information. I wrote notes to head to the nursery to purchase more.🤑

@epicgardening Ай бұрын

Good luck!

@user-uj9cy2wj1j 29 күн бұрын

@@epicgardening the companion planting is effective so far in hot, humid North Florida. 👏🏽👏🏽💣💯🥳🥒🥕🫑😉

@Ziflinz 14 сағат бұрын

Cabbage white flyby @10:00 looking for some brassicas to crash into :)..

@user-hn8zb6tq6b Ай бұрын

Whats up my fav gardeners

@carynsommersdorf2453 Ай бұрын

Down here in Orlando, FL. When I planted marigolds with my tomatoes I got spiders mites. It was a disaster.

@ann7318 Ай бұрын

About 2 weeks ago, I planted corn and cucumbers together thinking they will be fine. The corn is up a few inches, so the cukes should be up soon? I had loads of cucumber seed, and planted them in multiple places.

@ROCKIN40 Ай бұрын

Have you guy's ever done a video on which trellis design is best for whatever edible vining crop? Like mesh size, height & width. Should we use string, metal, plastic, or wood? Because cattle panels are not good for all climbing crops, like peas for example the spacing is too far apart in my experience.

@RoyHolder Ай бұрын

Cham om milly, you guys crack me up! 😂😂

@GiarkReleos 7 күн бұрын

every since I planted my sweet peas in front of my hot peppers blocking the morning sun, i get a second boon crop of cayenne peppers after i harvest the peas(lately a third). I think global warming has more to do with it.... but my pepper plants do grow taller because of the wall of peas.

@IntoTheFire777 Ай бұрын

The one con with Marigolds, at least for me, is they attract mites.

@glenncombs3471 Ай бұрын

'Scuse me, but re: 4:30 or so Beans, they're good for your heart. The more you eat, the more you fart. The more you fart, the better you feel, So lift up your leg, and let 'em squeal! ... My inner third grader just snuck out ...

@MadameCasper Ай бұрын

2nd verse I ate some beans and i got loaded When i got up, i exploded! Grabbed my pillow, grabbed my sheet, Made a 50 foot dash to the toilet seat. Sat & sat, all broken hearted, Tried to poop but only farted 😢😂 Tell me I'm not the only one that knew the second verse lol

@ozzy_fromhell Ай бұрын

7:22 “where is my Dil when did I use it?” -epic gardener

@sazzorakskills1614 Ай бұрын

Those white shapes on the caterpillar aren’t wasp eggs! They’re cocoons. Parasitoid wasps lay their eggs inside of cabbage worms. The larvae eat the worm from the inside and then crawl out and form their cocoons.

@Kristen-603 Ай бұрын

cHimaMoley hahahaha 🤣 I freaking love this

@A1BASE Ай бұрын

It’s maybe a little selfish because I’m in the same area, but it would be amazing to have a note somewhere when each video was recorded. That would help some of us in similar zones I think!

@HaleyCardamon 24 күн бұрын

Great information!! How did you learn all of this?? Could you all write a book with all the amazing information please!?

@VGV0 Ай бұрын

Squirrels... the bane of my garden

@MissAnnalisaGames Ай бұрын

Bro i need that epic jacket that kevins wearing

@Artinthefeels Ай бұрын

I need to try planting beans and potatoes together. My potatoes look great but my beans look pathetic 🥴

@kimdearing3051 Ай бұрын

i live in the woods and the locusts are thick here . i will have to cover everything with mesh cloth or all of my work will be for nothing. companion flowers will go in as well.