Why Companion Planting Works (The Science Behind The Magic)

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Some plants are just better off with a friend, and in this video I break down exactly why that might be and share some common plant combo's that work every time!
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00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Protective Mechanism
01:32 - Weed Control
02:54 - Trap Crops
04:55 - Soil Borne Diseases & Plant Resistance
05:44 - Companion Planting Combo
06:16 - Nitrogen Fixers
07:29 - Pollination Companion Planting
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@fizzypop1858 Жыл бұрын

This information is so helpful, Kevin. Thank you! I'm learning so much from you and your team. And, I'm soooo happy you bought Botanical Interests seed company! I have purchased their seeds for years, and I'm grateful that their good name and company is awesome new hands.

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much my friend! We're doing our best :)

@iheartherbs 11 ай бұрын

Wow, I had no idea he bought Botanical Interests, I prefer to buy their seeds as well.

@thedrunkmonk8386 3 ай бұрын

I just bought from botanicalinterests for first time. More expensive but I really like seed pack

@catherinebaldwin6580 Жыл бұрын

I was expecting you to talk about Marigolds. My mom said to me once, “Don’t buy tomatoes unless you plan to buy marigolds.” Plus there the cutest flowers.

@LauraCourtneyette 4 ай бұрын

Also, marigold flower petals are edible and each variety has its own taste. You can use the whole flower to make ice cream.

@mita694ever 3 ай бұрын

My marigolds got sick and ruin my tomatoes they where to close

@Azariah-pv2xv 2 ай бұрын

Marigolds keep the bugs away that eat them

@meredithd95 21 күн бұрын

Would calendula be a good candidate too? I gave a ton of calendula and tomato seedlings that I haven't decided on a spot for yet

@valeriealvarez5855 16 күн бұрын

@@meredithd95a good plant is nasturtium I heard. It helps attract bugs that may kill your plants away from them and to the nasturtium. I’ve tried this a so far the slugs have been eating the nasturtium rather than my seedlings. You can also use nasturtium for medicinal purposes too such as a salve or even butter

@dawnkeckley7502 3 ай бұрын

Also, I can’t emphasize enough how beneficial it is to have birdhouses near your garden. Every year, either bluebirds or chickadees nest, and they spend their days grabbing caterpillars off my vegetable plants to feed to their young. In fact, having bird baths and feeders helps too as I’ve see all sorts of birds eating insects from my raised beds including cardinals. I plant a lot of zinnia as well, and the yellow finches go to town late in the season gobbling up the seeds. Birds love landing on the cattle panel trellises and wire mesh arches I have set up.

@kirbymallak 12 күн бұрын

My best pest control!❤

@ThirdCoastGardening Жыл бұрын

This year we planted green onions and marigolds with our tomatoes. They repel pests and protect the tomatoes.

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

And they’re beautiful!

@brandon8900 Жыл бұрын

Just came here to say that marigolds are great for this!

@ThirdCoastGardening Жыл бұрын

@@brandon8900 yeah I have them planted with my peppers too.

@brandon8900 Жыл бұрын

@@ThirdCoastGardening I have a lot of marigolds as well I've started indoors. Unfortunately it's still to early to put outside and some are blooming inside lol.

@ThirdCoastGardening Жыл бұрын

@@brandon8900 I’m zone 9.

@eyesofthecervino3366 Жыл бұрын

Something you touched on briefly: if you're planting sacrificial plants to attract pests, you really want to make sure to kill those pests before they reproduce. I garden at a community garden where some gardeners compensate for pests by overplanting squash in hopes of having more than the bugs can eat, and the garden is now absolutely overrun with squash bugs and vine borers.

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

Yep, fantastic point

@lenayeagle9650 Жыл бұрын

Something else to think about is to get plants to full photosynthetic capacity. It's being found that plants reaching above certain brix levels will not and arguably cannot be eaten by pests. Sounds too good to be true, right? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mNR-gtlymMrNdIk.html

@cassieoz1702 Жыл бұрын

Yes. I found 'sacrificial nasurtiums' attracted WAY more cabbage butterflies to my garden than I ever had before

@jenniferc4083 Жыл бұрын

@@cassieoz1702 Rosemary will help repel the cabbage moths. But it needs to be either well established or heavily planted around the cabbages. I started with two rosemary's and six cabbages last summer and ended up planting an additional five rosemary's before the cabbage moths finally got the hint and stayed away. Bonus for me though...I love fresh rosemary and the cabbages turned out super yummy :)

@helenamcginty4920 Жыл бұрын

@@cassieoz1702 ditto. I use bacillus thurigiensis on my tomatoes to combat tuta absoluta and read that it also deals with cabbage white caterpillars. It does too. And as it is a naturally occurring soil bacillus you arent spraying bad chemicals. I read research that suggests that it is also more effective against tuta than chemical sprays.

@umiluv Жыл бұрын

Oo please more videos like this! Companion planting is very helpful. It’s also helpful to note which plants don’t go together. Any help would be appreciated!

@cursedcookies Жыл бұрын

I second this! companion planting is a little daunting to me as I have never done it before and don't wish to mess up. This video was great.

@christineribone9351 Жыл бұрын

It's all the other stuff, dummy.

@carmensmith4271 Жыл бұрын

I unknowingly planted a super aphid attractor in my garden last year. I wanted color and attract pollinator's and maybe a few cut flowers. My veggies seemed to be doing a lot better with fewer pests for some reason and when I went to cut some flowers, I noticed the whole plant was covered in aphids but none on my crops. They were all on this bright orange "Mexican Sunflower". I will be planting this again this year but in a bigger area. This plant was loaded with flowers, grew around 8 to 9 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide. It attracted butterflies, humming birds and bees. I have never seen so many Monarch butterflies and humming birds in all the years I've been gardening.

@DanceintheRaine666 Жыл бұрын

Is the specific plant you had such success with is Tithonia rotundifolia? There are purportedly 10-15 species & I want to plant the correct one. Thank you so very much for posting this comment.

@carmensmith4271 11 ай бұрын

@@DanceintheRaine666 Yes, that is the one. Tithonia rotundifolia Torch. Beautiful, huge plant with endless flowers.

@lurklingX 11 ай бұрын

that's amazing!! and i think i bought seeds for that actually. that's great that it even got hummers :D

@AsioEntomo Жыл бұрын

for the record, the little buddy at 3:45 isn't a stink bug! it's a leaffooted bug, which can still be a garden pest, but please know that beneficial assassin bugs are often visually very similar to stink and leaffooted bugs. as I said, leaffooted bugs are still considered garden pests, but it's a good idea for any gardenener to learn their local insects and work with the beneficial ones! it could be a really great video idea to try out some methods for attracting beneficial insects to see if they help you out at all: the xerces society has an excellent book on the topic, and there is tons of info online. EDIT: brachonid wasps! an excellent addition, brachonids and other parasitoid wasps have the dual benefit of pollination and pest control, I love them dearly.

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

Yep, we accidentally added the wrong bug! Appreciate the correction

@cursedcookies Жыл бұрын

I thought it was a western conifer seed bug until I looked closer. This clarified thanks! They look similar.

@KimberSnyder Жыл бұрын

We call them stink bugs as well. A nightmare to deal with but good info to share.

@TheTNXXX Жыл бұрын

Wait so this bug in the video is an assassin bug? I had a huge infestation of stink bugs on my pomegranate tree last year during fall, they looked similar to these.

@PMTcommenter Жыл бұрын

planting flowers with my plants was one of the best things ive done. Instantly started seeing WAY more polinaters and started getting much better yeilds. On top of that, you get the nice aroma and looks of flowers. It's a win win win

@lurklingX 11 ай бұрын

in the community garden i was with before moving out of state, they always planted zinnias and things straight up through everywhere. but also sunflowers and stuff. always thought it looked cool. hadn't realized they did it for pests. partly because things were said like, 'zinnias just look so good. and you can cut them for vases if you want'.

@mita694ever 3 ай бұрын

Be aware they will attract aphids and spider mites

@PMTcommenter 3 ай бұрын

@@mita694ever yummy food for the lady bugs

@birdielein9636 Жыл бұрын

We took out our scrabbly lawn - it was there when we bought the house two years ago - that took lots of water and we live in Canada's almost desert- and replaced it with a lawn alternative blend that is filled with pollinators and is xeriscaping friendly. This will grow all around my raised beds. I'm so excited!

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

Love hearing this!

@LeonardSmith-bj6ud Жыл бұрын

Hello Birdie, how're you doing?

@mckenahsobering9805 Жыл бұрын

Please please please do more videos like this. This is my first year growing in raider beds rather then individual containers. I want to badly to do companion gardening but is so confusing from my perspective.

@BubblewrapHighway Жыл бұрын

Your videos are an antidote to all the rotten crap that gets spread around on social media. ❤

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

Means a lot to hear

@drasco61084 Жыл бұрын

Down with all the five minute crap channels. We support quality channels like Kevin and Jacques!

@HabitualHobbies Жыл бұрын

I garden in containers and I want to garden as organically as possible. This was helpful in my understanding of why certain things do and dont work. Using cucumbers to shade my leafy greens through the summer was probably last years best garden decision for me.

@LeonardSmith-bj6ud Жыл бұрын

Hello dear, Nice to meet you where are you from?

@coryhyatt2035 11 ай бұрын

If you find an earthworm place him in your container. Then feed him with some kitchen scraps ever so often. I do this to all my container plants. They grow 10x better.

@HabitualHobbies 11 ай бұрын

@@coryhyatt2035 will do, thanks!

@sharonjennings1282 Жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite videos that you have done ever! I guess maybe I wasn’t paying attention before two because I didn’t realize botanical interest was your seed company. My son lives in Colorado right near the place! I have had seeds sent from there to me in Illinois and now I will make sure that I purchase more from your company because I want to support you for such fantastic videos. Keep them coming!

@thx3188 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been planting African purple basil and marigolds with my tomatoes the past few years. Last year I also threw my extra onion greens in between the buckets I grow them in and had no pest issues with the tomatoes at all! This year I started haunting the garden centers earlier so I could find alliums to intersperse instead of the onion tops. The reason I use the African basil is because it very quickly bolts and grows a ton of flowers and really stinks the place up with that basil scent.

@catdaddy7582 11 ай бұрын

Chinese basil grows wild in my garden. Where it grows, the cabbage hornworms, etc, do no damage. It isn't quite as pungent as other strains, but it works quite well in soups and stews.

@jamiehenry3135 Жыл бұрын

This is a little off topic, but using plants to attract pest reminded me of something I read in Pam Dawlings book 'Sustainable Market Farming". She talks about he own traps, but in a different sense. So you had bad bean beetles last year, they will be hungry in the spring. Her Idea was to plant an early bed of beans or peas, and when the beetles expend most of a life cycles energy in that patch, you take a propane torch to the whole thing, breaking the generational cycle. Then you plant your beans you intend to harvest. After a real bad infestation this could be done multiple times until results are seen.

@Blossomandbranch Жыл бұрын

On nitrogen fixation: you actually don’t get nitrogen fixation if you harvest a crop from the beans/peas/legumes. To get the nitrogen benefits in the soil you have to terminate the plant before it sets seed, otherwise the nitrogen goes into the seed production and you won’t get it from the roots even if left in the ground. 👍

@Blossomandbranch Жыл бұрын

Oh, and it’s best practice to inoculate if you’re looking for N fixation! We just did a vid on this on our channel. ❤

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

Yes exactly!

@hazelchew49 Жыл бұрын

I am reading a book called Plant Partners: Science-Based Companion Planting Strategies for the Vegetable Garden by Jessica Walliser that goes in-depth into this topic! Would highly recommend Only discovered your channel a few weeks ago, and am greatly enjoying it, thank you!. Especially your clear explanations of basic topics that is helping a beginner city plant grower trying to make use of limited balcony space

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

Jessica's book is amazing, we've learned a lot from it!

@MsSweetSunshine904 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the recommendation!

@A1BASE Жыл бұрын

Just a thought - it would be awesome if your search function at Botanical Interests would be able to filter either by region, planting zone or even native species.

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

We are working on a massive improvement to the entire store very soon!

@lurklingX 11 ай бұрын

i second this! when i was shopping the sale for seeds i started getting overwhelmed by trying to double check zones on everything. would have liked to just plug in 'tomato' and ok at zone 7. : ) same for flowers.

@elisabetk2595 Жыл бұрын

I don't worry when things bolt (our springs tend to be punctuated with bouts of really hot weather, sigh) and just let them become first flowers for pollinators and then chop and drop mulch or turned if they are in the way for the next crop. Endive turns into chicory, radishes have delicate pink flowers, carrots are lovely.

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

Love that approach

@GardeningInCanada Жыл бұрын

A solid intercropping of nitrogen fixers and tillage radish are the two big ones for me. To help with soil conditioning. The other option I really like is actually trap crop companion planting with radishes because flea beetles are a nightmare where I am.

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

Oh never considered radishes as a trap! Great idea Ashley

@GardeningInCanada Жыл бұрын

@@epicgardening they go totally wild for baby radishes. Use microgreens to save some $$

@GardeningInCanada Жыл бұрын

@Disabled-Megatron very true. Although I typically burn the trap crop with the bugs 🤣 so it’s more charcoal

@susanbigham2428 Жыл бұрын

My two faves chatting. That's awesome. Radish as a trap..I may have to try it this year.

@daytonaexpress7160 Жыл бұрын

Id love to see companions and that mix planting video cause i have recently learned this about never just planting veggies. And having random cilantro dill and basil And random alyssums dwarf zinnias and dahlias, welsh onions too nasturtiums. They are just so important and its more obvious when you have them established early to see the benefits in your sprays for pest because you've established a home for soooo many good things. Like having very early as hell planted cilantro that's gonna bolt in a couple weeks too.

@sapientisessevolo4364 Жыл бұрын

Growing native plants to attract pollinators is also a nice way to help the native plants and species that rely on them, so it's a win win win and maybe a 4th win since if you help out native species you make it harder (although by how much I have no idea) for invasives!

@devinhock8549 Жыл бұрын

This is great info, thanks for sharing! One thing to keep in mind is that Sweet Alyssum is native to Europe and is considered to be invasive in some jurisdictions as it spreads rapidly as a ground cover. If possible, choose another type of flower that spreads less aggressively.

@lindawinter7813 Жыл бұрын

Oh if only that was my original in KS! I'm lucky to have the blooming plants last even 1 month!

@rebeccanisley8709 9 ай бұрын

But Alyssa doesn't overwinter in the north.

@hijklmnop42 11 ай бұрын

I'm saving this to watch later, again and again! So much information presented so concisely, thank you!

@Nikki-mx5my Жыл бұрын

Yes, I would love a whole video on vegetable and flower combinations!

@PiaSet Жыл бұрын

This is epic! I love companion planting in my little garden, but I’ve learned so much today…thanks to you 🌷👍🏻💜

@OceanGraves Жыл бұрын

I love seeing the science behind plants, in general. There’s also something to learn that benefits you, learning = more harvests. Or just learning = awesome lol. I love plants, gardening, so fun. I CANT WAIT TO START PLANTING!

@lina6641 Жыл бұрын

Exactly the video I was looking for! Thank you for all your amazing content and awesome energy ❤❤

@rockyusa2012 Жыл бұрын

Good video Kevin. Companion planting is one I am constantly trying to learn and do.

@aphillips5376 Жыл бұрын

Yes! Please make more floral/veg companion idea vids

@cherylbelott Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this info! I’m interested in more companion videos! I’m always looking for more ideas to mix flowers with veg in my beds and containers.

@JuliaCantley Жыл бұрын

I'm always amazed at all the different vegetables you are able to garden all at once. In my zone, I wish I would do this but we can only grow certain things during certain seasons. I love this video though and would love more companion plant ideas. I try to google them sometimes and they contradict themselves.

@PlantGuild Жыл бұрын

Great video and to-the-point as always. Thank you! Something I learned about native bird habitats recently that works with pollinators is that by grouping multiples of the same plant instead of spreading it in different areas throughout the landscape it can help keep those pollinators in the same area for longer so they don’t have to jump around as much. This applies to more larger areas than it does the average backyard. But still. The more you know! Looking forward to more videos on companion planting.

@commonleaders Жыл бұрын

Great video Kevin & Crew! Cucumber & mustard info is new and helpful to me! Thinking of loading up some mustard greens in the Urban Worm Bag to prep the output. Thoughts? Also, happy sunshine! Our gardens have been missing days like today 🌞. Keep on growing!

@jaymesc4436 Жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks so much for making this, my paw paw(grandad in mitchif) would always do this around the season's change. Now i can learn it too! Thank you! So much for this it brought a nice memory to me. :D

@TearDrop455 Жыл бұрын

I’m Big into companion planting, and I Loved this video! Thanks for explaining the nutrients within the soil. ❤ I have learned so much from you.

@bfinney479 Жыл бұрын

Thanks again Kevin! Always great advice.

@steelsheen 9 ай бұрын

we need more of these types of video Kev, the popular produce / herbs usually bought in supermarkets / farmers markets and the ideal companion plant/s to them. I love me some tomatoes but it's only now that I realize I should be planting companion plants with them to improve their output and longevity.

@miguelpedroso7659 Жыл бұрын

Your voice is so relaxing, so calm!

@wahdermelon Жыл бұрын

Okay, this is officially my new favorite youtibe video. I've learned so much and wish I had learned these years ago! My wife and I will definitely be using many of these techniques this year!!

@drea4195 Жыл бұрын

I love Botanical Interests! Some of the best-quality and most diverse seed selection out there. Excellent.

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear!

@MyBlessedGarden 2 ай бұрын

Omg this video blew my mind! I want to learn so much more on companion planting I've devoted this day to researching it. I'm adding more beauty and bug detractors to my garden this year. This was absolutely my favorite video today. It was so informative. Thank you a bunch. ❤

@tophonor2528 Жыл бұрын

Your channel is my go to for any garden info I need. I know different zones mean different tips but for me being in kern county california is way different than San Diego., your tips are great! I'm in my 4th season and it gets better every year. Thank you for all the great info

@KK-FL Жыл бұрын

I have several "weeds" with flowers that freely self-sow in my yard and come back every year. Bidens alba, spiderwort, Florida betony, beautyberry. I love that they are native, pretty, and help with my vegetables!

@LeonardSmith-bj6ud Жыл бұрын

Hi, how're you doing?

@michelleh4588 Жыл бұрын

Calendula is my favorite trap crop! Aphids go nuts for it and stay off of everything else!

@m.dilitto5488 Жыл бұрын

Do you plant your calendulas in the beds with your veggies, or in a separate bed so the aphids don't move next door to the stuff you're trying to keep safe?

@michelleh4588 Жыл бұрын

@@m.dilitto5488 everything is mixed together in my garden! Even when the calendula was touching other plants, aphids stayed put on it!

@m.dilitto5488 Жыл бұрын

@@michelleh4588 awesome, thanks for the info!

@salmanaisawesome Жыл бұрын

Great post! I am excited to learn more about companion/interplanting! It also helps maximize the space in the garden too! 😊

@kendallwilson3389 Жыл бұрын

That was exactly the information/inspiration I needed to see today, thanks Kevin!

@smile30981 Жыл бұрын

Lovin' it and it's been through your videos these past three years that I've learned so much about companion planting and soil health ~ I always appreciate the new content! I will say I was very sad to see you did NOT include the most important garden companion this time around: where's Jacques??? You and he are the best companions! 😆

@WaddleQwacker 9 ай бұрын

3:05 hmmm Capucines... Pretty flowers, delictious to eat, grows everywhere, perenial, ... Love it!

@TheMamabear02 Жыл бұрын

Would love more videos on companion planting and flowers!! ❤

@sissymarie2912 Жыл бұрын

Coming up with different interplantings is honestly one of my favorite parts of every season. It helps with creating a healthier ecosystem and it makes the garden so much more pleasing to be in. I have a minimum of 2-3 different herbs, flowers and aliums for each section of the garden. I'll absolutely be trying out your tip about pairing sweet alyssum with my tomatoes in addition to basil and marigold. I also really like the idea of planting cucumbers with them. I have a permanent trellis system and I think they'd do well planted around the posts. Camouflaging foliage is another good reason for interplanting. A lot of garden pests, including animals, identify food sources based on leaf shape. I'm planning on planting cucamelons and Malabar in amongst my pole beans this year. Learned my lesson after losing almost all of my trionfo violetta beans last year. Something came along and ate just the stems about a foot up the trellis. Not letting it happen again.

@IasminB49 Жыл бұрын

I was watching this video and thinking, we need to save it forever! so much knowledge, thank you for sharing!

@tristambre632 Жыл бұрын

I've learned new thing today thanks to you ! I did not know about the cucumber's capacity to inhibit weeds. Great educationnal content as always :)

@eliee1 Жыл бұрын

South Florida boy here, love the channel and products, you've helped teach me a great deal for my challenging climate in SWFL. I grow a lot of the tropical fruit stuff but vegetables are such a different ball game where I'm at so thanks again. : - )

@alyssef02 Жыл бұрын

Try tomatos, eggplants, and banana peppers. I'm also in s.fl and right now they're really taking off. We have them all in repurposed containers, some with basil and alyssum, or onions and garlic. The basil seems to be keeping pests away.

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

Appreciate you my friend!

@patriciakane764 Жыл бұрын

Great information!! Some I knew, a lot I didn’t! So thank you!!

@robertajohnson1663 Жыл бұрын

This guy is so knowledgeable. Thank you.

@mz.jenbrooks1262 Жыл бұрын

Oh wow I love the video very informative. I love to learn about companion in the garden 🪴

@robmccoy5207 21 күн бұрын

Thank you. Finally, a video about this that actually explains it and is helpful

@salomemujuru878 Жыл бұрын

Very informative. Thank you. This is an interesting subject for me ❤

@fishergabe Жыл бұрын

when kevin does the pop up or out from behind cover to start a video, it makes me happy.

@flowerdoyle3749 Жыл бұрын

Nasturtium flowers are beautiful in salads and the leaves can grow big enough to use as small wraps. I make a version of spring rolls with them. In the Seattle area they self sow......plant once and done!

@joefarmer4465 Жыл бұрын

I'll need to watch this again and take notes!

@dianatrott5359 12 күн бұрын

Kevin... you're so smart. Thank you for this helpful video. I also just realized you own my favorite seed company---Botanical Interests. Great seeds and germination success!

@jjc2323 Жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh Kevin! This is exactly what I was looking for. BTW just today I put up the 6 Birdies beds I ordered from your store! filled with cardboard and sticks to save money on my soil. Then several bags of top-quality soil/compost. Added some fiberglass half hoops in PVC pipe on the sides and ready to plant and cover with greenhouse plastic film (live in Ohio - still not out of our frost date) for those things that cannot tolerate the cold. I am attempting to convince my significant other to help me buy more so he doesn't have to build me additional raised beds. My garden this year is going to be EPIC!! thanks for everything you do - also cannot wait to plant my seeds from Botanical Interests ;)

@jjpesek87 11 ай бұрын

I'm just starting to get into gardening, and would like to say " thank you" with all the videos

@FujitheChef Жыл бұрын

Definitely do a companion video for cucumber, tomato, and basil please. 🙌🏻😯 A whole series on companion combinations would be awesome

@SurprisedPikacheesecake Жыл бұрын

wanna get into container gardening soon and i think it'll be fun to try to get more than one crop out of a small space as well as enjoying the benefits of planting complimentary things together. thanks for this info juuust maybe not the gross stuff lol parasite bugs are freaky!

@CartersGardens 5 ай бұрын

Lol seems like every time I look something up, Epic Garden is there ready to answer I super appreciate the info I'm just starting my big garden and hoping to make it awesome.

@danielasmith4928 Жыл бұрын

So helpful, Kevin. Thank you!

@canadianfreerider13 Ай бұрын

Hi Kevin, thanks for all the great videos. Just commenting an idea I had when I seen your metal planter in what looks like the front yard where flowers are hanging off the edge a bit. It would only take an angle grinder and a pry bar to create pockets like those strawberry planter towers. Would allow more space and cover the metal look.

@timisaac8121 25 күн бұрын

Great vid. TY. I'm too new to tell you what I learned... Thanks again!

@TTT-hr2yk Жыл бұрын

I love your garden so much 💚💚💚

@charlesbale8376 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful information, thanks for sharing.

@chrissymurphy5412 Жыл бұрын

This is the first year I've planted with companion plants, so im excited to see how it works out! One of the big questions we had though while actually putting everything in the ground is how to judge spacing. One website said the average between the two plants spacing, but in your beds I see plants much closer than what we ended up doing. If you make another companion planting video I'd love to see a guide on how to judge what can be right next to eachother and who needs some room :) Also, thank you for all the fantastic gardening videos, I dont think I could have gotten to this point without them!

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words Chrissy - I'll do one on spacing for sure, maybe a fresh bed build out

@sreykimsear Жыл бұрын

I planted corn and sugar snow peas together. Wow the corn was so good and grew well. We ate the corn raw after washing it and we were able to snack on the peas all spring and summer.

@Flippin_Crazy Жыл бұрын

Excellent video Kevin! ❤Love this channel!

@stephandjuliaseden Жыл бұрын

Super helpful and interesting video!! Thanks for posting. I also heard that the nitrogen fixation in the roots is to prepare for seed development so once those bean and pea seeds fully develop, much of that nitrogen may leave the roots. So if you can cut the plant down leaving the roots before seeds are formed, the nitrogen fixation benefits should be even higher!

@Ricosyard Жыл бұрын

Excellent I gained a lot from this learning everyday one plant at a time

@areyal26 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, this video was very helpful!

@geaizee9204 Жыл бұрын

Good video. Would love to see more pairing ideas.

@oblongmana Жыл бұрын

Stoked the Alyssum's a good tomato companion, I just put them in my planter corners because I love them and they're nice and hardy, little did I know there was more to it!

@kittiew260 Жыл бұрын

Great video, Kevin. I enjoyed how you touched base on cover crops. Would enjoyed more videos on that topic too. I bought winter rye and mustards as cover crops based upon farmers feedback.

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

Will do, I did one last year but will do more soon!

@catdaddy7582 11 ай бұрын

Early in this video you mentioned Purslane- which led me to a thought. When I first started planting the raised beds at my new property, I had lots of voluntary "weeds". After some ID work, I discovered all were edible. Even ragweed has a medicinal use- but I pull it. Whenever Shiso (Chinese Basil) or lamb's quarters, or dayflower, or purslane, or whatever overshadows my beds- I just make a meal of them! (In the case of Shiso- they go through the dehydrator for cooking herbs.) The "weeds" keep down lesser weeds, like ragweed, and become a tasty treat for me. Purslane is quite good, BTW.

@mychalbrown4585 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful! We just built two 8'x4' raised beds we're learning how to garden for my kid's homeschool. We're trying some companion planting too. Your channel is my son's favorite that we watch! Thanks!

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

Say hi to him for us!

@HappyGoLucky70 Жыл бұрын

Super helpful! I’d like to see more on companion planting.

@cynthiaakacyndsmith6539 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting, Thank you for the information. I appreciate it.

@cltinturkey Жыл бұрын

Brilliant! I use many of these techniques and would love to learn more about flower/vegetable combinations. Please consider arming us with that knowledge. Thanks! PS - I cultivated that like button!

@i-dx2ow Жыл бұрын

Great, thank you very much for sharing this info with us!

@jeanwonnacott2718 Жыл бұрын

I knew I was onto something! I noticed I couldn't get anything to grow on the hillside behind my house. I started letting the grass grow around those plants, to hold onto the soil, and my seeds. Seeds still can't find, but I will try again, companion planting!! It is a real thing. I will never just grow 1 plant again.....thanks for confirming I was right...

@shaunaburton7136 Жыл бұрын

I've gardened for years and I learned a lot from this.

@boothgoodies6348 Жыл бұрын

The most comprehensive and understandable explanation I’ve come across yet

@donnariggs1567 Жыл бұрын

wow so proud of you I remember when you just started and now 2.3 million subs so cool you deserve the great success!

@akerudawn Жыл бұрын

Lupin flowers are in the legume family, they're very pretty and could work as an alternate to peas. Please do make more videos on companion planting, including what not to do.

@KerriGilpin Жыл бұрын

Great vid! I thought you said “wood bee 🐝 predators” at first, talking about your rose arch 🤣 Here in Florida I see strawberry farms interplant onions, literally 🍓🧅🍓🧅🍓🧅🍓🧅 in massive parcels. Our annual strawberry festival is typically bigger than the state fair!

@epicgardening Жыл бұрын

I'll try this out!

@LeonardSmith-bj6ud Жыл бұрын

Hello kerri, how're you doing?

@lindawinter7813 Жыл бұрын

Would this help with minimizing slug populations with the strawberries?