Companion planting

Over the last few days I have been reading up a little on companion planting. As the name suggests this is planting things that are beneficial to one another (not lonely, although you never know).

I already knew that planting garlic and onions in amongst carrots could help deter carrot fly, and that marigolds were pretty much good with most things. Certain varieties of plant or flower even had a fairly specific task, for example Mexican marigolds are supposed to inhibit the growth of bindweed and mares tail. If that turns out to be correct that could be a bonus for people with bindweed infested plots like ours.

Whilst reading the forum at www.allotments4all.co.uk this morning, someone had linked the following companion planting guide that they had found.

A Basic Guide to Plant Companions

Very handy indeed and has been saved in case the site ever vanishes.