plants to help rid insects

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Ma Lowe

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plants to help rid insects
« on: May 31, 2010, 22:02 »
Are there any herbs or plants that could be planted with the veg to help get rid of the insects??


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kingdhesiii

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Re: plants to help rid insects
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2010, 22:27 »
sage with cabbages.
Borage with broad beans
marigolds for toms
Theres too many to carryon with.
Woooooooooooooo

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peterjf

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Re: plants to help rid insects
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2010, 23:47 »
nasturnums and marigolds bring in hover flys ect , preditors and lady birds which eat greenfly aphids ect

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superpete

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Re: plants to help rid insects
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2010, 08:35 »
I surrounded my plot with tagetes and phacelia one year and the next year the hover flies took up residence - masses of them - then one morning I woke up to see my purple sprouting that was just about ready to pick had been totally stripped by pigeons...


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