Plant Basil and Tomatoes As a Natural Pest Control (and Other Garden Tricks)
Here in North America, it’s time to consider planting (if you haven’t already), and the Old World Garden Farm offers a garden couple that makes a lot of sense: basil and tomatoes. Together they are delicious, but basil also wards off tomato-eating pests, making it easier for you to care for them.
As with most “natural” pest control products, it depends a lot on your environment, so consider this a tool in your arsenal, not the only remedy for all your tomato planting problems, but they clarify:
Basil is well known as a natural repellant for everything from tomato horned worms to whiteflies, aphids and more. Planting next to tomatoes will help scare off these nasty critters.
Just think – in just a few steps, you can choose the perfect snack ingredients right in your garden – now if only we could get some fresh mozzarella to grow there too! And by the way, it’s also a great mosquito repellent – so keep a few tufts in water on your back porch or patio table to help out there too.
In addition to basil and a tomato tip, they also suggest using pantyhose or nylon to protect young cabbage or broccoli from cabbage worms , which is a great solution as they will still get the moisture and light they need and the pests will not. eat them before you do, and use toilet paper rolls as mucus and a protective collar around baby plants so they can’t reach the stem and climb up.
They have a few more tricks up their sleeve to keep pests away and make spring planting easier if you plan on growing food in your backyard or container garden this year. Click the link below to see them all.
7 nifty garden tricks to try this year! | Garden Farms of the Old World