which flowers and plants go with vegatables.

ive manged to get a bit of space in my garden for some vegatables only a small plot
growing potatoes,beans,parsnip and carrots to start,
just wondering what flowers and plants go well with vegatables i heard that some flowers keep the slugs at bay is this true??

 

Hi, marigolds ( Calendula) in general are not just pretty and very easy to grow but they have a reputation to keep all the nasty things away.Then again, slugs are a completely different matter, I'd personally reccomend a mass destruction by any possible means, regadless of any innocent bypassers getting hurt. Just kill them. If you come up with a new, very cruel idea, just please let me know.

 

Marigolds are what you need - the slugs head for them instead of the vegetables. Growing sweetpeas next to "eating" peas entices bees to pollinate more too.

 

I go out at night with a torch and a bucket of salt water for them to have a swim in:thumb:

 

Softy. I bought old fashioned gillette blades, spent hours in constructing a mini guillotine from matchsticks and now, every Sunday night, have a public execution... not really, at least yet.

 

i also heard copper strip stops slugs getting over raised bed is this true??

 

Not in my plot!...either that or they're pole vaulters:D

 

hahaha ive put some canes (bamboo) up today ill try and post some pictures of them later see what you think.

 

Flynn, I've read that poached egg plant is good to sew, its supposed to bring good bugs to the garden so I'm doing that as well as marigolds.

Also search for "companion planting table" on google.

 

As you may know my best defense against the slimeballs is frogs.
Not one slug was found in my little plot last season.
Not one lettuce leaf was nibbled.
What I did get was three containers with vine weevil in.
By the sound of it I guess I was very lucky.
I really hope its the same this year.
robert

 

Hi FFFlynn,

If you have any to spare, hair is very good. I cut my husband and two sons' hair and used that around the plants I wanted to protect. It worked a treat for me.

Good luck.

Ellie