I am a huge fan of companion planting and have done it for years. Every year my most impressive, lush and high yielding area of my garden is my pumpkin-maize-beans-marigold-purple tansy-nasturtium bed. It is like a jungle of beauty and edible goodness
The marigolds, tansy and nasturtiums will be working well to create a healthy mini-ecosystem for your edible crops. It's great you've got such strong first-hand evidence of the power of companion planting. It is, indeed, very powerful stuff.
I just wanted to let you know how much I love using your Garden Planner! I live in Central Florida, and we are fortunate to have a year-round growing season. That's wonderful on one hand, but on the other, it creates problems regarding where to plant! For instance, I can plant tomatoes in February, and replant them in late August/September. I have a 40' x 30' suburban garden, so can run out of space quickly. My garden planner has kept me on track since 2012, and makes crop rotation a snap! Thank you!
That's fantastic Carol, thanks so much for sharing. It is a really powerful tool for getting the most out of the space you have, particularly in smaller gardens such as yours. We're so pleased you are enjoying the Garden Planner.
I want you to know how much I appreciate your channel. I live in USA and have asked several “ big name garden channels” in the US for information on companion planting, but I still have not gotten a response. So thank you. I found your channel by chance and decided to watch to see how good it is. I have not been disappointed! I have subscribed and am really enjoying it. 👍🏻
Andrew, your videos and tips are the best! Not only detailed and thoughtful, everything is easy to understand and utilize. Thank you, so much for working so hard to offer this to everyone.
I'm an ecologist that moved from the UK to Germany last year. I don't have a garden but I have a medium sized balcony. Converting my knowledge and your tips into balcony gardening restricted to pot plants is both challenging and hopefully rewarding.
Companion planting is very rewarding, and certainly just as achievable in a container garden as a traditional garden. One of the main benefits is attracting beneficial insects, which will in turn help to pollinate plants while keeping pests in check.
Danielle Diakoff-King I wish TH-cam allowed photo sharing. I would love to see this. What kind of spacing you used? Do you plant everything together or in intervals
JIMKOR tomatoes were grown on a wire trellis 18” apart and beans just tucked in between at 4” or so intervals between the tomatoes. On second thought, i do think i got slightly less tomatoes than normal, but SO many beans. But the tomatoes got a slow start because of a cold wet spring so I’d gave to say just try it. Everyone who saw it thought i was insane. :P
smile30981 So much! At least it seems like a lot to this newbie. Herbs like dill and basil, annuals like broccoli and beans, ornamentals like calendula and zinnia, perennials like grapevine and rosemary, wild volunteers like dandelion and lamb’s quarter, and some big sprawlers like spaghetti squash and cucumber. What about you?
@@happynaturalist1793 Oh how fun, what a great variety! I bought a few packs of mixed seeds so I'm excited to see what pops up for varieties in the basil, heirloom tomato and squash categories. I also have cukes, mini watermelon, snap peas, winter squash, parsley, cilantro. One of my 2x4 beds will be perennials for bees & butterflies: milkweed is doing well but cone flowers do not. I cannot wait to put them all into the ground next weekend!
You've touched on the biggest problem with gardening; so much of it is unsubstantiated gossip, and there's so little research and what little there is is poor quality and forgotten anyway. So thank you for being thorough about this! I like my garden to "buzz" with wildlife regardless of any benefit so I might give this a try if it can help me plant flowers that can also help my harvests!
Wow! Thanks SO much for the info. I love your videos. I have done marigolds in the past, and it was wonderful. I remember reading about it and figured it wouldn't hurt. I have sandy soil now by the beach, but will be moving to the country soon. I can't wait to use this planner when I get some land. Thanks again!!
My parents used the three sisters method growing up Oregon thanks to a native American neighbor. This is my first year trying companion plant the whole garden. I'll let you know my findings
Thanks so much for your Clear Understanding Videos with the Subtitles as it helps someone like myself who has to Wear Hearing Aids. You are always so Clear to Hear on yor Videos Keep up the Good Work you all do. Many thanks. Petesvegetables
To be honest, i don't do much companion planting yet. I do really enjoy mixing together different growt habits to maximize my crop. After watching my entire onion harvest fail from allium leaf miner, i found that the few stragglers i planted out between the strawberries were entirely unaffected. Coincidence? I don't know, but i'm trying that again and this time i have planted out large, new strawberry patches to accomodate the onion, shallot and leek crops inbetween.
That's a really good idea. A lot of companion planting would have originally come about by chance. Strawberries and onions have competing scents, which probably serves to confuse the allium leaf miner. Our Garden Planner does feature strawberries as a companion to onions, so you must be on to something there.
Yes, i checked it too after i saw that and read the same thing. But like so many tips and tricks, i have to test it for myself to believe it. If it works, that's great because a lot of people who netted them still got them so that's clearly not working too well either.
In my experience (and according to several lists I've seen) sunflowers are NOT a good companion for climbing beans. My specific experience was with 'Blue Lake' beans. I had some sunflowers spaced randomly in a row of corn, with the beans companioned to the corn. Some of the vines wandered away from their intended corn stalks and latched onto a sunflower roughly a foot away. In every instance where this happened, the bean vine would die after climbing the sunflower a short distance, but the beans that stayed on the corn all remained healthy.
Thanks for sharing your experience of this. We've based recommendations on scientific studies, but it's interesting to hear your experiences as this clearly shows some caution in this particular pairing may be needed.
Hi Ben, as always, excellent video. Thank you. I’m a new gardener, having a garden by the sea, enjoying a little success, having some epic failures and learning by my mistakes. How do I get a garden planner and can you give me an indication of the cost please?
Hi Lyn. All good gardeners learn by their mistakes. :-) You can find out more about the Garden Planner and pricing here: www.growveg.com/garden-planner-intro.aspx
I have a question. We have one each small, three year old Chinese chestnut and Hazelnut trees that my mother in loves to plant left over bulbs around. The growth last year was lack luster, which brings me to wonder if it isn't the poorly placed bulbs. I checked around and couldn't find anything on this topic. Will the bulbs hurt the growth of my trees? Thank you in advance. I just found your channel, subscribed, and anxious to watch your catalog of videos.
It is unlikely to be the bulbs, though if the trees are really small then I guess that could be a consideration. But it seems unlikely given the range of bulb roots versus tree roots. It is more likely the location or the soil type that could be causing the trees to get off to a slow start. Or it may just be that the trees are fine and healthy - just growing a bit slower than you may have expected? Chinese chestnuts, for example, are quite slow growing, putting on only a foot (30cm) or so of growth a year.
How in the world can I rotate the crops in my garden by types (such as legumes followed by brassicas) and still do companion planting? I know "the three sisters" works, but when you've planted those legumes and curcurbits together, how do you try to figure what should go there the following year?
Crop rotation can be difficult, particularly in smaller gardens where allocated entire beds to different crop families may not be practical. As a basic rule, at least try to avoid planting things from the same family in the same piece of ground two years running. Even a one-year break will help. The Garden Planner mentioned in the video has a really good system for helping with crop rotation, so you don't need to worry too much about it. You can watch how in our latest video, here: th-cam.com/video/CANhaqM_SaY/w-d-xo.html
Hello there. I am a newbie when it comes to gardening. I am going to start with strawberries in a gardening pot and I watched your awesome video about it. I was wondering what video I should watch for beginners. My husband and I just bought our first house and our back yard is just waiting for a garden to start. However, I just don’t know where to begin. What video would you recommend I watch first? I would like to start the box beds, but I don’t know if that’s what I should do first. Thank you so much for any guidance you can provide.
I would try watching some of our videos on planning a vegetable garden - that's a great place to start: th-cam.com/play/PL3VEy0_tuFgTnHRczUgrOKvxrspoQuC4G.html Take your time - there's no rush. Have a look through our videos - there's handy advice on starting a new raised bed, on strawberries, container gardening and more. Start small and work your way up as your confidence grows, there's no hurry. :-)
The Garden Planner is a web-based app to help you lay out your productive garden. You can find out more about it here: www.growveg.com/garden-planner-intro.aspx
How does one incorporate companion gardening when using vertical gardening methods - in particular, Aeroponics Tower Garden and Green Stalk Garden? Thank you.
Hi does the garden planner show which plants can be grown in partial shade? Our garden has some parts that are in sun in the morning and shade in afternoon as it faces north. Thanks I'm new to gardening and trying to learn
Yes, you can filter the plant selection bar - the plants you choose from - to show just those that can cope with partial shade. Very handy for tricky areas such as that.
There are studies that show that giving up some of your farmland area to nature - for example beetle banks - can actually pay dividends in overall crop yield, because there's more natural pest control on site, and less need for expensive bought-in pesticides. I can't comment directly on companion planting's profitability, but it will certainly carry benefits that will potentially save money on inputs. But worth seeking more advice on this.
I seem to have success with allium plants (onions, chives, garlic, etc.) repelling aphids and white fly around my tomatoes and roses.😊 I have heard that potatoes and tomatoes should not be grown together, but I have no empirical evidence for this. I will be trying some of the suggestions from this excellent video. 🌻🐝💦
You'll love it! I've enjoyed planning my 2020 garden, changing it dozens of times as I learn more about pests, companion planting and well, as my mood changes LOL
A couple of questions: Can i make circular beds with pie wedge-shaped sections with this software? Or square beds with a corner lopped off? Also please confirm that this software is compatible with my Chromebook. Am interested in buying. Thanks.
The software has a range of shapes (aside from the set raised bed object). These can be used in place of the raised bed objects to create circular raised beds. You can layer up shapes to show unusual-shaped beds. The software is all web-based, so it should work with on a Chromebook.
The best way is to use netting to stop the butterflies laying their eggs on the cabbages. Some people also use a trap/sacrificial crop such as nasturtiums to help lure them away from the main crop. There's some really helpful advice on cabbage loopers on the Big Bug Hunt website: bigbughunt.com/bug-guides/us-and-canada/cabbage-worm-cabbageworm-cabbage-looper/
Great video! I really enjoy your videos. GrowVeg is one of my favourite channels to watch. :0) I'm very interested in the garden planner. I don't have a desktop computer. I typically access the internet from my cell phone and sometimes my tablet. Will this subscription be compatible on my cell phone or tablet?
So pleased you love our channel - thank you! The Garden Planner is also available as the Garden Plan Pro for iPad and iPhones. This handy comparison chart will tell you the difference between the two and what works on which device: www.growveg.com/feature-comparison.aspx
I just went online earlier and bought an Apple Mini Mac. I should be able to buy and use the full app on my new computer, right? It should be in the app store?
Yes, it should. This website here gives all the information you'll need about the Garden Planner and it's compatibility with different devices: www.growveg.com/feature-comparison.aspx
Sir, in your garden planner you have Spinach marked as "Chenopodiaceae (Beet family)", but true spinach is Spinacia oleracea from the Amaranthaceae family. You do not have true spinach in the garden planner, so I cant look at its companions.
Hi Luke. Thanks very much for pointing this out to us, appreciated. As you say, true spinach is in the Amaranthaceae family, so we will get this looked at with a view to changing the plant family name. The spinach shown in the Garden Planner is intended to be true spinach. If you select it with a view to checking it's companions, the companions that are shown are indeed those for true spinach, so you can rely on this information and make an informed choice of companion. So please accept the spinach shown as true spinach - and in the meantime we'll get on and correct the plant family it is shown under. Thanks for your eagle eyes and the notification. We always strive to be as accurate and reliable as possible, but sometimes we miss something. :-)
While working on the layout it might not be immediately obvious that your placing down bad companions, even if it will be obvious once you start planting. Some kind of automated alert would be hi-tech.
We had considered this, but there are so few bad companions, and the evidence isn't as robust as good companions, that we decided only to feature the good ones.
It’s important that the corn has a two to three-week head start if it is to serve as a good support for vigorous beans. There's a full article dedicated to this topic here: www.growveg.com/guides/companion-planting-three-sisters-garden-plans/
Why thank you John. My name is Benedict Vanheems. Growing fruits and vegetables is the passion of everyone at Growveg - we genuinely practice what we preach!
No thanks to subscription software. I do not mind buying the software, but I do not want to have to pay an annual subscription to get permission to use the software - granted that it is installed on my computer and I am the only one using the software. The developer do not have to lift a finger to continue to gather money. I would rather want to buy upgrades as we go. But not a forced subscription. It is unethical.
Hi Lone. We're very careful to charge what we feel is fair to both us and our customers. The subscription model is because a considerable amount of staff time goes into constantly adding new features and upgrading the software. It takes a lot of time and we are a very small team, especially when compared against 'proper' software companies. We do not make much profit at all - it pays our way and our salaries - and we take pride in donating a percentage of the modest profit we do make to charity. Every member of the team is deeply ethically minded - it's why we espouse nature-friendly gardening techniques, for example, over artificial pesticides etc. We think of the subscription model as working for both sides - it gives us the means to continue investing in our product to make it even better for existing and future customers.
I am a huge fan of companion planting and have done it for years.
Every year my most impressive, lush and high yielding area of my garden is my pumpkin-maize-beans-marigold-purple tansy-nasturtium bed. It is like a jungle of beauty and edible goodness
The marigolds, tansy and nasturtiums will be working well to create a healthy mini-ecosystem for your edible crops. It's great you've got such strong first-hand evidence of the power of companion planting. It is, indeed, very powerful stuff.
I plant sage alongside thyme and oregano and they always love it seems to be companions
Noicee, thats a solid combo forsure. Id put a few lavender plants in the mix, for color and use!
Matts Toaster great tip thanks! Will try
I just wanted to let you know how much I love using your Garden Planner! I live in Central Florida, and we are fortunate to have a year-round growing season. That's wonderful on one hand, but on the other, it creates problems regarding where to plant! For instance, I can plant tomatoes in February, and replant them in late August/September. I have a 40' x 30' suburban garden, so can run out of space quickly. My garden planner has kept me on track since 2012, and makes crop rotation a snap! Thank you!
That's fantastic Carol, thanks so much for sharing. It is a really powerful tool for getting the most out of the space you have, particularly in smaller gardens such as yours. We're so pleased you are enjoying the Garden Planner.
I want you to know how much I appreciate your channel. I live in USA and have asked several “ big name garden channels” in the US for information on companion planting, but I still have not gotten a response. So thank you. I found your channel by chance and decided to watch to see how good it is. I have not been disappointed! I have subscribed and am really enjoying it. 👍🏻
Thank you so much for those kind words Joanne, it means a lot. And it's really great to have you along as a new subscriber - welcome!
Andrew, your videos and tips are the best! Not only detailed and thoughtful, everything is easy to understand and utilize. Thank you, so much for working so hard to offer this to everyone.
I'm an ecologist that moved from the UK to Germany last year. I don't have a garden but I have a medium sized balcony. Converting my knowledge and your tips into balcony gardening restricted to pot plants is both challenging and hopefully rewarding.
Companion planting is very rewarding, and certainly just as achievable in a container garden as a traditional garden. One of the main benefits is attracting beneficial insects, which will in turn help to pollinate plants while keeping pests in check.
I’ve grown pole beans with tomatoes (yes right intermingled) and got heavy crops from both. Intensive planting win!
Danielle Diakoff-King I wish TH-cam allowed photo sharing. I would love to see this. What kind of spacing you used? Do you plant everything together or in intervals
JIMKOR tomatoes were grown on a wire trellis 18” apart and beans just tucked in between at 4” or so intervals between the tomatoes. On second thought, i do think i got slightly less tomatoes than normal, but SO many beans. But the tomatoes got a slow start because of a cold wet spring so I’d gave to say just try it. Everyone who saw it thought i was insane. :P
Great video! Thanks. I've been planting marigolds with my cucumbers for a few years without fail and have had beautiful cucumber plants ever since.
Anyone else here during COVID Quarantine 2020? Proud new gardeners!
Spending a ton of time growing 100+ seedlings (first time) has been my lifesaver during the quarantine! What are you growing this year?
smile30981 So much! At least it seems like a lot to this newbie. Herbs like dill and basil, annuals like broccoli and beans, ornamentals like calendula and zinnia, perennials like grapevine and rosemary, wild volunteers like dandelion and lamb’s quarter, and some big sprawlers like spaghetti squash and cucumber. What about you?
@@happynaturalist1793 Oh how fun, what a great variety! I bought a few packs of mixed seeds so I'm excited to see what pops up for varieties in the basil, heirloom tomato and squash categories. I also have cukes, mini watermelon, snap peas, winter squash, parsley, cilantro. One of my 2x4 beds will be perennials for bees & butterflies: milkweed is doing well but cone flowers do not. I cannot wait to put them all into the ground next weekend!
smile30981 Great variety, and glad you thought of the pollinators!
You've touched on the biggest problem with gardening; so much of it is unsubstantiated gossip, and there's so little research and what little there is is poor quality and forgotten anyway. So thank you for being thorough about this! I like my garden to "buzz" with wildlife regardless of any benefit so I might give this a try if it can help me plant flowers that can also help my harvests!
The more diverse your garden, the healthier it will generally be, and the more wildlife it will attract.
Thank you once again! We (our community garden) continue to learn about companion planting to increase our yield.
Wow! Thanks SO much for the info. I love your videos. I have done marigolds in the past, and it was wonderful. I remember reading about it and figured it wouldn't hurt. I have sandy soil now by the beach, but will be moving to the country soon. I can't wait to use this planner when I get some land. Thanks again!!
Great stuff Therese. Good luck with your new garden!
I've noticed all flowing herbs seem to be great at attracting bees, so I put them near my strawberries.
My parents used the three sisters method growing up Oregon thanks to a native American neighbor. This is my first year trying companion plant the whole garden. I'll let you know my findings
Please do. Companion planting can be very powerful in a productive garden. Hope it all goes well. 😀
very fine video about companion planting, this and more permaculture should be basics in biology of school systems!
Thanks so much for your Clear Understanding Videos with the Subtitles as it helps someone like myself who has to Wear Hearing Aids. You are always so Clear to Hear on yor Videos
Keep up the Good Work you all do.
Many thanks.
Petesvegetables
That's very kind of you, thank you.
@@GrowVeg You are most welcome.
Thank you again
To be honest, i don't do much companion planting yet. I do really enjoy mixing together different growt habits to maximize my crop. After watching my entire onion harvest fail from allium leaf miner, i found that the few stragglers i planted out between the strawberries were entirely unaffected. Coincidence? I don't know, but i'm trying that again and this time i have planted out large, new strawberry patches to accomodate the onion, shallot and leek crops inbetween.
That's a really good idea. A lot of companion planting would have originally come about by chance. Strawberries and onions have competing scents, which probably serves to confuse the allium leaf miner. Our Garden Planner does feature strawberries as a companion to onions, so you must be on to something there.
Yes, i checked it too after i saw that and read the same thing. But like so many tips and tricks, i have to test it for myself to believe it. If it works, that's great because a lot of people who netted them still got them so that's clearly not working too well either.
These videos are so well done and helpful! Thank you so much.
i try to include tobacco plants with our tomato plants. Tomato Horn worms are rare, but they prefer the tobacco.
In my experience (and according to several lists I've seen) sunflowers are NOT a good companion for climbing beans. My specific experience was with 'Blue Lake' beans. I had some sunflowers spaced randomly in a row of corn, with the beans companioned to the corn. Some of the vines wandered away from their intended corn stalks and latched onto a sunflower roughly a foot away. In every instance where this happened, the bean vine would die after climbing the sunflower a short distance, but the beans that stayed on the corn all remained healthy.
Thanks for sharing your experience of this. We've based recommendations on scientific studies, but it's interesting to hear your experiences as this clearly shows some caution in this particular pairing may be needed.
Always enjoy watching your videos thank you for sharing
Thanks, I will experiment with 2 beds of companion planting this year using the advice.
Hi Ben, as always, excellent video. Thank you.
I’m a new gardener, having a garden by the sea, enjoying a little success, having some epic failures and learning by my mistakes. How do I get a garden planner and can you give me an indication of the cost please?
Hi Lyn. All good gardeners learn by their mistakes. :-) You can find out more about the Garden Planner and pricing here: www.growveg.com/garden-planner-intro.aspx
I have a question. We have one each small, three year old Chinese chestnut and Hazelnut trees that my mother in loves to plant left over bulbs around. The growth last year was lack luster, which brings me to wonder if it isn't the poorly placed bulbs. I checked around and couldn't find anything on this topic. Will the bulbs hurt the growth of my trees? Thank you in advance. I just found your channel, subscribed, and anxious to watch your catalog of videos.
It is unlikely to be the bulbs, though if the trees are really small then I guess that could be a consideration. But it seems unlikely given the range of bulb roots versus tree roots. It is more likely the location or the soil type that could be causing the trees to get off to a slow start. Or it may just be that the trees are fine and healthy - just growing a bit slower than you may have expected? Chinese chestnuts, for example, are quite slow growing, putting on only a foot (30cm) or so of growth a year.
How in the world can I rotate the crops in my garden by types (such as legumes followed by brassicas) and still do companion planting? I know "the three sisters" works, but when you've planted those legumes and curcurbits together, how do you try to figure what should go there the following year?
Crop rotation can be difficult, particularly in smaller gardens where allocated entire beds to different crop families may not be practical. As a basic rule, at least try to avoid planting things from the same family in the same piece of ground two years running. Even a one-year break will help. The Garden Planner mentioned in the video has a really good system for helping with crop rotation, so you don't need to worry too much about it. You can watch how in our latest video, here: th-cam.com/video/CANhaqM_SaY/w-d-xo.html
Hello there. I am a newbie when it comes to gardening. I am going to start with strawberries in a gardening pot and I watched your awesome video about it. I was wondering what video I should watch for beginners. My husband and I just bought our first house and our back yard is just waiting for a garden to start. However, I just don’t know where to begin. What video would you recommend I watch first? I would like to start the box beds, but I don’t know if that’s what I should do first. Thank you so much for any guidance you can provide.
I would try watching some of our videos on planning a vegetable garden - that's a great place to start: th-cam.com/play/PL3VEy0_tuFgTnHRczUgrOKvxrspoQuC4G.html
Take your time - there's no rush. Have a look through our videos - there's handy advice on starting a new raised bed, on strawberries, container gardening and more. Start small and work your way up as your confidence grows, there's no hurry. :-)
What's exactly this garden planner? Did you make this table or is there any app to get this?
The Garden Planner is a web-based app to help you lay out your productive garden. You can find out more about it here: www.growveg.com/garden-planner-intro.aspx
Thank you. very informative & based on facts & common sense.
How does one incorporate companion gardening when using vertical gardening methods - in particular, Aeroponics Tower Garden and Green Stalk Garden?
Thank you.
In the same way as a traditional garden. You'd simply plant companions near/next to each other in different pockets of the tower.
If you are to "mound" your potatoes, how do I grow beans with it. Wait till I have mounded the potaotes all up?
That is one way you could do it. Or you could grow the beans in very close proximity, so they lie right on the edge of the mounded up area of soil.
Hi does the garden planner show which plants can be grown in partial shade? Our garden has some parts that are in sun in the morning and shade in afternoon as it faces north. Thanks I'm new to gardening and trying to learn
Yes, you can filter the plant selection bar - the plants you choose from - to show just those that can cope with partial shade. Very handy for tricky areas such as that.
@@GrowVeg thank you
Borage near Tomatoes a d Cabbage attracted Aphids! Will never repeat that ever again!
Can you please tell me what are the companion plants of asparagus ?
Regards
Good companions to asparagus include tomato, marigold, calendula and petunia.
My mom planted her asparagus under the lilac bush and they've been loving the area ever since !!!😃
Can companion planting be profitable or yield more than commercial farming?
There are studies that show that giving up some of your farmland area to nature - for example beetle banks - can actually pay dividends in overall crop yield, because there's more natural pest control on site, and less need for expensive bought-in pesticides. I can't comment directly on companion planting's profitability, but it will certainly carry benefits that will potentially save money on inputs. But worth seeking more advice on this.
I seem to have success with allium plants (onions, chives, garlic, etc.) repelling aphids and white fly around my tomatoes and roses.😊 I have heard that potatoes and tomatoes should not be grown together, but I have no empirical evidence for this.
I will be trying some of the suggestions from this excellent video. 🌻🐝💦
Thx! A good video. Informative as well.
What is this program you're using and how can I get it
It’s called the Garden Planner and you can find out about it at: www.growveg.com
great information.had to stop and take notes :)
Glad is was helpful!
I need that organizer in my life!
It's called the Garden Planner. More at: www.growveg.com/gardenplanner/gardenplanner.html#
You'll love it! I've enjoyed planning my 2020 garden, changing it dozens of times as I learn more about pests, companion planting and well, as my mood changes LOL
A couple of questions: Can i make circular beds with pie wedge-shaped sections with this software? Or square beds with a corner lopped off? Also please confirm that this software is compatible with my Chromebook. Am interested in buying. Thanks.
The software has a range of shapes (aside from the set raised bed object). These can be used in place of the raised bed objects to create circular raised beds. You can layer up shapes to show unusual-shaped beds. The software is all web-based, so it should work with on a Chromebook.
I'm having trouble with loopers in my green cabbage. Any organic suggestions to keep these at bay?
The best way is to use netting to stop the butterflies laying their eggs on the cabbages. Some people also use a trap/sacrificial crop such as nasturtiums to help lure them away from the main crop. There's some really helpful advice on cabbage loopers on the Big Bug Hunt website: bigbughunt.com/bug-guides/us-and-canada/cabbage-worm-cabbageworm-cabbage-looper/
Great video! I really enjoy your videos. GrowVeg is one of my favourite channels to watch. :0) I'm very interested in the garden planner. I don't have a desktop computer. I typically access the internet from my cell phone and sometimes my tablet. Will this subscription be compatible on my cell phone or tablet?
So pleased you love our channel - thank you! The Garden Planner is also available as the Garden Plan Pro for iPad and iPhones. This handy comparison chart will tell you the difference between the two and what works on which device: www.growveg.com/feature-comparison.aspx
I like this video!
I just went online earlier and bought an Apple Mini Mac. I should be able to buy and use the full app on my new computer, right? It should be in the app store?
Yes, it should. This website here gives all the information you'll need about the Garden Planner and it's compatibility with different devices: www.growveg.com/feature-comparison.aspx
Love the info... Thank you
Doug in Denver::Don't sunflowers excrete a chemical from there roots to discourage competition? I'd love to use them for runner beans.
We're not aware of that - but then you could be right! I've always had and seen sunflowers growing perfectly happily with other plants nearby.
Companion planting is bacterial inoculation of soil using seeds (pgpb plant growth promoting bacteria)
Where do I find the crop plan software/site you refer to here for garden planning?
It's called the Garden Planner and you can find out more about it here: www.growveg.com/gardenplanner/gardenplanner.html
What is the name of the software/program you use for garden design? Thanks
It's called the Garden Planner and you can find out more about it at: www.growveg.com
Sir, in your garden planner you have Spinach marked as "Chenopodiaceae (Beet family)", but true spinach is Spinacia oleracea from the Amaranthaceae family. You do not have true spinach in the garden planner, so I cant look at its companions.
The beet family is also Amaranthaceae, but the beets are a different genus to true spinach.
Hi Luke. Thanks very much for pointing this out to us, appreciated. As you say, true spinach is in the Amaranthaceae family, so we will get this looked at with a view to changing the plant family name.
The spinach shown in the Garden Planner is intended to be true spinach. If you select it with a view to checking it's companions, the companions that are shown are indeed those for true spinach, so you can rely on this information and make an informed choice of companion. So please accept the spinach shown as true spinach - and in the meantime we'll get on and correct the plant family it is shown under.
Thanks for your eagle eyes and the notification. We always strive to be as accurate and reliable as possible, but sometimes we miss something. :-)
What is the name of the garden planning program and where can I get it?
It's called the Garden Planner and is available from: www.growveg.com
how do you get this software?
It's called the Garden Planner and you can find out more about it at: www.growveg.com/gardenplanner/gardenplanner.html
is that app for andoird also?
It isn't currently but we hope to have an android version in the future.
GrowVeg so its for apple?
While working on the layout it might not be immediately obvious that your placing down bad companions, even if it will be obvious once you start planting. Some kind of automated alert would be hi-tech.
We had considered this, but there are so few bad companions, and the evidence isn't as robust as good companions, that we decided only to feature the good ones.
What systems does this program work on? Can I run it on a tablet?
It's internet based, so yes, you could run it on a tablet.
How can we get this app or garden planner?
Simply head to www.growveg.com for all of the details.
What is the software name which you are using?
It's called the Garden Planner and is available from www.growveg.com
I've never understood how corn is supposed to support climbing beans in a Three Sisters garden. Don't the beans grow faster than the corn?
It’s important that the corn has a two to three-week head start if it is to serve as a good support for vigorous beans. There's a full article dedicated to this topic here: www.growveg.com/guides/companion-planting-three-sisters-garden-plans/
Thanks, it makes more sense now. It still looks a bit tricky, but I expect companion planting in general is that way. There's so much to consider.
Humans, can you clone this guy? I see he is married but I want one. ;D
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agree. he has really nice eyes ; )
This is bad ass
Where's the "made easy" part??
that voice!
What is the name of the presenter? He has many good videos but fame needs a name.
Why thank you John. My name is Benedict Vanheems. Growing fruits and vegetables is the passion of everyone at Growveg - we genuinely practice what we preach!
Thanks, Ben, glad to know you.
No thanks to subscription software. I do not mind buying the software, but I do not want to have to pay an annual subscription to get permission to use the software - granted that it is installed on my computer and I am the only one using the software. The developer do not have to lift a finger to continue to gather money. I would rather want to buy upgrades as we go. But not a forced subscription. It is unethical.
Hi Lone. We're very careful to charge what we feel is fair to both us and our customers. The subscription model is because a considerable amount of staff time goes into constantly adding new features and upgrading the software. It takes a lot of time and we are a very small team, especially when compared against 'proper' software companies.
We do not make much profit at all - it pays our way and our salaries - and we take pride in donating a percentage of the modest profit we do make to charity. Every member of the team is deeply ethically minded - it's why we espouse nature-friendly gardening techniques, for example, over artificial pesticides etc.
We think of the subscription model as working for both sides - it gives us the means to continue investing in our product to make it even better for existing and future customers.