Top 7 Pest Deterrent Plants and How To Use Them Properly
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Calendula and marygold have another quality too: their roots kill nematodes in the soil. I plant them with my tomatoes. In german traditional gardens there is always calendula together with cabbage. Our ancestors knew about it. Nasturtium leaves are also a mild antibiotic. Dry the leaves and grind them. Combined with horseradish (anti-viral) it will help when you got a cold.
thank you for this great advice!!
This has been disproven over and over again.
@@gilshelley9183 Wrong Karen !
@@LittlePieceOfHeaven.65 Since marigolds wer unknown as cultivated plants until the 20th century our ancestors never used them.
@@gilshelley9183 Marygold came to Europe about 400 jears ago and became a popular flower.
I don't know if someone else has already said this, but to us, you are the Bob Ross of gardening!
thats a mega huge compliment my friend!!... I live only a half hour from where Bob lived
Bob made his painting videos in Muncie, Indiana. Are you in Indiana? Somehow Bob hooked up with Ball State and made a bunch of painting shows for PBS and history was made. Your making history of your own 👍, loving your channel.
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@@hoosierproud7718I believe these videos are made in Ft. Wayne.
I’m down around Bloomington, but have spent some time up in the Fort.
I had the same thought. It makes sense that they live in the same area. Is this place possibly a meridian point? Your information is superb and your energy is all love. Thank you for your video.
Brilliant!
Garlic deterring pest right away
Onion near leafy greens
Marigolds plant spring time
Calendulas (Pot Marigold) plant during springtime, spreads rapidly, great at deterring pests
Nasturtiums pollinators
Mint
Cockscomb
Fennel
Brassicas genus of cabbage and mustard family
thanks 😊
My grandfather, born 1902, did this for many years in his Pennsylvania garden. He was an organic gardener before it became a “thing “.
You mean he was an organic gardener when that's pretty much all there was👍
Hi I'm a plant nut lol 😂....that being said I'm 61 years old and still amazed of all the new things I keep learning despite a large library of information that I have thank you for sharing your information two thumbs up!
...keep the love of plants coming!!!
learning new things is such a joy I'm right there with you my friend!!
Thank you for getting straight to the point AND not calling the plants by their scientific names. It helps your viewers connect. I will be subscribing.
yes my friend I feel it just alienates the vast majority of people when someone is always using the scientific name!! lol... simple and common name is best!
Try Arugula as a ground cover too it fills in everywhere, and you will have salad greens from spring thru early winter. Peppery scent also deters pests.
Brilliant! i watch tons of homesteading/gardening channels that just spew out the latest fad, which are seldom effective. This is the best i've seen on the subject-- thank you so much and i love your garden. It makes sense and is pat of nature, instead of a big show
thank you for the positive energy and feedback Terry!... and yes I can assure you anything you see on this channel has been tested to the limits and proven its worth!!
@@gilshelley9183 bring your negativity somewhere else...seriously!
Wow that makes sense 🤔 this explains why we deal with pests when they mass produce crops ~ thanks for sharing 🙏🏼 this is great knowledge to share ~ much gratitude 🙏🏼
Man!! You are great!! Thanks for all that you share and your knowledge!! Why don't you already have a million subscribers?! I predict it won't be long. ALL of your videos and shares are pure gold. Thanks a million!!
thank you for this very inspiring and lovely comment my friend!..
Your garden looks stunning and so productive. I find it strange that people would find it 'messy'
I plant/grow lots of 'sacrificials' now but when I replant, sow or share them out, I honor these hard working species by referring to them as 'support plants', 😆. 2nd year on hard neck garlic that sprouted in Feb 2020 so that many bulbils to plant/share freely!
I think it looks amazing. Open ground is the enemy and this looks incredibly lush.
I've watched this video several times over the past few months, learn something every time.
I love the practical experienced-based knowledge. I used mint as a ground cover on a steep slope ornamental bed. Indeed it is a mint garden… but now I can mulch with it!! Thank you!
Excellent, excellent.
When you said Mint, I started to get worried, but then you clarified not to put it in the garden. My mom has a persistent mint and chive infestation that has even spread to the yard. There are patches that smell quite...fragrant when mowed, lol.
Just this past year we tried a bit of nasturtium, but probably not enough. Great to see how close you can jam things and still get a great harvest. We'll pack things in a little closer next year and definitely give the spring onion and garlic a try.
Whoa, so much useful and new info I've never heard anyone say before - using these tips!
Great video as usual! I just got marigold seeds yesterday. I'm stepping up the flowers. Last year I planted flowers for the first time, zinnias. Wow! What a riot of colors and tons of pollinators. Today I up potted my tomatoes, peppers (the ones that survived the cold) and some tomatillos. It feels great to get outside and make some progress.
Zinnias are one of my favorites!!... I like to plant a sea of the all purple ones and they are rock solid hardy plants
marigolds are very benificial to the body.
@@gardenlikeaviking ... only zinnias i know are annuals; would you kindly specify the perennial species you talking about? 🙏🏽🌳🕊💚
You may be the garden master.
These are the most interesting and informative videos I have seen. I love the way it all conforms to nature as it really is.
God bless you
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Im the end a great reason why the garden thrives is BIODIVERSITY !
Those flowers make your garden absolutely heavenly.
Wild garlic is useful & has a nice white flower in the spring, gives good ground cover in moderatly shady areas too
Do you show a layout drawing of where you plant things? Also how large is your garden? Looks so beautiful!
That's a wonderful idea! A garden layout "how to" video with recommendations for placement and why. Our garden master host is really great at sharing substantive information from his own experiences, and I believe we're in nearly the same zone, so this knowledge is extra helpful. I wish we could spend a week in his garden learning from him. I'd be happy to pull my weight in return-- weeding, hauling, planting, harvesting, whatever I could do to help.
I have struggled to grow brassicas and greens. I see now where I’ve gone wrong. Hoping for better success in the future. Your garden is beautiful. I love seeing all of the plants co mingling and growing along with the flowers.
definitely interplant the sacrificial garlic and onions thats a big one for success!!
I always try2 have sacrificial plants all over the place.I have learnt a lot from this video.
THE MARIGOLDS HAVE WORKED FOR ME. GOOD VIDEO
Second yr grower in MA and incountered these pests as a white butterfly is flying in the garden now, all part of them growing pains, thanx Nate.💪🏽🌱
I have Aztec Marigolds, their scent is SO sweet... And look like a beautiful sunset
Your garden is magical! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and wisdom!
This guy is a gold mine of knowledge 👌
Love your videos ...it's a whole lot of common sense ....you make gardening easier nor harder!
I would love to see a video on how to store potatoes for a long period of time. I’d love your channel.
Another thing about mint is that it's toxic to cows. I wish I'd known how invasive it was and now I have to be super careful with how close the cows get to the garden
Great video. I consider companion planting a secondary line of defense. Number one deterrent of insect attack is a healthy plant. No insect will ever attack a healthy plant.
MOST helpful video EVER on our eternal battle with garden pests! I plan to use your battle plans immediately! Thanks so much!!!
I've worked on organic veggie farms and it's always felt clear to me that planting one of the same plant in long stretches, weeding everything around them so they are naked, and tilling the soil all the time, these things felt intuitively wrong to me. Gardening is farm more rewarding than farming because it's at a scale where you can actually work with nature gracefully. Thank you for your videos, I'm learning so much and you have a lovely way of teaching. Also your garden looks AMAZING!!!
To deter pests, I also use rosemary. Use it as a mulch, prune a little, then add some fresh compost. This combo has been working for me when aphids pop up. I make sure to blast the plant with water to remove any I might have missed.
yes thats great advice thank you for sharing!!... here we just can't grow rosemary big enough because it dies over the winter and never gets to that massive shrub like stage it does in places like California and Greece etc..
How do I ‘love’ this video😍
Another great vid! Thank you for your time and sharing. LOL I thought that all marigolds were Calendula. I use them as a great herb for skin care in homemade salves and lotions. ....alas, I have a mind garden ...
THANK YOU!! I appreciate how those flowers are beneficial, but I especially LOVE how beautiful and colorful the garden looks!!
I always thought a "vegetable " garden was for vegetables only, so I never planted any flowers there.
I am excited to try your tips this summer.
YES my friend this will be a beautiful garden year for you with all the new color!!
Thanks mate . I got a lot of problems with insects and will use this spring garlic, onions etc.
I’m in Australia and we are just going in to spring . With my seedlings I will use water which has been standing in blue bottles in the Sun for a few hours . Will let you know how it works .
Anything which improves my garden
Thanks again mate for your good work
Blue bottles?
awesome, thanks man
I knew about marigolds.i should have remembered them for the squirrels that are being such buggers this year. I never knew about the big, tall marigolds until I grew them one year. Some were almost as tall as me. Pretty amazing mixed- in with zinnias that were as tall. Great tips!
Love this! Thank you! And I love how wild your garden looks, it’s giving “Eden’s Garden”
Thanks!
thank you for the support my friend!!
That's my method cram everything in ,it looks beautiful too.
Mint also attracts pollinators. I have a patch of mountain mint that when in bloom is full of hover flies, honeybees, butterflies, bumblebees and black mud dauber wasps.
Might want to plant nasturtium perimeter. They are not deterent plant. They are a trap crop. They attract certain pesty insects.
If you plant mint and keep it cut it also can make a good perimeter crop.
Dill attracts ladybugs which eat aphids.
Can confirm on the mint. I almost had a mint YARD. I planted a “bed” of mint at the corner of the house. Thought it had plenty of room to grow. Wothin 2 years I had a 4’x4’ 11:47 bed of 3’ tall apple mint and it was stretching out into the yard 😂. It took 3 years of ripping it out by the roots to get it back under control
Absolutely LOVE your videos! A friend turned me onto them today and I've been watching them all day! Thanks for all the great tips!
I plant garlic under my fruit trees, it helps against rost and fungi. Peppermint at the foot of a cherry helps against cherry fly.
great advice thank you!!
Great videos. You have truly found your calling.
thank you and I'm happy you can sense that this is my passion!!
I was overtaken with my chocolate mint and pulled it all out years ago, before I really got into gardening. Now I miss it and wish I would have just figured out how to section it off. So I bought more and made a separate mint garden. Orange, chocolate, and lemon mint, so I can use it in recipes. I plant to make a blended mixture of insect repelling herbs and spray it on the perimeter to deter rabbits and chipmunks. I have also heard you can take sprigs of the mint and just lay them throughout the garden,
Mice hate mint too.
With my garlic I had springtail issues. As for mint, I never recorded it have actual pests, but this autumn it got some weird webbing that looked like it was left by spider mites. A few days ago I saw the exact same webbing on a neighbouring plant. I didn't see the actual mites though.
Spider mites hate peppermint mint oil spray.
This plan is Epazote, I send it to you to check out.,I used for years,so my grand mother's, she live up to 104 years old, but I used on my plant to.
Fastest way to make pest-deterrent onions: cut 2" off root end of green onions, put in water, then plant in dirt!
I just got so many good ideas from this video, thank you. Not only what to plant and when, but also how to use some plants as a mulch and then how you have your garden organized. We recently limbed a tree to make more sun for our garden and so I chopped up all the wood. We live in a village--looks similar to your situation so I'm not too keen on burning in the fire pit as much as I'd like. I'm sneaking up on the abandoned lot next door and I'm going to use the wood like you did as a border. I also have procured 5 tires so far to use as planters. Really informative. Thanks again.
I've companion planted like this since I started gardening and I have very little trouble
Thanks.
I'm listening and glad to get this information as it's about time to get my seeds ordered for next season...yes little early but I don't want to order stuff that is going to be short later in season.
Like lots of your ways and I also doing much like you and I'm becoming a big believer that healthy plants don't attract bugs but sickly plants draws them in.
Great video again and anymore first thing I'm hitting your like button quickly
Thanks
also get to know your local-beneficial-manageable natives; a great wealth to tap into...
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I have only just found you. Your blowing me away and wide awake too perfect. Currently under my beech hedges collecting leaf mold. Theres rice and water on my windowsill. I really cant thank you enough for all this knowledge. Much love to you and your family. God bless you all 😊 busy in the uk in the garden but binge watching all night. Thanks again my love.❤
Calendula is called pot marigold because you can yank the whole plant and put it in a pot - a COOKING pot - and eat it ;)
Not finished your video yet, had to pause and feed you that tidbit ;)
Finished the video, thanks! I knew about half of it, but now i know more - and I took notes 😊
I'm finding that I really like your channel. Your videos are on point, they don't drift to non related topics, and they cover topics I don't hear a lot about.
I’m new to the channel but loving it!
Does someone have experience in regenerative viticulture and using this kind of natural repellent mechanisms?
Fellow Indian here. Thank you for mentioning India so fondly 😊
India taught me so many things about life and about myself... I will always love India and its people!
@@gardenlikeaviking 🙏🙏🙏
I plant diminutive garlic cloves very close to together and crop off the outer leaves for stir fry …💝😎
you eat the outer leaves of the garlic plant??... wow that seems so fibrous
I re root my cut cooking onions and put them in the dirt and they grow crazy and then bulb flowers. Coolest thing and no extra purchases!
Thanks Nate. So much to learn. I really appreciate your sharing the knowledge you have acquired though the years. I'm just starting and have a long ways to go.
Thank you I Iike the way you explain it
Muchas gracias por enseñarnos tu huerta, seguiré todo tus consejos al pie de la letras pues tienes el huerto de mis sueños. No es desordenado lo que haces es hermoso se llama asociación de cultivos y es como sucede en la naturaleza todo está revuelto pero en dónde debe estar.
thank you my friend I'm happy you can see the natural order of things!!!
Great idea about using the mint and fennel for mulch!
Nasturtium's leaves make the best pesto too.
My wife and iI really like your channel. Thank you for all the great information.
Wow great info. Cockscomb? Who would have ever thought. Garlic 2 lots, excellent info, and yr crops are so healthy, no bug holes. Cant wait for spring in 6 weeks. Cheers
Fr West Aussie
Jusus! Just by looking at your garden you definitely know what your talking about. True about the mint after a few years i definitely have it taking over my lawn, thats fine with me i mow it up with bag push mower and compost it. But gonna definitely put it around my fruit trees see if it works on deer. Im doubting it but gonna try.
if its possible for you to plant large African type marigolds those will really help deter the deer!!
pick up a few rabbits.
feed them the garden scraps and utilize their urine and poop.
you could also use them as meat.
Commenting for the algorithm. And Im sharing your channel to my gardening IG as well. Your channel needs to blow up. 👊🏻Cheers from SA. 🇿🇦
thanks a lot for the positive support my friend!!
Thank you so much. I will definitely share your channel in my group
much appreciated Tiah
Calendula and nasturtiums in my garden but will try the cockscomb and more garlic. Thank you
Yep on the garlic, I planted store bought garlic with every pepper planted.
I LOVE your gardens!
I will be adding some of these to our garden this year.
mint plant is great for keeing flies away from horses grow them in large tubs around the stables
Thanks for all your direct, wonderful information!!!
Hare Kṛṣṇa,! Brilliant. Thank you for all you share 🙏🏽🕉️🔥
2 new plants for me to check out. great information dude.
my marigolds stay in full bloom
Your madness looks good. All i see is healthy plants. I gotta lot of work to do in my yard its mostly sand here . Wish me luck 🤞🙏
best of luck my friend!!
amazing tip to mulch with mint, thank you!
Not sure if you have done a video on this but could you talk about curing winter squash for storage? Thanks :) Plus, do potatoes have pests?
Thank you for good sharing.
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Yarrow is another that comes to mind excellent for insect repellent.
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Thanks a million times.
Thanks so much for sharing. I love your high density method. I do the same thing. Plants love to be close together. My garden is my best teacher.
Thank you so much I just discovered your channel today and it really really appreciate all the information that you give an explanation as to why because a lot of channels first of all give misinformation and second of all they don’t say why and I always have to end up googling everything and going down all these rabbit holes✌🏻😘
This was very interesting! I will try this. I'll even go back and watch the onion video, i have started onions. I was not successful last year. Thank you!,
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Do marigolds really repel pest or they just attract them, hence keeping them away from the other plants?
Fabulous as always, got heaps of calendula seeds, popping them in tomorrow with my half eaten new broccoli, been using the chilli spray at night to deter the blighters. It Just All Makes Sense THANKS
You're the best! And gooorgeous garden!
If you are having problems with flies of any sort in your trash. Toss in some mint. Rural King started selling mint scented trash bags that work wonders.
Hello! I want to first thank you again for your excellent content-- I just recently discovered you and have already applied some of your lessons in my humble garden. I do have a question:
You have a wonderful gift for teaching. Have you considered holding limited, perhaps seasonal, on site training classes for a fee or donation? I can't be the only one who would be very happy to weed, mulch, haul, plant, harvest, etc. while learning. There's nothing quite like on site training to create wonderful, lasting memories and really instill knowledge. We students could be rather boho about it and pitch some tents, make and share communal meals, and spend a week learning together. Maybe worth considering. 😊
Love love love your garden and your gardening advices ! Thanks 🙏 a lot !