Garlic protects nearby crops from various diseases and also repels pests.
Anastasia Kovrizhnykh, an expert of the online publication Belnovosti, agronomist and landscape designer, tells us what can be planted in the same bed with garlic.
What to plant next to garlic
Tomatoes love the proximity of garlic. Garlic protects them from late blight, rust, spider mites, and whiteflies.
Garlic also benefits from being near tomatoes, as they protect it from scab.
By planting garlic between rows of potatoes, you can scare away the Colorado potato beetle. Garlic also protects potatoes from late blight.
Garlic also protects cucumbers and pumpkins from diseases, carrots from leafhoppers and carrot flies, cabbage from caterpillars, midges, and snails.
When planting next to cabbage, you need to take into account that the garlic will grow small.
In addition, greens (dill, sorrel, parsley, spinach) get along well with garlic.
Earlier, the expert told how to protect an apple tree from ants.
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh
