Best Companion Plants  For Tomatoes

By Shama Parveen

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You must want to know which companion plants are best planted with tomatoes or which plants benefit the most by planting tomatoes near them. Let us know the best plants to grow with tomatoes:

Basil (Tulsi)

Basil is the best companion of tomato because the strong smell of basil protects tomatoes from pests like thrips, aphids and spider mites.

Borage

This herb protects tomato plants from hornworms and the flowers also attract bees.

Marigold

Plant marigolds with tomatoes, it can protect tomato plants from nematodes, slugs and other pests, and they also attract bees or other pollinators.

Onion

The strong smell of onions keeps away insects like borers, cutworms, hornworms, and spider mites, which harm tomato plants.

Carrot

Carrot loosens the soil (aerate soil) so that the roots of tomatoes can take air (oxygen) from that soil better.

Garlic

Garlic helps prevent fungal diseases from occurring in the soil.

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