{"id":126556,"date":"2016-07-04T10:40:25","date_gmt":"2016-07-04T08:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/126556\/companion-planting-foods-that-help-each-other-grow\/"},"modified":"2016-07-04T10:40:25","modified_gmt":"2016-07-04T08:40:25","slug":"companion-planting-foods-that-help-each-other-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/07\/04\/companion-planting-foods-that-help-each-other-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Companion planting: Foods that help each other grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organic gardeners know that a diverse mix of plants makes for a healthy and\u00a0beautiful garden. Many believe that certain\u00a0plant combinations\u00a0have extraordinary powers to help\u00a0each other grow. Scientific study of the process, called\u00a0companion planting, has confirmed that some combinations have real benefits unique to those combinations.<\/p>\n<h3>Garlic and roses<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/Garlic-Roses.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112854\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/Garlic-Roses.jpg\" alt=\"Garlic Roses\" width=\"791\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nGardeners have been\u00a0planting garlic\u00a0with roses for eons. Garlic helps to repel rose pests. Garlic chives are also repellent, and their small purple or white flowers look great in late spring.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h3>Tomatoes and cabbage<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/tomato-cabbage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112855\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/tomato-cabbage.jpg\" alt=\"tomato cabbage\" width=\"791\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTomatoes are repellent to diamondback moth caterpillars that chew large holes in cabbage leaves.<\/p>\n<h3>Radishes and spinach<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/radish-spinach.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112856\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/radish-spinach.jpg\" alt=\"radish spinach\" width=\"791\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPlanting radishes\u00a0among your spinach will draw leafminers away from the spinach. The damage the leafminers do to radish leaves doesn&#8217;t prevent the radishes from growing well underground.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<h3>Beans and corn<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/corn-beans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112859\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/corn-beans.jpg\" alt=\"corn beans\" width=\"791\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe beans attract beneficial insects that prey on corn pests such as leafhoppers, armyworms and leaf beetles. The bean vines can climb up the corn stalks.<\/p>\n<h3>Cabbage and dill<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/cabbage-dill.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-112861\" src=\"https:\/\/albertonrecord.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/07\/cabbage-dill.jpg\" alt=\"cabbage dill\" width=\"791\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDill is a great companion for\u00a0cabbage\u00a0family plants, such as broccoli and brussels sprouts.\u00a0The cabbages support the floppy dill, while the dill attracts the tiny beneficial wasps that control imported cabbage worms and other cabbage pests.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='8c982f526c9758cebbecd43fabc2c589'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Certain plant combinations help each other grow. Companion planting uses one species&#8217; advantages to help another.\u00a0Here are some examples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7782,"featured_media":126558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[11589,11590,11591],"class_list":["post-126556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-companion-planting","tag-organic-gardening","tag-plants-that-help-each-other-grow"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["companion planting","organic gardening","plants that help each other grow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}