How to protect them from pests

Plant tomatoes with herbs

Herbs are ideal planting partners for tomatoes. Especially those with a strong scent, such as basil and parsley, are recommended. They contain a large amount essential oils. These can be pests such as deter aphids. You are welcome to add the following herbs to yours plant tomatoes and you will certainly not regret it:

• basil
• savory
• Parsely
• oregano
• thyme
• chamomile
• garden cress

[image: beet|tomato, basil]

Plant tomatoes with root vegetables

Root vegetables, with their increasingly large roots, break the Floor underground and make it looser. The tomatoes benefit from this. Above, these plants rarely get in each other's way, since most root vegetables are particularly strong underground and develop less towering foliage. Well suited for underplanting include:

• celery
• carrot
• parsnip
• Kohlrabi
• radish

[image: beet|tomato, celery]

Underplant tomatoes with lettuce

With lettuce as a subtenant, tomatoes are well positioned. The lettuces have shallow roots, tolerate some shade from the tomatoes and they cover the floor effectively. At the same time, they ensure that soil loosened becomes. These salads are popular as underplanting of tomatoes:

• arugula
• oak leaf lettuce
• Lamb's lettuce
• lettuce
• pick lettuce

[image: beet|tomato, lettuce]

Plant tomatoes with flowers

With its delicate flowers, the tomato plant is not very noticeable to bees. Therefore, an underplanting in the form of colorful flowers that attract bees is recommended. She support the tomato indirectly at pollination, by attracting bees and other nectar-hungry insects. Fabulously go with the tomato plants:

• tagetes
• Nasturtium
• marigolds
• Maiden in the countryside

[image: bed|tomato, marigolds]

Underplant tomatoes with leeks

Leek plants are helpful in battle against fungal pathogens. They also take care of the tomato plants Eat by rodents. Their strong odor keeps them away. Powerful and easy to insert underneath the tomatoes are:

• onions
• Garlic
• chives
• leek

[image: beet|tomato, garlic]

Plants you should not plant under the tomatoes with

You should be careful with me heavy feeders. Some of them seem to be suitable planting partners for tomatoes. But appearances are deceptive. For example, cucumbers do not go well with tomato plants. Potatoes, pumpkins, peppers or aubergines are just as unsuitable for underplanting. Even peas, which are not heavy consumers, do not harmonize with tomatoes.