Zucchinis Are Best Grown Alone. I love companion planting and interspecies crop rotating, don’t get me wrong. But not all plants play well with others and some are just an outright terrible choice for it.
Today, I got 3 reasons why you should never companion plant Zucchinis. Even though they are one of my favorite crops, these 3 huge drawbacks mean I always grow them by themselves.
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One reason why I have banished zukes to containers.
Hey Jeff,allays good information's from you , oh dear ,here in Ontario ,Canada , the powdery mildew is a big issue ,bc of the humidity.But I always plant more to have as a back up plan.Thank you .Be blessed.
true indeed, the zucchini bread makes it all worth it for me.
I was bullied in high school by a zucchini, not anymore
Squash bugs and vine borers absolutely refuse to let me grow squash/zukes.
Thank you Jeff! We're burning up in North Texas. I'm ready to start over this fall, crazy hot Temps here, everything is crispy and not producing.
Going to try using a alumnet for shade cloth next year.
Ahhhhh!!!!! I saw this too late, add yes some of my zucchini and squash have the beginnings of powdery mildew. I just planted one I traded for, it's well developed but looking a bit yellow. And a few of mine on blue boxes ( recycling repurposed) are to crowded and showing little white patches. Tried to get rid of them. Ok so why I'm commenting for is to say thank you. My husband and I are second year gardeners and didn't know to put these things by themselves. One is smack dab in the middle of the peas!!! I love my peas! Last year I lost a whole section of peas to powdery mildew at the back of my house near the tomatoes. Was that a bad idea too? Love these training videos, thanks a bunch and God bless.
You sure are right about bully squash! Twice now I have had to trim back our Red Kuri winter squash vines in our No-Till garden. They wanted to take over three extra tomato plants and a third planting of beans. I stuck those tomatoes and beans where the squash has never traveled in the past three years. The darn things changed course this year. Some things you just can't count on lol! Enjoyed, take care!
Right now I’m about to spray some whey and water over my squash. I do have a sweet potato holding it’s own with the zucchini though!
Well, for ants it sort of varies. Some times ants would polinate the flowers rather than setting up shop. Other times, however, their colony is so small that they have no other choice.
I have to keep these in their own section. Like a toddler
I planted zucchini by itself. It's away from the rest of the garden. Last year my neighbour put zucchini in with the raspberries, near the grape vines. Almost ruined all three because of the aphids and mildew. They are now growing zucchini in pots, away from most of the rest of the garden.
Argh! I'm gonna murder some zucchini plants.I seeded some they didn't pop up in 3 weeks so I planted tomatoes there.Then a few popped up next to the tomatoes.Thx for the great info!
I use the 3 sisters method. With corn and pole beans.
Great plants. Reliable to provide plenty of fruit.
I grew zucchini with Tomato, Beets, and Onion in one Bed. Tom's along the back in a row. Zucchini one end, Onion in the middle and Beets the other end.
Kind of hard to be upset about those little guys. My cucumber plant was choking the life out of my lemon tree but a few scissor clips later and all is forgiven.
Have you ever heard of the three sister corn, beans, and squash
Love your show, but I'm not sure about my new Fig tree. A few months old & now I have some leaves that yellow & fall off… too much water – we are in a heat trend… so I thought more was needed – maybe a health issue? I do not see bugs.??? Please, what are your thoughts, & BTW, after planting, I noticed some of the leaves would dry & curl the edge tip of the leaf, then some would yellow spot & fall off…
Hello Jeff. I had no idea that they were not good companion plants. I'm in 9b CA, and the main pest on my zucchini are leaf minor. I use insecticidal soap spray, but they keep coming. They're only on the zucchini. Do you have a video or suggestions on what to do? Thank you so much
Yeah, this is exactly why my squashes are grown in their own area well away from other crops.
Nice video. Stay connected & Stay safe. ❤
We had to pass on growing Courgettes(Zuccinis) this year as last year they grew so well we were inundated with shed loads of them!
And that was after giving some to the neighbours as well! 🙂
This video could not have come at a better time. I had no idea about this and quickly rehomed a zucchini that was getting quite unruly in my small raised bed
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