I think I read that somewhere in the last few weeks..... and most of my garden is now planted, but I have lots tomatoes and cukes to plant, yet...... if they do have to be separated, how far apart?
Oh, and peppers to plant, but I am waiting one more week for it to hopefully get warmer.
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I remember the article was about what was both good and bad veggies to plant next to each other..... I will try and google it, but I think it may be a long shot.
OK, this was not the article, but I found this:
CUCUMBERS: Cucumbers are great to plant with corn and beans. The three plants like the same conditions: warmth, rich soil and plenty of moisture. Let the cucumbers grow up and over your corn plants. Cukes also do well with peas, beets, radishes and carrots. Radishes are a good deterrent against cucumber beetles. Dill planted with cucumbers helps by attracting beneficial predators. Nasturtium improves growth and flavor. Keep sage, potatoes and rue away from cucumbers. It is said that cucumbers don't do well planted next to tomatoes. We have never had a problem with planting them next to each other.
OK, this was not the article, but I found this:
CUCUMBERS: Cucumbers are great to plant with corn and beans. The three plants like the same conditions: warmth, rich soil and plenty of moisture. Let the cucumbers grow up and over your corn plants. Cukes also do well with peas, beets, radishes and carrots. Radishes are a good deterrent against cucumber beetles. Dill planted with cucumbers helps by attracting beneficial predators. Nasturtium improves growth and flavor. Keep sage, potatoes and rue away from cucumbers. It is said that cucumbers don't do well planted next to tomatoes. We have never had a problem with planting them next to each other.
I don't think there is a problem. Usually with antagonistic plants, 10 ft is usually good enough. I have fennel in the herb garden and it doesn't like anybody. Plants will do fine next to fennel and dill until they bloom, then the other plants stop growing. Keeping them 10 ft apart solves the problem. Fennel actullly doesn't seem to bother gingers, horseradish, gynuura so we plant them together. The gingers attract a different species of aphid and the other two plants are bullet proof. Nothing bothers them.
The only thing I can see with cucumbers and tomatoes are that they might compete for the space since they both sprawl unless trellised.
The only thing I can see with cucumbers and tomatoes are that they might compete for the space since they both sprawl unless trellised.
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I grow indeterminate tomatoes and train them up twine hanging from a re-bar frame. The cucumbers grow up a chain link fence. They are on the backside of adjacent 4' x 4' boxes. If I do not pay attention the cucumbers will twine into the tomatoes. Other than that I don't see why they can not be planted near each other. Last year I dropped my bag of cucumber seeds. I missed picking up one of the seeds and had a cucumber growing in my bush snap beans. I had to take it out because it was smothering my other plants. Growing cucumbers and tomatoes vertically - especially in subdivision gardens - makes optimum use of space and really eliminates the problem of one plant taking over another.
Good luck
I grow indeterminate tomatoes and train them up twine hanging from a re-bar frame. The cucumbers grow up a chain link fence. They are on the backside of adjacent 4' x 4' boxes. If I do not pay attention the cucumbers will twine into the tomatoes. Other than that I don't see why they can not be planted near each other. Last year I dropped my bag of cucumber seeds. I missed picking up one of the seeds and had a cucumber growing in my bush snap beans. I had to take it out because it was smothering my other plants. Growing cucumbers and tomatoes vertically - especially in subdivision gardens - makes optimum use of space and really eliminates the problem of one plant taking over another.
Good luck