It seems winter has arrived again, or maybe just decided that she wasn't quite as tired as she thought. But despite the cold weather spring is in every gardener's heart, a couple weeks ago a sweet lady asked if we had any suggestions on companion planting with herbs that repel bugs so with no further adieu, our favorite insect repelling herbs.
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- Anise - Slugs
- Basil - Flies
- Borage - Tomato Horn Worm
- Chives - aphids, carrot rust fly, Japanese beetles, caterpillars
- Cilantro - aphids, potato bugs, spider mites, grasshoppers
- Catnip - Weevils
- Cloves - Squash bugs
- Calendula - Grasshoppers, potato bugs
- Dill - attracts wasps that eat caterpillars, repels aphids and spider mites
- Fennel - Slugs
- Garlic - aphids whiteflies, Japanese beetles, squash bugs, caterpillars, leaf miners, asparagus beetle
- Horehound - Potato Bugs, grasshoppers
- Horse Radish - Potato Bugs
- Hyssop - Aphids
- Lemon Tyme - Gnats
- Lavender - Ticks, ants, gnats,
- Lemon Grass - Squash bugs
- Oregano- White moth
- Peppermint - Cabbage root fly, ants
- Rosemary - Bean beetle, slugs, white moth, bean beetle, cabbage root fly
- Rue - Flies, slugs
- Sage - Cabbage Moth, carrot rust flies, ants, white moths, squash bugs, cabbage root fly,
- Tyme - cabbage root fly, cabbage worms
- Tansy - White moth, ants
Nice collection. I didn`t know about the garlic and dill. What about mosquitos? Could you recommand something against them? Thank you!
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