CARROTS LOVE TOMATOES

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Bean, Pole . Like others of the family, pole beans do well with corn and summer savory but they also have some pronounced dislikes, such as kohlrabi and sunflower. Beets do not grow well with them, but radishes and pole beans seem to derive mutual benefit.

Bee Balm ( Monarda ). Improves both the growth and flavor of tomatoes.

Beet ( Beta vulgaris ). Beets grow well near bush beans, onions, or kohlrabi but are "turned off by pole beans. Field mustard and charlock also inhibit the growth of beets. Lettuce and most members of the cabbage family are "friendly" to them.

Broccoli ( Brassica oeraceae ). Like all members of the cabbage family, broccoli does well with such aromatic plants as dill, celery, chamomile. sage. peppermint, rosemary, and with other vegetables such as potatoes, beets, and onions. Do not plant it with tomatoes, pole beans, or strawberries. Use pyrethrum against aphids but only before the flower buds open.

Cabbage ( Brassicaceae ). The cabbage family includes not only cabbage but cauliflower, kale, kohlrabi, broccoli, collards, and Brussels sprouts—even rutabagas and turnips. While each plant of this group has been developed in a special way, they are all pretty much subject to the same likes and dislikes, insects and diseases. Hyssop, thyme, wormwood, and southernwood are helpful in repelling the white cabbage butterfly.

All members of this family are greatly helped by aromatic plants, or those which have many blossoms, such as celery, dill, chamomile, sage, peppermint, rosemary, onions, and potatoes.

If rabbits dig in your cabbage patch, plant any member of the onion family alongside them. Or you can dust with ashes. powdered aloes, or cayenne pepper. Rabbits also shun dried blood or blood meal.

Butterflies themselves aren't harmful and can help pollinate plants. It is their hatched eggs which as caterpillars do such damage to the orchard and field crops. The white cabbage butterfly is perhaps the most destructive. Herbs will repel them: hyssop, peppermint, rosemary, sage, thyme, and southernwood.

Cabbages dislike strawberries, tomatoes, and pole beans. All members of the family are heavy feeders and should have plenty of compost or well-decomposed cow manure worked into the ground previous to planting. Mulching will help if the soil has a tendency to dry out in hot weather, and water should be given if necessary.

Cabbage and cauliflower are subject to clubroot. and if this occurs try planting in new soil in a different pan of the garden. Rotate cabbage crops every two years.

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