Katra wrote:

snip

????? I generally plant garlic just about anywhere I have a bug problem.

I had a bunch of garlic planted between 2 mounds of zucinni squash.
Didn't phase them steeeeeenkin' squash bugs in the least....Grrrrrr....
Nor did the marigolds closeby either!

In article ,
Grandpa jsdebooATcomcast.net wrote:

Katra wrote:

snip

????? I generally plant garlic just about anywhere I have a bug problem.

I had a bunch of garlic planted between 2 mounds of zucinni squash.
Didn't phase them steeeeeenkin' squash bugs in the least....Grrrrrr....
Nor did the marigolds closeby either!


Ah yes, beetles seem to be somewhat immune. ;-)
But, it sure stopped whatever was a-chewing on my poor strawberries!

For the bulb (flower) garden, I planted creeping pennyroyal.
Unfortunately, it did not winter over. :-( Now I gotta find another one.

K.

--
Sprout the Mung Bean to reply...

,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katra at centurytel dot net,,
http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra

simy1 wrote:
Anonymous wrote in message news:pan.2004.02.12.04.54.19.556702@notarealserve r.com...

On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:58:42 -0800, simy1 wrote:



I always interplant my garlic. Collard and mache were not very
appropriate (too competitive). I had best results with lettuce and
radicchio.

I have seen tomatoes listed as an interplanting crop. I'm going to be
trying it this summer ... otherwise I will have to drop garlic from the
menu because 'tomatoes aren't optional'.

I'll let the list know how it went.

Bill from Detroit under yet another nom de plume. (Hi, Pat K.!)


That, of course, means small garlic (in the case of hardneck, many
heads with only two or three bulbs) because it wil stop growing as
soon as it is shaded (sometimes in june). You have to use short
veggies if you want both crops to happen.

That depends on the layout of things. The way the sun hits my garden
they're both in sun all day. No problems, big bulbs (yes hardneck).