Companion plants for Ailsa Craig
Solanum lycopersicum (Ailsa Craig)vegetable
35 partners scored across pest control, nitrogen, root depth, shade and spacing.
Best partners
- Great pair
- Wild Garlic attracts Hoverflies, which prey on the Aphids that attack Ailsa Craig
- Wild Garlic acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Ailsa Craig
- Ailsa Craig gives Wild Garlic sheltering shade in the heat of summer
- Great pair
- African Marigold attracts Hoverflies and Lacewings and more, which prey on the Aphids and Whitefly and more that attack Ailsa Craig
- African Marigold suppresses pests that trouble Ailsa Craig
- Ailsa Craig draws Bumblebees and Bees and more that improve pollination for both
Planning a whole bed?
Build a season-long sowing and planting calendar around Ailsa Craig β no account needed.
Also works well
Keep apart
Fennel releases compounds that inhibit Ailsa Craig
both are prone to late blight β planting them together lets it spread between them
