Companion Planting 3

Question 1

Yellow nasturtiums are decoys for

Answer 1

Black aphids

Question 2

Because yellow nasturtiums are decoys for black aphids, they can be planted at

Answer 2

Base of tomatoes

Question 3

Help repel aphids (2)

Answer 3

Spearmint

Stinging nettle

Question 4

Southern wood and garlic help repel

Answer 4

Aphids

Question 5

Mexican marigold combats

Answer 5

Root pests

Question 6

Nematodes and eelworms harm plants by

Answer 6

Attacking their roots

Question 7

2 pests that attack plant’s roots

Answer 7

Wireworms

Millipedes

Question 8

French marigolds eliminate plant destroying nematodes up to _ ft range

Answer 8

3

Question 9

_ helps repel tomato worms and serves as a decoy

Answer 9

Borage

Question 10

Blue flowers of _ helps attract bees

Answer 10

Borage

Question 11

_ help repel white flies (2)

Answer 11

Marigolds

Flowering tobacco

Question 12

Don’t use _ to repel white flies

Answer 12

Pot marigolds

Question 13

How marigolds help other plants repel whiteflies

Answer 13

Their roots excrete substances that other plants absorb

Question 14

When whitefly sucks on plant that absorbs marigolds substances

Answer 14

They are grossed out by marigold taste

Question 15

Flowering tobacco takes care of whiteflies by

Answer 15

Having them stick and get trapped on substance beneath their leaves

Question 16

Hummingbirds attracted to

Answer 16

Red flowers

Question 17

Hummingbirds especially like tiny red, torch like flowers like

Answer 17

Pineapple sage

Question 18

Bees may be attracted by (3)

Answer 18

Thyme

Catnip

Lemon balm

Question 19

Bees like blue

Answer 19

Flowers

Question 20

Pot marjoram, sweet basil, summer savory attract

Answer 20

Bees

Question 21

Bees like (2)

Answer 21

Borage

Mint

Question 22

_ places in gopher holes repel them

Answer 22

Elderberry cuttings

Question 23

(3) plants poisonous to gophers

Answer 23

Daffodils

Castor beans

Gopher plant

Question 24

2 plants very toxic to children

Answer 24

Castor beans

Gopher plant

Question 25

Chickens control (3)

Answer 25

Earwigs

Sow bugs

Pill bugs

Question 26

Snails, grasshoppers, maggots are controlled by

Answer 26

Chickens

Question 27

Potatoes are considered a light feeder but are actually heavy feeders because

Answer 27

Consume large amounts of nitrogen