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How to Use Chamomile in Companion Planting

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Chamomile helps a number of plants and most other herbs in different ways, this is a technique known as companion planting. This is a technique in which plants are planted near each other so they can either benefit from or benefit the other plant. Companion planting is a major part of organic gardening. Chamomile plays a diverse role in this practice. Here are some ways to use Chamomile in the organic home garden.

Things You Will Need

Chamomile

Chamomile seeds

Garden hose

Garden spade

Garden gloves

Choose a sunny location for the chamomile. It will prosper in most types of soil and has no special fertilization or watering requirements, so there is little need to cross reference affects on plants you want to place nearby. This herb grows to approximately 30 inches tall so you don't want to plant it by plants that it will shade if the other plants need full or partial sun.It prefers soil with a pH level from 5.6 to 7.5. It's not a picky herb.

Plant it with other herbs. It is beneficial to other herbs because when planted nearby, the other plants tend to produce greater amounts of essential oils. Planting borage and lovage near it will in turn increase it's productivity, overall health and yield.

Plant it throughout the garden because it attracts Hoverflies and predatory wasps that feed off of the larvae of harmful garden pests in the organic garden.. For example, they are especially useful in combating pests such as squash bugs and cabbage moths as the wasps it attracts will kill the pests' larvae. This is also very beneficial to plants in the brassica (brocolli, cabbage) and the cucurbita families(squash, cucumber).