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Tomatoes & Chives

✓ Excellent Companions

✓ Why Tomatoes and Chives Work Well Together

✓Chives deter aphids and mites
✓Attract beneficial insects when flowering
✓Perennial companion returns yearly

🔬 How It Works (Science)

  • 1.Sulfur compounds repel soft-bodied insects
  • 2.Flowers attract predatory insects
  • 3.Dense growth may impede pest movement

📋 Planting Tips

1Plant chives as permanent tomato bed border
2Allow some chives to flower
3Divide chives every few years

📏 Recommended Spacing

Chives in clusters 12-18" from tomato stems

📚 Sources & Research

  • •Allium pest research
  • •Beneficial insect habitat studies

Other Tomatoes Companions

Basil✓ GoodCarrots✓ GoodMarigolds✓ GoodParsley✓ Good

Other Chives Companions

Apples✓ Good

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