Why Is It good to plant Marigolds Flowers by vegetable Plants?

United States
March 31, 2016 6:00pm CST
I read somewhere to plant Marigolds flowers with your vegetables, I think it is suppose to keep the bugs away and maybe rabbits and deer. Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance.
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
1 Apr 16
yes,we do this every year.That is the reason there
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Margielynn
@Margielynn (693)
• United States
1 Apr 16
Great, thanks so much for your help, the Marigolds are beautiful too!
Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (51380)
• Canada
1 Apr 16
To the best of my knowledge they help to cut down on the mosquitoes, but don't quote me on that, hopefully there are more experienced gardeners on the site that will have certain information on this.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (51380)
• Canada
1 Apr 16
@Margielynn I always thought it was for the gardener, so that they wouldn't get so many bites while they work in the garden.
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Margielynn
@Margielynn (693)
• United States
1 Apr 16
Thanks that is good to know, they can sure be pest! I do not know if they do anything to the plants, do you?
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Margielynn
@Margielynn (693)
• United States
1 Apr 16
@Juliaacv I think this beautiful little flower is pretty valuable with it's stinking smell. This has been interesting learning all the many thing it can do, thank you for info!
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marguicha
@marguicha (223795)
• Chile
1 Apr 16
I don´t know about rabbits and deer as I live in the city. But they keep bugs away from the veggies.
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Margielynn
@Margielynn (693)
• United States
1 Apr 16
Awesome, that is what I need, thanks for sharing that information with me!
Shavkat
@Shavkat (140118)
• Philippines
1 Apr 16
Actually, I haven't heard about this kind of f flower. It seems very promising to plant these with veggies.
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Margielynn
@Margielynn (693)
• United States
1 Apr 16
Yes, from whatever one is telling me they will be very helpful to plant with your vegetable plants! Thanks for stopping by.
Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
1 Apr 16
Slugs and snails love French marigolds, and I think the thinking is that they will eat them instead of the veggies.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342112)
• Rockingham, Australia
1 Apr 16
I don't know much about it. COmpanion planting is when you plant certain plants together and they benefit each other. I'm not sure which plants go with which though.
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Margielynn
@Margielynn (693)
• United States
1 Apr 16
Well maybe we will learn together, I love learning something new!
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