407 - Companion Planting Myths & Realities
The Beginner's Garden with Jill McSheehy
Jill McSheehy
4.4 • 734 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
When you hear "companion planting," do you feel excited, skeptical, or just plain confused? In this episode, we're cutting through the myths and giving you a practical, science-backed approach to pairing plants in your garden.
What You'll Learn:
🌿 Myth 1: Do certain plants really boost each other’s growth?
🐞 Myth 2: Can companion planting truly prevent all pests?
🌱 Myth 3: Will plants always thrive together if paired correctly?
☀️ Myth 4: Does plant height matter in companion planting?
🌸 Myth 5: Is companion planting only for pest control?
Along the way, I’ll share my personal experiences—both successes and surprises—and help you see that companion planting doesn’t have to be complicated. Plus, I’ll tell you how to go deeper with my free live workshop and my garden planning course, Dream to Garden!
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👉 Enroll in Dream to Garden + Companion Planting 101 Bonus: https://journeywithjill.net/dreamtogarden
Don’t miss this one—your garden will thank you! 🌿✨
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, welcome back to the Beginners Garden podcast. |
| 0:03.0 | Today we're gonna be talking about a topic |
| 0:05.6 | that all gardeners love to talk about. |
| 0:08.1 | Whether you're a new gardener or you're an experienced gardener, |
| 0:10.8 | I don't think we can ever get enough companion planting talk |
| 0:15.6 | because we all want to try to incorporate companion planting |
| 0:19.4 | a little bit more in a way that works well for our |
| 0:21.7 | gardens. When I say companion planting, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Maybe it's |
| 0:28.7 | excitement and possibility, the potential of creating a beautiful, diverse garden space with plants |
| 0:36.5 | that benefit each other. Or maybe it's skepticism. |
| 0:42.1 | Maybe you're not sure you believe all the companion planting advice and the charts that you see |
| 0:47.3 | online. Or maybe it's confusion. The whole concept seems nice but unattatable. You aren't even sure how to plant a garden with a few veggies, |
| 0:57.0 | and now we're talking about mixing and matching. |
| 0:59.0 | If you're a beginner, that's totally where I was as well. |
| 1:03.0 | I have felt all of those emotions throughout my garden journey, |
| 1:07.0 | throughout 12 years of gardening. |
| 1:09.0 | I thought all of these thoughts to varying degrees. |
| 1:12.5 | And to those of you who are skeptical, honestly, you have the right to be. |
| 1:16.8 | There's a lot of information online that may not be accurate or reliable and at best unproven. |
| 1:24.8 | So whether you're skeptical, hopeful, confused, or a mix of them all, my goal today |
| 1:31.3 | is to help bring clarity to this kind of gardening that truly does bring benefit and delight. |
| 1:38.4 | And it's not near as difficult as it seems. But first, let's cut through some myths. This episode is brought to you by |
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