That old gardening book my grandma gave me finally clicked last weekend

I was flipping through 'The Victory Garden Cookbook' from 1982 that she passed down, and the section on companion planting mentioned something about marigolds and tomatoes that I always ignored before. Tried it this season with 12 tomato plants in my backyard in Portland, and the difference in pest damage is honestly wild. Has anyone else had an old gardening tip suddenly make way more sense after a few seasons of trial and error?

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jesse_thomas272mo ago

My tomatoes still look sad somehow.

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allen.ruby2mo ago

@jesse_thomas27 I read somewhere that if your tomatoes still look sad, it might be a soil issue, not a pest one. Companion planting is great but if the dirt is off, nothing helps. That old 1982 book sounds like a goldmine, I need to dig up my grandma's copy.

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