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August 29th, 2010 • 22:08

Do Marigolds Actually Help Keep Bugs Away From Your Vegetables?

I’ve always planted as companion plants to my veggies because my parents always did. The theory is that they the veggies. Does this theory have any validity?

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  • Aug 29th 2010 • 22:08
    by antiekma

    Yes they have worked for all my friends and guess what? I kid you not, I put them out between the flower and vegetable beds and every year the bugs eat the marigold to the roots and my other flowers too. It is a complete puzzle to me.

  • Aug 29th 2010 • 23:08
    by Lincoln Guy

    I’ve always done this, too, and it seems to help. If nothing else, the marigolds look nice amoung the vegetable plants and it certainly doesn’t hurt anything to have them there.
    Unfortunately, in my experience anyway, the marigolds don’t keep rabbits away. There was a recent discuss here about that. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/?qid=1006051112528&r=w&pa=AptqD2bwHTHf6uaPZ6Q_tiPYMgfVR_w6THf0kcXjqXUL9Q–

  • Aug 30th 2010 • 00:08
    by dderat

    This bit of folk lore was finally tested on broccoli crops at some University. The rows without any marigolds had the highest yields.

  • Aug 30th 2010 • 01:08
    by changeli

    I heard this too.I’ll tell you though -I can’t stand the smell of them.I think they keep animals away too.

  • Aug 30th 2010 • 01:08
    by Iron Rider

    yes. it is something to do with the smell.

  • Aug 30th 2010 • 01:08
    by windance

    They do, but they have a major drawback. Marigolds are a favored breeding plant of red spider mites. If you plant them near your garden you run the risk of infecting the garden with red spider! I personally don’t use them for that reason.

  • Aug 30th 2010 • 02:08
    by violamom

    I have heard of it…Nasturtians are supposed to do the same thing. A lot of the Mennonite in our area agree with this.

  • Aug 30th 2010 • 02:08
    by Jane Doe

    never heard of them keeping bugs away, but have heard, and from what I understand it’s true….they keep rabbits away so they dont chew up your other plants.

  • Aug 30th 2010 • 03:08
    by alan

    I’ve always planted marigolds as companion plants to my veggies because my parents always did. The theory is that they help keep bugs away from the veggies. Does this theory have any validity?

  • Aug 30th 2010 • 03:08
    by Bubba

    Yes

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