Grow zinnias near these companion plants for more pollinators and bigger harvests.
Zinnia flowers can encourage more bees to visit tomatoes, which increases pollination rates and harvest yields.
Zinnias also readily attract hoverflies and parasitic waspsthat feed on aphids and othertomato pests.
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When there arent enough pollinators around, gardeners often have to painstakingly hand-pollinate melon flowers.
Cucumbers
Like melons, mostcucumbersneed to be pollinated by insects to yield a large harvest of cukes.
These voracious predators happily tackle a wide range of cucurbit pests, including aphids andsquash vine borersall without pesticides.
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Cosmos
Companion planting zinnias witheasy-going cosmosjust makes sense.
Like zinnias, peppers are alsosmall space friendly.
Companion Planting.Washington State University.
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Attracting Beneficial Insects.Clemson Cooperative Extension.
The Effects of Bumblebees on Fruit Quality and Yield of Pepper.ResearchGate.
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