I planted tomatoes and peppers next to each other (in separate containers) in a greenhouse, and I've noticed that all my other seedlings are doing fine except the tomatoes (which were doing fine until the peppers came along), then my brother told me that he read that tomatoes and peppers can't be next to each other, and that the tomatoes die when they are. Does anyone know if this is true, and if it is, does anyone know why it happens?
2007-05-03 04:45:11 · 5 answers · asked by sdemann 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
I've grown tomatoes and peppers side by side in a garden, every year for the past eight years or so, and have never had a problem.
I think that tomatoes and peppers (along with eggplant and possibly others) are in the same "family" of plants, and they tend to deplete the same nutrients from soil. This is why it's usually recommended to rotate plants into different areas of your garden from year to year (e.g., where I planted tomatoes last year, I'll plant beans this year, and so on). That's hard to do in a small garden, and I doubt that it applies to container gardening at all.
I'd consider other reasons that the tomato plants might be doing poorly. Are the seedlings getting too big for the containers? Have you changed anything as far as water, light, temperature, or other conditions? Just a few ideas.
2007-05-03 05:03:15 · answer #1 · answered by Sam S 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
OMG!!! they hate each other and the peppers have a death gas that they can and do use on the tomatoes.. NEVER, EVER get them even close to one another!
No.. it's not true.. just a coincidence that the toatoes suffered.. could be SO many other things that hurt the tomatoes... fungus, root rot, bad soil, etc.
Your brother is sadly misinformed, but you can tell him about the pepper death gas.. and that they sometimes use it on humans.
FYI, I grow a little salsa garden every year with tomatoes, peppers and cilantro all in one area... no issues with the peppers and tomatoes.
2007-05-03 05:02:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The only problem I have ever heard of with tomatoes and peppers is when they are planted (in the ground) too close and they cross pollinate. This causes the tomatoes to pickup the heat of the peppers. I did this on purpose one year and got some warm tomatoes. Nothing else has happened. I think it is a problem with the tomato plants.
2007-05-03 05:04:04 · answer #3 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Well my little sister is growing tomatoes and peppers and they are doing fine. Maybe it just depends on the tomatoe
2007-05-03 04:49:23 · answer #4 · answered by fathergia 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Not true, my peppers and tomatoes do great next to each other every year.
2007-05-03 05:28:03 · answer #5 · answered by Krispy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋