courgettes and tomatoes

[purdy2007]

I have been told I can not grow cucumbers in the same greenhouse as tomatoes does the same apply to courgettes and tomatoes?

[McMouse]

I always grow tomatoes and cucumbers in the same greenhouse and get very good yields. Never grow courgettes inside so can't comment.

[rowanwitch]

Me too, just not in the same grow bags in fact the cucumber leaves help shade the tomatoes in the very hot weather,

[Clanad]

Some years ago, the Hutterite Colony a few miles away (here in the U.S.) started a hydroponic operation and grow tomatoes and cukes together in the same row of hydroponic greenhouses. They do well all year long.

Just don't grow tomatoes near potatoes...

[hammerman]

The main reason you shouldn't grow Cues and Toms together is that Cues don't like a lot of water on the leaves or around their stem bases as it rots them whilst Toms like to be sprayed over with loads of water in hot weather in order to get maximum humidity.

Many many people do grow them together with no problems at all though.

[hammerman]

Meant to add that courgettes are usually grown outside as per other gourds (pumpkins, marrows, squashes etc)

Clanad....why shouldn't you grow Toms and spuds together ? Genuine question, never heard it before....they're both in the same family too (solonacae)

[Clanad]

According to my well worn plant guide (as well as personal experience) "...the presence of the tomato plant lowers the potato plant's individual resistance to Phytophthora infestants, commonly known as blight. This disease affects both tomato and potato plants. Once a plant is infected, blight spreads quickly from one plant to another, and even to other gardens close by. It can wipe out entire fields, and was the cause of the Irish potato famine in 1845. Potatoes grown near tomatoes often slow the growth of the tomato plant. When using crop rotation techniques, which means planting a crop in a different location each season, do not plant tomatoes or potatoes where the other one was the previous season."

The same guide also warns against planting potatoes ans cucumbers in close proximity... for the same basic reasons.

Thanks for asking, hammerman!

[mrs.chappie]

I don't know anything about growing them but they make a great meal if you toss in some prawns. I add some tinned tomatoes too. Delicious.