Can i grow mixed meadow flowers at base of my veggies in greenhouse????

[big top grenns]

Hi I have a 6x6 greenhouse and grow in bags and containers. I am currently growing inside, tomatoes, beans, grapes, radishes, lettuce, peppers/chillis' and a few house plants (currently in recovery stages, brought at a cheap price)
My question is can I grow a meadow mix of flowers in the same containers as the veg? mainly tomatoes and beans, will this attract the right insects? and make it pretty.
thanks

[Bigmallly]

Welcome to the vine big top. Yes you can grow flowers with your veg but I would consider taking the lettuce out of the GH. They will bolt.

[veggiechicken]

Hello BTG and welcome to the Grapevine.
Instead of meadow mix flowers why not grow flowers that are known to be beneficial to your plants - like Limnanthes and Calendula.

[Alison]

I grow tagetes in my polytunnel, look nice and apparently do good.

[Scarlet]

A few pots of flowers as VC and Alison has suggested may be beneficial and look nice. Although I wouldn't plant them in the same containers, toms are thirsty plants.

[hellybore]

Probably best to stick with flowers you know can cope with the extra heat - the ones already mentioned should be fine, but native meadow wildflowers might not be happy. You could try some herbs too like basil and thyme.

[big top grenns]

Thanks all
as its my first year gardening and growing everything is becoming a long and often very quick learning curve. I have now moved my lettuce to a shady part of the garden and have purchased some calendula thanks for the tips

[Nicos]

Meadow flowers tend to mostly a late Spring/summer mix and the temperatures in a greenhouse might just be too much for them ( think of wildflowers in Mediterranean regions...very few around by mid-summer)
I'd go with the beneficial flowers as mentioned above.

Oh....and welcome to the Vine!

[JoeDaStudd]

I'd move the radishes outside without they are pod radishes as they will bolt very quickly, even then I'd move then once they start flowering to save on watering effort.

[Knight of Albion]

A very warm welcome to the forum, dear BTG.

[Knight of Albion]

Companion planting you mean? It can certainly help, on two levels, the flowers attract pollinating insects and they also help to 'shade' the base of the vegetables thus helping to retain moisture.
So beneficial all round.

One caveat though - this only applies if you have a soil based bottom to the greenhouse - a lot of these flowers are vigorous self-seeders ....

[Philthy]

Not sure about meadow flowers.

I have a couple of big tubs in the greenhouse, one each end, into which I usually plant two or three different veg plants; tomato, peppers, okra etc. In the bare spaces I put at least one marigold, and a nasturtium. Leave the windows open, and the pollinating insects find their way in and do their job. No real issues with greenfly. And it looks nice. The tub size ensures the soil doesn't dry out too quick or become depleted of nutrients even with several heavy feeding plants in one space.