the caterpillars bore small holes in its stems and create destructive tunnels throughout the stalk. In addition to grasses and weeds, stalk borers infamously like to hang out in tomato plants.
Place the tomato plant in the middle and plant your basil and marigold ones around it. This procedure provides a protective perimeter against the green caterpillar that loves to munch on tomatoes.
When the 'wood-wide web' was first described in the journal Nature in 1997, our view of plant life took on a utopian glean.