Companion Gardening

Planting certain plants together can enhance growth and nearly eliminate some pest and disease problems. On the flip side, planting other combinations together can hinder growth.

 

Cabbage FamilyCorn and sunflowers provide shade. Beans, clover and peas enrich the soil for future crops. Potatoes and raspberries. Beans, carrots, kohlrabi, onions and parsnips enhance growth. Likes, lettuce, beets, spinach, parsnips, cucumbers, squash, melons, tomatoes. Grapes, hyssop. Do not rotate with any members of the cabbage family: (cabbage, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, kohlrabi, broccoli or turnip). Cabbage and potatoes. Black walnut trees, corn, dill, kohlrabi, potatoes, all brassicas, fennel, corn

Plant Plants That Enhance Growth Plants That Hinder Growth Beans Catnip repels flea beetles. Rosemary repels insects. Celery, corn and tomatoes improve growth. Beans like summer savory, strawberries, cucumbers, carrots, and cauliflower. Onion-family plants, gladiolus, fennel Beat Root Bush beans, onions, kohlrabi, lettuce, and most members of the cabbage family. Pole Bean   Aromatic plants such as rosemary, sage, and thyme repel insects. Interplant with clover and lettuce to help confuse insect pests. Hyssop, thyme, southern wood, and wormwood will repel cabbage moths. All aromatic plants or those with many blossoms like celery, dill, chamomile, peppermint, onions and potato. Pole beans and strawberries. Tomatoes and kohlrabi stunt each other's growth. Carrots Interplant with peas, radishes, or sage to improve flavor- peas also add nutrients to the soil. Onions, leeks and rosemary help repel root maggot flies. Onions help repel carrot rust flies. Plant with leaf lettuce and tomato. Dill and anise Corn Beans and peas add nutrients to the soil. Plant them in between corn rows or train them up corn stalks. Likes potato, pumpkin, squash, melons, cucumber. Quackgrass and tomato (tomato and corn earthworm are identical) Cucumbers Radishes lure cucumber beetles away. Marigolds repel the pests. Likes corn, beans, peas, sunflower. Potatoes and aromatic herbs like sage. Horseradish Likes potatoes. None Lettuce Beets, carrots, cucumbers, cabbage-family crops, radishes, and strawberries all enhance growth.  None Onion Family Beets. Interplant with potatoes to deter Colorado potato beetles. Likes cabbage family, strawberries, tomatoes. Beans, peas, sage. Peas Carrots, turnips, radishes, cucumbers, corn beans, potatoes, aromatic herbs. Onion, garlic, gladiolus  Peppers Carrots. Marigolds help repel aphids and nematodes. Aromatic plants such as catnip, coriander, nasturtiums, onions and tansy may also repel aphids. Beans, fennel and kohlrabi. Potatoes Beans, corn, marigolds, and herbs such as catnip, coriander, nasturtiums, and tansy repel insects. Cucumbers, pumpkins, raspberries, squash, sunflowers and tomatoes. Pumpkins     Radishes     Spinach

  Squash Corn provides shade. Mint, nasturtiums, and radishes repel squash bugs and other insect pests. Potatoes Tomatoes Asparagus, basil, borage, and marigolds repel insect pests. Parsley improves growth. Like chives, onions, nasturtiums, carrots, garlic, stinging nettle.   Turnip Rutabaga, Peas None