Companion Planting

Companion planting is a technique that is used to put plants which are beneficial to one another near each other in the soil.  Some plants make good neighbors! Companion planting helps create biodiversity, which is important for organic gardening!  Below is some information that I have used when planting in my veggie/herb gardens. The book I got this info from is awesome, full of good information.  It contains a full A-Z list of foods, with a detailed profile on each listed food including recommendations for spacing, harvesting, companion planting and much more. 

 

The Gardeners A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food; by Tanya L.K. Denckla

This information was posted by 2Hands member, Erin Mapes

 

 

 * Brassica family includes: broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, radish, swedes, turnips, mustard 

Vegetable	Companion Plants	Incompatible Plants
Cucumber	Beans, cabbage, eggplant, kale, melon, peas, sunflower, tomato	anise, basil, marjoram, potato, quack grass, rosemary, sage, strong herbs, summer savory
Eggplant	Peppers, all beans	None
Lettuce	Beets, Brassica family*(accept broccoli), carrot, cucumber, onion family(leeks, garlic, chives), pole lima bean, strawberry
Onion	Lettuce, pepper, spinach, strawberry, tomato	Beans, asparagus, peas, sage
Peas	Beans, coriander(cilantro), corn, radish, spinach,	Garlic, onion, potato
Pepper	Basil, carrots, eggplant, onion, parsley, tomato	Fennel, kohlrabi
Radish	Cucumber, lettuce, squash, sweet potato, Brassica family*
Snap Beans (bush and pole varieties) Bush variety Pole variety	Carrot, swiss chard, corn, cucumber, eggplant, peas, radish, strawberry  Beet, Brassica family*	Basil, fennel, garlic, gladiolus, onion family(garlic, leeks, chives) Beet, Brassica family*
Squash	Celeriac, celery, corn, melon	Potato, pumpkin(only due to crosspollination possibilities)
Tomato	Brassicas*, carrot, celery, chive, cucumber, marigold, nasturtium, onion, pea, pepper	Corn, dill, fennel, kohlrabi, potato, walnut
Herbs	Compatible Plants	Incompatible Plants
Basil	Pepper, tomato	Cucumber, rue, snap beans
Cilantro	Caraway, eggplant, fruit trees, potato, tomato
Dill	Brassicas*, fruit trees	Carrot, fennel, tomato
Marjoram		Cucumber
Thyme	Brassicas*, eggplant, strawberry, tomato	Cucumber

Comments

[Michele Lira]

This is great Erin! Thanks for your hard work!

[Zenith]

I've noticed a lot of people listing eggplant, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes and other members of the nightshade family as growing well together. Unfortunately, this isn't the case. Since they are all within the same family, they are frequently the victims of the same pests and diseases.

In addition to this, they all have very similar growth habits and will get in each others way above ground and below. Try to space members of the same family out by at least one row to reduce pest populations and shared diseases. And of course, wash your hands after smoking or using tobacco products as they are also in the nightshade family.

[elizabeth samudio]

this is great insight and true
have you had luck with companion planting?
the only companion planting i have had great ressults is marigolds in the garden
and holy basil with everything to bring the bees
and galic with my roses
garlic every where for that matter seems to help with bugs