Secrets of joint planting of vegetables

Even in ancient times, people noticed that the neighborhood of vegetables with some plants can significantly increase their yield, and with others - can ruin it altogether.





Later, scientists figured out how plants help each other get nutrients, attract beneficial insects for pollination or control pests.

Plants that “friend” and grow better together are called companion-plant. Tomatoes, for example, like the neighborhood of carrots, dill and basil, and the neighborhood of potatoes is harmful.





The strong aroma of basil scares away pests, and carrots, dill, parsley and parsnips attract praying mantises, ladybugs and spiders. These predatory insects feed on bugs that have a habit of spoiling tomatoes.





Tomatoes and potatoes belong to the same nightshade family, and therefore are subject to the same diseases and pests. Together, they will get phytofluorosis faster, and other diseases will spread to them at an amazing rate.

Smooth rows of vegetables with labels are undoubtedly pleasing to the eye and make harvesting easier. However, in nature, we do not see rows anywhere, and few plants grow grouped in homogeneous groups.

Imitating natural biodiversity may make your garden less tidy, but it has been proven to help vegetables grow better. Neighborhood with companion plants makes them more resistant and protects against insects and diseases.





This also explains the strange idea of planting flowers between vegetables, such as velvets, marigolds or nasturtia. Useless, it would seem, flowers attract insect pollinators and thus increase the fertility of squash, peas, cucumbers, tomatoes.





Finally, some plants just don’t get along and get sick when they have to share root space. Pepper and beans do not like to be near each other, peas prefer to be away from onions, and salad does not like to be near broccoli.

List of companion plants



Cucumbers

1. Good neighbors.
   Radice, peas, celery, lettuce, cabbage, tomatoes, sunflowers, corn, velvets.
2. Unlucky
   Sage, dill, mint, fennel.

Tomatoes

1. Good neighbors.
   Garlic, basil, carrots, onions, parsley, peas, sage, cabbage, velvets, spinach, salad.
2. Unlucky
   Potatoes, fennel.

pepper

1. Good neighbors.
   Basil, carrot, oregano, marjoram, onions, velvets, coriander, cat, nasturtium.
2. Unlucky
   Fennel, kohlrabi, beans.

Eggplant

1. Good neighbors.
   Peas, beans, salad, basil, tarragon, thyme.
2. Unlucky
   Potatoes and tomatoes.

Peas

1. Good neighbors.
   Carrots, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, salad, radish, spinach, tomatoes, potatoes.
2. Unlucky
   Onions, garlic.

Coucuses

1. Good neighbors.
   Beans, corn, mint, nasturtium, radish.
2. Unlucky
   Potatoes.

Cabbage

1. Good neighbors.
   Beans, beets, celery, chamomile, dill, hyssop, mint, nasturtium, onions, oregano, potatoes, sage.
2. Unlucky
   Strawberries, tomatoes.

Potatoes

1. Good neighbors.
   Beans, cabbage, corn, salad, onions, velvets, radishes, coriander, nasturtium, flax.
2. Unlucky
   Tomatoes, cucumbers, sunflowers, pumpkin.

corn

1. Good neighbors.
   Peas, melon, pumpkin, beans, soybeans, sunflowers, lupins.
2. Unlucky
   Celery and beets.

Onions

1. Good neighbors.
   Cabbage, potatoes, strawberries, carrots, lettuce, beets, tomatoes.
2. Unlucky
   Peas, beans, sage.

Carrots

1. Good neighbors.
   Onions, leeks, garlic, tomatoes, beans, radishes, peas, scorzonera, sage.
2. Unlucky
   Dill, anise.

redis

1. Good neighbors.
   Cucumbers, beans, peas, cabbage, cauliflower, salad, pumpkin, tomatoes, carrots, parsnips, onions.
2. Unlucky
   Issop.

Beets

1. Good neighbors.
   Cabbage, kohlrabi, onions, mint, catfish.
2. Unlucky
   Curly beans.

Pumpkin

1. Good neighbors.
   Corn, beans, sunflowers, peas, tomatoes, radishes, nasturtium, mint.
2. Unlucky
   Potatoes.

beans

1. Good neighbors.
   Corn, cabbage, cauliflower, beets, pumpkin, carrots, tomatoes, strawberries, chaber, nasturtium, cucumber, velvets.
2. Unlucky
   Fennel, garlic, leek.

Garlic

1. Good neighbors.
   Tomatoes, carrots, eggplant, cabbage.
2. Unlucky
   Peas, beans.

Watermelon and melons

1. Good neighbors.
   Corn, peas, radishes, beets, sunflowers.
2. Unlucky
   Cucumbers.

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