COMPANION
PLANTING
GUIDE



Basil

Plant near: most garden crops

Keep away from: rue

Comments: improves the flavor and growth of garden crops, especially
tomatoes and lettuce. Repels mosquitoes.


Beans, Bush

Plant near: beets, cabbage, carrots, catnip, cauliflower, corn, cucumbers,
marigolds, potatoes, savory, strawberries

Keep away from: fennel, garlic, leeks, onions, shallots

Comments: potatoes and marigolds repel Mexican bean beetles. Catnip repels
flea beetles.


Beans, Pole

Plant near: corn, marigolds, potatoes, radishes

Keep away from: beets, garlic, kohlrabi, leeks, onions, shallots

Comments: potatoes and marigolds repel Mexican bean beetles. Catnip repels
flea beetles.


Beets

Plant near: broccoli, brussels sprouts, bush beans, cabbage, cauliflower,
chard, kohlrabi, onions

Keep away from: charlock, field mustard, pole beans.


Borage

Plant near: squash, strawberries, tomatoes

Keep away from:

Comments: repels tomato worms. Improves flavor and growth of companions.


Broccoli and Brussels Sprouts

Plant near: beets, buckwheat, calendula, carrots, chamomile, dill, hyssop,
marigolds, mints, nasturtiums, onions, rosemary, sage, thyme, wormwood.

Keep away from: strawberries

Comments: marigolds repel cabbage moths. Nasturtiums repel aphids.


Cabbage and Cauliflower

Plant near: broccoli, brussels sprouts, celery, chard, spinach, tomatoes.

Keep away from: strawberries

Comments: tomatoes and celery repel cabbage worms.


Cantaloupe

Plant near: corn

Keep away from:

Comments:


Carrots

Plant near: cabbage, chives, early potatoes, leeks, lettuce, onions,
peas, radishes, rosemary, sage, salsify, wormwood.

Keep away from:

Comments: onions, leeks, and wormwood repel carrot flies


Chives

Plant near: apples, berries, carrots, grapes, peas, roses, tomatoes.

Keep away from:

Comments: Improves flavor and growth of companions. Deters aphids and
Japanese beetles.


Corn

Plant near: beans, cucumbers, early potatoes, melons, peas, pumpkins,
soybeans, squash.

Keep away from:

Comments: soybeans deter chinch bugs.


Cucumbers

Plant near: beans, cabbage, corn, early potatoes, radishes, sunflowers.

Keep away from: late potatoes

Comments: Radishes deter cucumber beetles. Cucumbers encourage blight in
late potatoes.


Dill

Plant near: broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber,
lettuce, onions

Keep away from: carrots

Comments: Improves flavor and growth of cabbage family plants.


Epplant

Plant near: green beans, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes

Keep away from:

Comments: green beans deter Colorado potato beetles.


Garlic

Plant near: cabbage, cane fruits, fruit trees, roses, tomatoes

Keep away from: peas, beans

Comments: deters Japanese beetles and aphids. A garlic oil spray deters
onion flies, aphids, and ermine moths. A garlic tea helps repel late
potato blight.


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