COMPANION PLANTING FOR EDIBLES

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1 Alliums (chives, garlic, leeks, onions) beets carrots slugs beans brassicas* summer savory - (improves aphids peas carrots growth & flavor) carrot fly parsley chard cabbage worms chile peppers squash bugs cucumbers lettuce okra peppers potatoes roses squash tomatoes, Bush (phaseolus) Alliums inhibit growth for beans/peas. Protect roses against black spot. Beets/Chard Celery Colorado Potato Alliums Host nitrogen fixing bacteria. Brassicas* Cucumbers Beetle Fennel Carrots - (adds nitrogen to soil) Marigolds - (Mex. Bean Beetle, perimiter) Corn - (adds nitrogen to soil) Potatoes - (Mex. bean Cucumbers Nasturtiums - (aphids) potatoes - (potato Radish - (adds nitrogen to soil) Rosemary - (Mex. bean, Pole Cucumbers Cucumbers Alliums Corn - (nitrogen) Radishes Marigolds - (Mex. Bean Beetle, perimiter) Beets / Chard *Brassicas Nasturtiums - (aphids) Fennel Rosemary - (Mex. bean Lettuce Sunflowers Summer Savory (Mex. bean 1

2 Beets *Brassicas (Kohlrabi in paticular) Catnip - (flea beetles) Pole Lettuce Garlic Onions Mint Nasturtiums - (aphids) Brassicas *(broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, kale, kohlrbi, mustards, turnip) Alliums Borage - (attracts predators, cabbage worms) celery - (moth) Dill (moth) Hyssop - (Cabbage Moth) Marigolds Nasturtium - (aphids) Peppermint - (Cabbage Moth) potatoes Rosemary - (moth) Sage - (moth) Thyme - (moth/worms) Cantaloupe Corn - (3 Sisters) Radish - (cucumber Potatoes Friendly w/ Pumpkin & Squash Nasturtiums - (aphids, Marigolds - (bettles) Oregano - (general pest protection) Tansy Carrots carrot fly pill bugs Peppers Pole Alliums Alliums - (carrot fly) green lacewing Dill Lettuce Artemesia - (carrot fly) predatory wasps Parsnips tomatoes - (bush cn) Radishes Rosemary - (carrot fly) Sage - (carrot fly) may stunt carrot growth. Keep at least 20' away. may stunt carrot growth. Keep at least 20' away. If allowed to flower, will attract beneficial insects. 2

3 Corn - (nitrogen fix) Cantaloupe Cucumbers Marigold - (repels Japanese Beetles) Peas - (nitrogen fix) Potatoes Pumpkin Squash Sunflowers - (repels army worms, attracts aphids) Tansy - (repels Japanese Beetles) Cucumber aphids cucumber beetle leaf miners squash bugs Alliums - (aphids & symbiotic) Corn - (protects against virus that causes wilt) Nasturtium - (aphids, squash bugs) Peas - (nitrogen fix) Radishes - (cucumber Sunflowers Tansy - (aphids, cucumber beetle, squash beetle, squash bugs, spider mites) Eggplant (Solanum melongene) Colorado Potato Beetle Fire Ants Flea Bettle Spider Mites Pole (trellis) Peppers - (same growing conditions) - (repels Colorado Potato Beetles) Basil - (beetles) Marigolds - (nematodes / spider mites) Mint - (beetles) Mustard - (flea beetle trap) Oregano - (beetles) Taragon - (beetles) 3 (fruit worm = corn worm) Aromatic Potatoes *Brassicas Fennel Keep tomatoes at least 20' away. Aromatic Herbs cause bitter taste. (dill, mint, rosemary, sage, thyme)

4 Lettuce Alliums/Onions - (protects against slugs), Bush *Brassicas: friendly w/most Carrots Cucumbers Dill Hyssop - (repels slugs) Mint - (repels slugs) Okra - (shade plant) Sage - (repels slugs) Peppers Other Peppers Alliums - (repellents) Tomato Horn Worm Basil - (beetles) *Brassicas Beets Fennel Eggplant Marjoram Okra - (shade plant) Other Peppers Potato Colorado Potato Beetle Flea Beetle Aphids Wireworms Radish - (makes them succulent) Bean, Bush - (attracts Mex. bean Cabbage - (deterent to flavor and growth) Alliums Mex. Bean Bettle Asparagus, Bush - (attracts Colorado Potato Beetle) Cantaloupe Cucumber Cabbage - (enhance flavor) Kohlrabi Corn - (enhance flavor) Pumpkins Horseradish Squash Marigolds Sunflower Nasturtiums Tomato Tansy Turnip Marjoram and basil help with humidity. and other peppers provide shade Okra is a windbreak Horseradish increases the disease resistance of potatoes. makes potatoes more suseptible to potato blight. 4

5 Radish Squash/Pumpkin - (combats flea beetle & squash borer) Carrots - (carrot fly) Cucumbers - (cucumber Cantaloupe - (cantaloupe Tomato - (spider mites) Spinach - (leaf miners) Lettuce - (Makes radishes more succulent & tender) Nasturtiums - (improves flavor) Friendly w/beets & Bush Spinach (Spinacia oleracea) flea beetles aphids leaf miners spider mites Catmint - (flea beetles) Nasturium - (aphids) Peas Squash / Pumpkin Flea Beetles Squash Bugs Friendly w/ Alliums, *Brassicas, Celery, Lettuce Peas and beans provide shade and nitrogen Alliums - Onions Catnip - (squash bugs) Potatoes Three sister technique Nasturtiums - (squash bugs) Corn Tansy - (squash bugs) Radish - (flea 5

6 Asparagus - (protects against beetles) Peppers Roses Alliums Horn Worm Basil - (flavor) Bee Balm - (flavor) Borage - (attracts predatory insects & deters horn worms) Carrots Celery Chives - (flavor) Garlic - (red spider mite protection) Marigolds Nasturtium - (aphids, whitefly) Oregano - (flavor) parsely - (repels bugs) Stinging Nettle - (flavor) Sunflower Asparagus Beetle Corn - (fruit May stunt carrot growth. worm = corn worm) Beets *Brassicas Cucumber Dill - (attracts horn worm) Fennel -( inhibits growth ) Potatoes - (blight) 6

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