Companion Planting
Companion planting your vegetables in your home vegetable garden can help you with organic pest control as well as
help you to grow stronger organic vegetables for your family.
With companion planting your aim is to place the following plants close together.
|
|
|
|
|
Beans
|
Marigold
|
Repels Beetles
|
|
|
Petunia
|
Repels Beetles
|
|
|
Summer Savory
|
Stronger crop
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beetroot
|
Onions
|
Stronger
beetroot
|
|
|
|
|
|
Broccoli
|
Mint/Dill
|
Stronger
broccoli
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cabbage
|
Rosemary/sage
|
Repels
cabbage moth
|
|
|
Celery
|
Helps control
moth grubs
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carrots
|
Dill
|
Improves
carrot health
|
|
|
Sage/onions
|
Repels carrot
fly
|
|
|
|
|
|
Celery
|
Bush beans
|
Mutual growth
improvement
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eggplant
|
Nasturtium
|
Repels insects
|
|
|
Beans
|
Repels beetles
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leeks
|
Celery/onion
|
Leeks grow
better
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lettuce
|
Chervil
|
Repels
snails, aphids, mildew
|
|
|
|
|
|
Radish
|
Beans
|
Both grow
better
|
|
|
Lettuce
|
Makes radish
taste better
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sweet
corn
|
Sunflower
|
Provides
nitrogen to corn
|
|
|
|
|
|
Strawberries
|
Borage
|
Improves soil
nutrition
|
|
|
Marigold
|
Helps control
nematodes
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tomatoes
|
Marigold
|
Tomatoes grow
better
|
|
|
Basil
|
Improves
flavour
|
|
|
Thyme/peppermint
|
Controls
white fly
|
|
|
|
|
