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Article #2: Companion Plants
| Plant | Companions and Effects |
| Asparagus | Tomatoes, parsley, basil |
| Basil | Tomatoes (improves growth and flavor); repels flies and mosquitoes. |
| Beans | Potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, cauliflower, cabbage, summer savory, most other vegetables and herbs. Adds nitrogen to soil. |
| Beans(bush) | Sunflowers (beans like partial shade, sunflowers attract birds and bees), cucumbers (combination of heavy and light feeders), potatoes, corn, celery, summer savory. |
| Beets | Onions, kohlrabi. |
| Borage | Tomatoes (attracts bees, deters tomato worm, improves growth and flavor), squash, strawberries. |
| Cabbage family | Potatoes, celery, dill, chamomile, sage, thyme, mint, pennyroyal, rosemary, lavender, beets, onions. Aromatic plants deter cabbage worms. |
| Carrots | Peas, lettuce, chives, onions, leeks, rosemary, sage, tomatoes. |
| Catnip | Plant in borders; protects against flea beetles. |
| Celery | Leeks, tomatoes, bush beans, cauliflower, cabbage. |
| Chamomile | Cabbage, onions. |
| Chervil | Radishes (improves growth and flavor). |
| Chives | Carrots; plant around base of fruit trees to discourage insects from climbing trunk. |
| Corn | Potatoes, peas, beans, cucumbers, pumpkin, squash. |
| Cucumbers | Beans, corn, peas, radishes, sunflowers. |
| Dill | Cabbage (improves growth and health), carrots. |
| Eggplant | Beans |
| Fennel | Most plants dislike it. |
| Flax | Carrots, potatoes. |
| Garlic | Roses and raspberries (deters Japanese beetle); with herbs to enhance their production of essential oils; plant liberally throughout garden to deter pests (ex: near legumes). |
| Horseradish | Potatoes (deters potato beetle); around plum trees to discourage curculios. |
| Lamb’s quarters | Nutritious edible weed; allow to grow in modest amounts in the corn. |
| Leek | Onions, celery, carrots. |
| Lettuce | Carrots and radishes (lettuce, carrots, and radishes make a strong companion team), strawberries, cucumbers. |
| Marigolds | The workhorse of pest deterrents. Keep soil free of nematodes; discourages many insects. Plant freely throughout garden. |
| Marjoram | Here and there in garden. |
| Mint | Cabbage family; tomatoes; deters cabbage moth. House fly repellent. |
| Mole plant | Deters moles and mice if planted here and there throughout the garden. |
| Nasturtium | Tomatoes, radishes, cabbage,, cucumbers, plant under fruit trees. Deters aphids and pest of cucurbits. |
| Onion | Beets, strawberries, tomatoes, lettuce (protects against slugs). |
| Parsley | Tomato, asparagus. |
| Peas | Squash (when squash follows peas up trellis). plus grows well with almost any vegetable; adds nitrogen to the soil. |
| Petunia | Protects beans; beneficial throughout garden. |
| Pigweed | Brings nutrients to topsoil; beneficial growing with potatoes, onions, and corn; keep well thinned. |
| Potato | Horseradish, beans, corn, cabbage, marigold, limas, eggplant (as trap crop for potato beetle). |
| Pot marigold | Helps tomato, but plant throughout garden as deterrent to asparagus beetle, tomato worm, and many other garden pests. |
| Pumpkin | Corn |
| Radish | Peas, nasturtium, lettuce, cucumbers; a general aid in repelling insects. |
| Rosemary | Carrots, beans, cabbage, sage; deters cabbage moth, bean beetles, and carrot fly. |
| Rue | Roses and raspberries; deters Japanese beetle. Keep it away from basil. |
| Sage | Rosemary, carrots, cabbage, peas, beans; deters some insects. Not with cucumbers. |
| Soybeans | Grows with anything; helps everything. |
| Spinach | Strawberries |
| Squash | Nasturtium, corn. |
| Strawberries | Bush beans, spinach, borage, lettuce-as a border. |
| Summer Savory | Beans, onions, Deters bean beetles. |
| Sunflower | Cucumbers |
| Tansy | Plant under fruit trees; deters pests of roses and raspberries; deters flying insects; also Japanese beetles, striped cucumber beetles, squash bugs; deters ants. |
| Tarragon | Good throughout garden. |
| Thyme | Here and there in garden; deters cabbage worm. |
| Tomato | Chives, onion, parsley, asparagus, marigold, nasturtium, carrot, limas. |
| Turnip | Peas |
| Valerian | Good anywhere in garden. |
| Wormwood | As a border, keeps animals from the garden. |
| Yarrow | Plant along borders, near paths, near aromatic herbs; enhances essential oil production of herbs. |
Home > Lesson 49 – The Organic Garden; Avoiding Commercially Produced Foods – Why?
- 1. Organic Gardening Is The Counter-Part Of Natural Hygiene
- 2. What Exactly Is Organically-Grown Food?
- 3. Soil Analysis
- 4. Basic Steps To Establish A Successful Garden
- 5. Gardening The Magic Way-With Mulch, Compost, Sea Weed Spray
- 6. Soil Requirements For A Successful Organic Garden
- 7. Approximate Amounts Of Compost, Mulch And Water
- 8. Planting Your Garden
- 9. Insects: Friends And Foes
- 10. The Case Against Commercially-Grown Foods
- 11. Four Methods
- 12. No Space For A Garden?
- 13. Harvest Of Pleasure And Health
- 14. Questions & Answers
- Article #1: Vegetable Preferences
- Article #2: Companion Plants
- Article #3: Nitrogen Fixation By John Tobe
- Article #4: pH Preferences Of Some Plants
- Article #5: Dirt Cheap? Nonsense! It’s Vital to Garden
- Article #6: Soil Test Secret To Success By Gene Austin
- Article #7: Pesticides—They’re Killing Bugs—and the Land By Ronald Kotulak
- Article #8: Pesticides—There Are Workable Alternatives To the Dusts, Sprays, and Oils By Joan Jackson
- Article #9: Containing Inhibits ‘Raiders’ By Gene Austin
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