Companion Planting Vegetables

Submitted by Spock on Fri, 20/04/2007 - 14:28.

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Companion planting is the practice of growing certain types of plants together which provide a beneficial relationship with each other. This could be either enhancing growth or flavour of each other or deterring pests. Some plants can also hinder the growth of nearby plants so it is best to avoid planting these together.

I originally put this list together and printed it out as a guide for myself as whenever I wanted to find out what I should and shouldn’t grow together, I had to spend ages searching through several different guides as nowhere seemed to have a complete list. This list below is by no means complete either but does cover most of the more common plants in the vegetable garden and can be used as a general guide.

Plant	Likes	Dislikes
Beans	Nasturtium, carrots, celery, curubits, lettuce, spinach, parsley, peas	Onions, garlic, chives
Beetroot	Onions, lettuce, cabbage, silverbeet
Brassicas	Sage, pennyroyal, mints, oregano, parsley, lettuce, beans, celery, herbs, marigolds, nasturtiums, onion family, spinach	Tomatoes, dill, strawberry
Broadbeans	Peas, potatoes, beans, vine vegie, carrots, beets, cucumber, cabbage	Onion family
Cabbages	Beans, celery, beetroot, onions, potatoes, chamomile, sage
Capsicum	Basil, carrot, onions, tomato
Carrots	Lettuce, peas, leeks, chives, cucumbers, beans, onion family, radish, rosemary, sage, tomato, feverfew	Dill, parsnips
Cauliflower	Celery
Celery	Leeks, onion family, bush beans, brassicas, dill, nasturtium, spinach, tomato
Corn	Potatoes, peas, beans, cucumber, pumpkin, squash, tomatoes, brassicas, parsley,
Curcubits	Beans, marigold, onion, peas, radish, sunflower, corn	Potato
Dill	Brassicas, curcubits, lettuce,
Eggplant	Beans, marigold
Garlic		Beans, brassicas, peas, strawberry
Lettuce	Beans, carrot, curcubits, marigolds, onion family, radish, strawberry, brassicas
Onion family	Chamomile, carrot, capsicum, celery, lettuce, silverbeet, strawberry, tomato	Beans, peas
Parsnips	Onions, feverfew	Carrots
parsley	Tomatoes, asparagus, chives	mint
Peas	Beans, carrots, celery, corn, curcubit, potatoes, radish, turnips	Onions, chives, garlic
Potato	Beans, brassicas, corn, marigolds, nasturtiums, peas	Curcubits, rosemary, sunflower, tomato
Pumpkin	Nasturtiums
Radish	Beans, carrots, curcubits, lettuce, nasturtium, peas
Rosemary	Beans, carrots	Potato
Tomatoes	Basil, parsley, marigolds, lettuce, asparagus, broccoli, onion family, nasturtiums, carrots, asparagus, carrot, celery, curcubits,	Cabbages, brassicas, potatoes, fennel, dill, rosemary, strawberry
Sage	Beans, brassicas, carrots, peas, strawberries	Basil, curcubits
Silverbeet	Lavender, onion family
Spinach	Beans, brassicas, celery, eggplant, strawberry
Squash	Corn, marigold, nasturtium	Potato
Strawberry	Beans, lettuce, onions	Brassicas, onion family, tomato
Turnip	Peas	Potato
Zucchini	Beans, corn, mint, nasturtiums, radish	Potato