Plant compatibility for mixed plantings. Crop planning and vegetable compatibility in the garden. The best predecessors of strawberries

Properly planted vegetables and herbs will help protect against pests and diseases, as well as better germination and development of vegetable crops. Recommendations and comments experienced summer residents gardeners will help you understand the compatibility of plants in the garden.

Neighbor Plants, or companions, are vegetable crops that are beneficial when grown in the immediate vicinity. With the correct layout of the landings, you can:

• get good harvest;
• get rid of many pests;
• improve the taste of cultivated varieties;
• protect plantings from disease.

Eggplant

Thyme has a positive effect on fruit growth, it also repels harmful insects and helps to retain moisture in the soil. It is best to plant it around the blue plantings.

Legumes

Crops belonging to the legume family are known for their ability to produce and retain beneficial trace elements in the soil. For example, nitrogen required for good growth and the full development of all plants.

• potatoes;
• radish;
• salad;
• corn;
• radish.

So that the beans themselves do not hurt - plant fragrant rosemary, basil, lavender, and other spices nearby. Beans do not like onions and garlic sitting next to them, as well as flowers such as marigolds and bitter wormwood.

Peas

It belongs to the legume family, therefore it also participates in the enrichment of the soil with nitrogen. Next to him, they develop well:

• cucumbers;
• carrot;
• turnip.

These vegetables contribute to better pollination, so the neighborhood is mutually beneficial for each of the crops.

A successful combination planting peas in rows, alternating with black and white radishes, parsley, lettuce, radishes. Crops such as tomatoes, onions and garlic are not suitable for joint planting.

The location of peas next to cabbage and potatoes is still ambiguous:

• some gardeners talk about good tolerance;
• but some reviews do not recommend such a neighborhood because of the many pests that attack potatoes and cabbage.

Cabbage

Neighbors who will protect cabbage from pests:

• Celery, beans and different kinds salads will scare off fleas.
• If dill is sown in the aisles, it will enhance its taste and protect it from aphids.
• Cucumber grass, thanks to its tough leaves, protects cabbage from snail attacks.
• The main pest is the cabbage butterfly - plant all kinds of spices around. They will “mask” the cabbage with their aroma.
• Leeks have a deterrent effect on the caterpillars of the scoop.

Cabbage generally goes well with many types of vegetables, but the combination with strawberries is undesirable. According to experienced gardeners, it does not coexist well with parsley, grapes and tansy.

Kohlrabi variety is good to plant next to beets, and not preferably near tomatoes.

Potatoes

Potatoes are less susceptible to disease when grown with legumes and spinach. It is recommended to plant legumes between the rows of potatoes, they saturate the earth with nitrogen, and scare off the Colorado potato beetle.

Horseradish planted around also helps to reduce the population of harmful insects. Plants that protect against the Colorado potato beetle are suitable:

• tansy;
• catnip;
• marigold flowers;
• coriander.

Potatoes do not tolerate being close to sunflowers, celery and quinoa. There are no unequivocal statements about the neighborhood of potatoes with tomatoes, peas and beets.

Strawberry

It has a positive effect on the development of strawberries growing nearby: spinach, green beans and parsley. The latter will help get rid of slugs if you sow it between rows.

Planting strawberries near lettuce, garlic, onions, beets and radishes will be good. In order to avoid rotting berries and for mulching, it is good to sprinkle the aisles with needles conifers.

Corn

Corn needs a lot of nitrogen to grow well, so beans are its best companions. It can also be planted between cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, lettuce and new potatoes.

Corn is compatible with almost all garden plantsexcept for celery and beets.

Onion

Ideal for planting with carrots. These two crops help each other fight pests. Onions smell like carrot flies, and carrots protect onions from onion flies.

Due to its small footprint, it is suitable as an additional crop to any major plantings:

• neighbors well and has a positive effect on the growth of strawberries, lettuce, cucumbers, radishes;
• neighbors such as chamomile and savory are favorable to the neighborhood and contribute to the development and better germination of onions.

It is not advisable to sow onions close to legumes and sage.

Leek

It is good to plant any salad, celery, beans and carrots with it. When planting, it is better to alternate the rows with each other.

Perennial onions can be planted near tomatoes, cabbage, carrots and beans. Leeks do not grow well with beets, peas and beans.

Carrot

It gets along well with such cultures:

• tomatoes;
• salad;
• radish;
• garlic.

But the most preferred "neighbor" is peas. To prevent carrots from getting a carrot fly, it is best to plant spicy herbs and any varieties of onions near it. Carrots do not combine well with dill and anise.

Outcome

There is a certain interaction between plants located nearby. Some of them are true friends-buddies, ready to help each other in every possible way, the second are neutral, the third are inclined to be at enmity with others. To use this influence to get a decent harvest and avoid annoying mistakes when planning a garden, it is necessary to understand which crops can be planted side by side, and which neighborhood of vegetables in the beds is highly undesirable.

What is mixed planting

If the area of \u200b\u200bthe garden is small, but you want to get a variety of fruits, and more, circumstances suggest a way out: compacted crops or mixed plantings. This is a method of organic farming, when several different crops are cultivated at the same time in the garden: vegetables, herbs, berries, flowers, planted with the compatibility of plants mixed or according to a certain pattern.

Mixed plantings: benefits and beauty

The question is logical: is the topic of combined plantings relevant for owners of spacious plots? Each gardener, intending to populate his plot with "green friends" in the spring, dreams of getting the most out of each garden bed. At the same time, any experienced vegetable grower knows that fertile land is needed to obtain a significant harvest, quality seeds, healthy seedlings, the use of effective fertilizers, competent care of plantings in the neighborhood.

However, few people take into account another significant circumstance: allelopathy. Do not be intimidated by this scientific name for the phenomenon of the biochemical effect of some cultures on others or their mutual influence. Allelopathy is able to provide mutually beneficial conditions for the coexistence of vegetables adjacent to the garden when planting together, but it can also serve as a factor suppressing the development of certain species.

Successful neighborhood

The essence of the effect is that all parts of plants release biologically active substances into the environment (air, soil) - phytoncides, antibiotics and others. These compounds, depending on the species, can either be absorbed and act beneficially on the crops located in the neighborhood, or they can oppress the fellows in the garden. A successful selection of green "roommates" allows you to take a larger crop from the garden, grow healthy, beautiful fruits with an improved taste.

In addition to the positive manifestation of allelopathy, there are still many profits that encourage the organization joint landings on the plot, even if there is enough space on it for separate cultivation.

Isolated neighborhood

The advantages of mixed plantings

It is worth noting that the combination of vegetables in the garden is not the latest trend in gardening. Even the American Indians have known since ancient times a successful trio: peas, corn, pumpkin. The classic community of plants has successfully migrated today and is successfully used by many vegetable growers: peas enrich the soil with nitrogen, corn serves as a support for it, pumpkin, covering the ground, fights weeds.

Classic trio

Organization of joint plantings is a more promising and exciting activity than the cultivation of monocultures on separate sites. However, the approach to planning "communal" beds must be responsible. It is not enough to know what vegetables and other crops can be planted nearby, you need to be ready to observe, analyze the results of the neighborhood. But people who decided to experiment and have taken more than one crop from combined plantings note many advantages of this approach:

• The available area of \u200b\u200bland is used more rationally, the harvest is removed from it more than when planting with a monoculture.
• The vegetables in the garden have a good appearance, are healthy or sick less.
• The need for irrigation of crops decreases.
• There is no need for frequent, thorough weeding of the beds.
• Reduced time spent on preparatory garden work.
• There is an opportunity to reduce or cancel the application mineral fertilizersdue to the fixation of nitrogen by legumes.
• One-sided soil depletion, its "fatigue" is prevented, the need for crop rotation gradually disappears.
• The rejection of pesticides is becoming a reality, since many plants attract beneficial insects and pest control birds. There are also flowers and herbs that repel harmful insects and rodents.
• The harvest is carried out throughout the season, if other crops are sown on the area vacated after the early ones.
• It is possible to create a kind of microclimate in the garden, using tall, resistant plants as curtains to protect gentle neighbors from the winds and direct sun.

Cabbage, marigolds, calendula - a wonderful neighborhood

Rules for the formation of combined landings

The experience and observations accumulated by gardeners indicate that, in addition to the listed advantages, mixed cultivation even affects the taste of vegetables. In particular, herbs such as basil, celery, monarda, parsley, improve the taste of tomatoes. Bush beans can make radishes more savory. A cucumber planted next to a sunflower will delight you with especially sweet, crispy greens.

These tomatoes are especially delicious

Choose the right combination vegetables among themselves in the garden and to realize all the advantages of growing plants according to the mixed type is possible only if certain rules are observed. When planning the organization of a "communal" garden, it is necessary:

1. Consider the climate in the region.
2. Study the specific features of your own site and focus on them: in the sun the garden or in shade, is it protected from the winds, what are the agrotechnical characteristics of the soil, is there a possibility of watering.
3. Orient the beds in such a way that tall specimens do not shade light-loving neighbors and, conversely, shade those for whom the sultry sun is harmful.
4. Combine plants with different growing seasons. Early vegetables, greens (onions, radishes, Chinese cabbage, lettuce) in mixed plantings should be planted with crops with a long ripening period (cucumbers, zucchini, eggplant, beets, tomatoes).
5. Determine whether the food area will be sufficient for all the "residents" of the garden. It depends on the development of their root system. Plants with deep, strong roots should be placed adjacent to crops with shallow root systems.

The scheme of a small bed with combined plantings

As a rule, three crops are grown on a mixed bed: the preceding early, the main and the partner plant. With sufficient knowledge and experience in gardening, you will draw up schemes for combined plantings yourself. If you do not rely on your experience, use the ready-made planting schemes, special tables from the examples below.

Compatibility table

Crop compatibility on the same bed

Now we should dwell on the compatibility of some common crops with other plants in a common garden bed and figure out which neighborhood is beneficial for them, which is acceptable, and which is harmful.

Onions and the best neighbors for him

It is difficult to imagine the diet of a Russian without onions; every summer resident hopes to prepare it for the whole winter. It is interesting to find out how he behaves on a mixed bed, whether he makes the neighbors cry.

It is reliably known that onions are not only useful for humans - they are an excellent companion for many other crops, diligently protecting them from diseases and pests. Thanks to this, the plants placed nearby develop well and give increased yield... But the gardener, aimed at obtaining a solid harvest, is also interested in what kind of neighborhood is favorable for the onion itself.

We can immediately say that this vegetable will be comfortable in the company of salads, radishes, tomatoes, parsley, beets, cucumbers, strawberries. And from grapes, legumes, sage it is worth keeping it away.

Comfortable neighborhood

Many vegetable growers who are mastering the technique of joint cultivation of vegetables are interested in the question of whether it is possible to plant onions and garlic in the same garden, because they are so similar: they have the same sowing dates, requirements for soil, lighting, agricultural technology. However, these crops are from a common family - their similarity is also manifested in the presence of common pests, diseases, which they cannot protect each other from.

Onions and garlic have a superficial root system, which means that they can compete in terms of nutrition and moisture. There are more minuses in such a neighborhood than pluses, and it is not worth planting them mixed in a small area. In extreme cases, you can divide the "living space" between them in half. But the best option would be to plant onions and carrots in the same garden - this combination has become a classic in the practice of joint cultivation of vegetables.

Carrots and onions are friendly

Carrots and an ideal growing environment

Carrots and onions are a perfect duet. They do not just peacefully coexist - their position is active in relation to each other's pests. Carrots will safely scare off the onion fly, and the carrot fly will not even approach the area where the onion protector stands side by side with the tasty root vegetable. The simplest example of such a bed: a central row of onions along its length and two rows of carrots on the sides.

Classic neighborhood

However, it should be noted that the named cultures different requirements to watering. When the bulbs are full and begin to ripen, the onion does not need water, it is even harmful to it, and just give the carrots a drink at this time. If the climate in the region is such that vegetables cannot be grown without watering, you have to either leave the onion only as a protector, or say goodbye to part of the carrot harvest, trying to protect ripening onions from rot.

A way out of this situation can be growing perennial onions or onions together with carrots for greens. Or you should find out what else you can plant on the same bed with carrots, and implement the idea. By examining the plate above, you can make sure that carrots are good next to radishes, peas, lettuce, tomatoes, spinach, and garlic. Its proximity to parsley, celery, dill is undesirable.

Carrots are comfortable next to radishes

By the way, many are surprised that the openwork sprigs of self-seeding dill should be removed from the carrot garden. But everything is natural: these plants from the same family compete for water and food. In addition, both of them (like all umbellates) are attractive to carrot flies. Therefore, it is undesirable to leave cute dill bushes among the carrot crops. Moreover, it is unacceptable to deliberately plant carrots and dill in the same bed - this is an unfortunate neighborhood.

The result of an unfortunate neighborhood

Garlic and other plants in the same garden

Garlic is a wonderful plant that endows the space around itself with health-promoting phytoncides. It is a natural fungicide that is excellent in the fight against fungal infections. This quality is to the liking of most neighbors of garlic: in its environment, potatoes can cope with late blight, carrots will not be damaged by carrot flies and flies, and strawberries will not be attacked by harmful insects.

Garlic is a natural medicine

So you can plant a lot of vegetables, herbs, flowers next to the garlic in the garden. He likes carrots, cucumbers, radishes, lettuce, beets, tomatoes, and he especially likes celery. And for the garlic itself, they are the best neighbors. Many flowers feel great in the presence of a fragrant vegetable. Of those with whom garlic is friends in the garden in particular, you can name roses and bulbous flowers: tulips, gladioli, daffodils.

Good partners of garlic

Despite his beneficial features, the neighborhood of garlic is contraindicated in peas, lentils, beans, peanuts. They can not be placed not only in one garden bed, but also near the site planted with garlic, which has such an adverse effect on legumes that they cease to develop normally and barely bear fruit. It is unacceptable to plant cabbage and perennial onions next to it. But for raspberries, strawberries, garlic will be the best companion.

For tulips, the neighborhood with garlic is beneficial

Strawberries and matching neighbors

When equipping a strawberry plantation, summer residents often think about what can be planted next to strawberries on the same bed in order to protect the berry from pests and diseases. Inquisitive farmers have found a solution: a natural healer, garlic, does an excellent job with this task. Such pests are afraid of him:

• ants;
• strawberry weevil;
• nematodes;
• wireworm;
• spider mite.

Garden strawberries (in everyday life - strawberries)

The glorious defender of sweet berries is planted in a row in the aisles of the strawberry beds and between the holes with berry bushes. Strawberries (garden strawberries) reciprocate garlic: the heads of garlic grow even larger and stronger than when it is planted on a separate "living space". Everyone who practices the cultivation of strawberries and garlic in the same garden is sure that their neighborhood is very beneficial.

Bittersweet couple

Beans, onions, eggplants, radishes, spinach, parsley can also be ranked as good companions for a fragrant berry. The latter drives away slugs from ripening berries. But there are no cultures with which strawberries would have poor compatibility: apparently, it is very friendly to its neighbors and is loved by all of them.

Strawberry's best neighbor is beans

It is known that different varieties of individual crops (for example, potatoes) can be at enmity, not only being planted nearby, but even during storage of the crop. Therefore, between the owners of vegetable gardens there are frequent disputes on the topic: is it possible to plant different varieties of strawberries in the same garden or it will lead to civil strife or over-pollination. There is no reason to be afraid of this or that: the bushes of garden strawberries simply do not know how to quarrel.

Pollination occurs, but it will affect the type and quality of berries only if the strawberries are propagated by seeds. When vegetative propagation The grade will not be disturbed - the main thing is not to confuse from which mother plant the socket is separated. For these reasons, it is worth planting varieties of garden strawberries, if on the same bed, then in separate groups.

Parsley will protect against slugs

Cucumbers in joint plantings

Bumpy crispy greens - what could be better at the beginning of summer? And if you are already determined to grow vegetables together, you should know which cucumber neighbor in the garden will be their faithful assistant, and which one will oppress. Cucumbers are not picky, a good neighborhood is not a problem for them - in this regard, they are compatible with most vegetable crops. It is easier to list those plants with which cucumbers do not develop relationships.

Corn curtains keep the wind out

The list is small:

• potatoes,
• radish (here the opinions of experts differ),
• tomatoes (a controversial issue),
• spices.

Dill is a wonderful partner for cucumbers

Much more than the neighborhood, the microclimate and soil influence the development of this vegetable. Therefore, when deciding what to plant in a garden with cucumbers, more attention should be paid to the ability of companions to protect growing vines from the aggressive effects of the environment. For example, corn curtains will be an excellent protection for cucumber whips from the winds, and beans will supply them with nitrogen. There is one exception from the herb: dill goes well with cucumbers.

Another example of a pleasant neighborhood

Beets in a common garden

When deciding what to plant your beets with, you should be guided by scientific evidence and common sense. The German scientist Hubmann, who has studied plant compatibility for many years, concluded that plants such as beets, potatoes, tomatoes, bush beans, and spinach can coexist perfectly, stimulating each other. Good neighbors for beets, in his opinion, are also onions, kohlrabi, lettuce, garlic, strawberries.

Commonwealth of root crops

As for the incompatibility of beets with other vegetables, there is no consensus. Some growers, in contrast to Hubmann, argue that this root crop does not grow well next to potatoes. However, many gardeners successfully grow it along the edge of potato ridges. Neither scientists nor practitioners have decided on the usefulness or harmfulness of the neighborhood of beets with corn, Swiss chard, chives.

There is a version that the substances secreted by beet roots have antibiotic properties and have a healing effect on neighboring plants. Therefore, growing, for example, beets and carrots on the same bed will have a positive effect on both crops.

Joint cultivation of beets, onions, carrots

True, you will need to take care of maintaining a sufficient spacing between rows, keeping in mind that the powerful foliage of the beet can greatly shade the companions. A good option mixed cultivation of vegetables will be a garden bed, in the center of which a row of onions is planted, along the edges a row of beets and a row of carrots.

Pumpkin next to other crops

The pumpkin does not have any special preferences or dislike towards the vegetables growing nearby. However, the neighborhood with the previously mentioned corn, peas, as well as other legumes, radishes, and nasturtium can be called quite successful for her. Sometimes gardeners, trying to make the most of the area of \u200b\u200bthe compost heap, plant zucchini on it together with the pumpkin.

Friendship is friendship, and the beds are better apart

But good neighbors pumpkins and zucchini cannot be on the same bed. As a result of cross-pollination, fruits of a shape and color unusual for both vegetables grow. Hybrids grow round on zucchini, and oblong on pumpkins. Their taste also suffers. This is a vivid example of the failed application of the mixed growing system, and you should not decide on such an experiment.

Such company is better for pumpkin

Tomatoes surrounded by neighbors

Some people attribute tomatoes to the same individualists as pumpkins. But, if we turn to the experience of Swiss, German and domestic gardeners, it is not difficult to make sure that the cultivation of tomatoes in the vicinity of other crops is quite realistic. They go well with radishes, lettuce, carrots, celery, parsley, beets, garlic. There is no doubt that you can plant these vegetables and herbs in the same garden with tomatoes.

Their mutual influence can be different. For example, the commonwealth of garlic and tomatoes is beneficial for the latter: garlic protects them from spider mites and reduces the risk of late blight. Basil is considered the best companion of tomatoes, not only promoting the growth of the vegetable, but also improving its taste. By the way, other aromatic herbs have the same property: borage, lemon balm, marigold, mint.

An interesting effect on tomatoes growing near nettle: it increases the shelf life of tomatoes and improves the quality tomato juice... As a rule, those who grow tomatoes and carrots on the same bed, the line of which is placed along a row of tomatoes, are satisfied with the results. But tomatoes have almost no enemies - only fennel can be attributed to obvious antagonists, which is such in relation to almost all vegetables.

Neighborhood eggplant pepper in joy

Bell peppers in the middle of a mixed vegetable garden

It is impossible not to mention the possible neighbors of bell pepper in the garden. He has a good relationship with basil, eggplant, dill, spinach, thyme. The defenders of pepper from aphids can be marigolds, coriander, onions, with which it gets along well. A plant such as okra can be planted next to fragile pepper bushes to shelter them from the wind.

The company of tomatoes, peas, cabbage, beets, beans, carrots is contraindicated in pepper. The neighborhood of a sibling - hot pepper - is also highly undesirable. It will not interfere with the development and fruiting of the "Bulgarian", but the result of cross-pollination will be a loss of yield, since bell pepper you can't call that. You can decide what to plant next to the pepper on the same bed, focusing on the lists of successful and unsuccessful neighbors.

Cabbage as the best neighbor for vegetables and herbs

There are many types of cabbage, they grow and come into fruiting in different ways. But they have common problems with pests and diseases, so the problem with which you can plant cabbage in the same bed is solved for all varieties in almost the same way. An excellent partner for celery cabbage, gaining extra flavor and growth stimulation from the cabbage influence. In turn, he drives away from the beds of white butterflies and cruciferous fleas.

Good neighborhood for cabbage:

• different types Luke,
• salad,
• potatoes,
• aromatic herbs (sage, dill, chamomile),
• beans,
• garlic.

Nice neighbors of cabbage

Cabbage and tomatoes do not get along on the same bed. Strawberries are also not in favor with the "garden lady". But cabbage is still different. By placing cauliflower next to a white-headed sister, you can overshoot in the calculations for the yield of colored heads: their setting when adjacent to a white-headed beauty is significantly reduced.

Potatoes and healthy crops for it

Growing "second bread" in a mixed culture is beneficial: he is less sick, does not need crop rotation so much. Beans and spinach are good neighbors for potatoes in the garden. A wonderful result can be obtained if bush beans are planted in the aisles of potatoes - it scares off a malicious pest, the Colorado potato beetle, enriches the soil with nitrogen. Tansy, marigolds, coriander, and nasturtium are also scared off of the harmful beetle.

Potatoes and beans in the garden

Potatoes feel good in the society of radishes, corn, varieties of cabbage, salads. The company of horseradish planted in the corners of a potato field is favorable for him, but the proximity of sunflower and quinoa has a depressing effect. Combination of potatoes with celery is undesirable. Opinions are contradictory regarding the compatibility of potatoes and beets, peas and tomatoes.

You've got some idea of \u200b\u200bthe benefits of planting garden crops together. If you are carried away by this idea, do not stop: study the characteristics of those plants that you plan to cultivate, consult with experienced gardeners-practitioners, consult with experts, and success will certainly come. Your favorite vegetable garden, sparkling with new colors, will delight you with its appearance and decent harvests.

We talked about what it is and what, in fact, these plantings are eaten with. We found out that growing several crops in one garden bed is modern, aesthetically pleasing, useful and beneficial for everyone.

It remains to decide on one very important question in the matter of joint planting: what can be planted with what? It is known that some cultures get along well in the same garden, while others, on the contrary, oppress each other. This mutual influence is called the beautiful term allelopathy. In order not to be mistaken and not disappointed in mixed plantings, even when planning the placement of crops, it is necessary to take into account their compatibility. Our plant compatibility chart to help you ...

Plant compatibility chart for mixed plantings

Main culture	Best companion crops	What the neighborhood gives
Watermelon and melon	Peas, corn, sunflower, radish, beets.	Peas enrich the soil with nitrogen, while corn and sunflowers create a natural shade.
Eggplant	Bush beans, onions, lettuce, savory, spinach, tarragon.	These companion plants improve soil composition and help the eggplant grow. Beans scare away the Colorado potato beetle.
Peas	Eggplant, potatoes, corn, carrots, cucumber, radish, salads, tomato.	Corn can be used as a natural support for climbing peas.
Strawberry (strawberry)	Cabbage, onion, parsley, radish, radish, lettuce, beets, caraway seeds, garlic.	Phytoncides of onions and garlic repel pests. Other neighbors have a beneficial effect on the soil and growth of strawberries.
Zucchini	Corn, mint, nasturtium, radish, beans.	Mint, radish, and legumes accelerate the growth of zucchini.
Cabbage	White clover, hyssop, potatoes, bush beans, leeks, chard, mint, nasturtium, borage, cucumber, wormwood, tomato, rosemary, lettuce, beets, celery, dill, chicory, thyme, sage, spinach.	Celery and lettuce protect against earthen fleas. Aromatic and spicy herbs scare away cabbage butterflies, and the caterpillars of the cabbage scoop do not like leeks. Dill improves flavor and helps fight cabbage aphids and caterpillars. Cucumber grass repels snails. The white clover growing under the cabbage attracts predatory spiders and insects that feed on the pest caterpillars.
Potatoes	Marigolds, beans, cabbage, kohlrabi, coriander, catnip, corn, bush beans, nasturtium, radish, salads, horseradish, cauliflower, spinach.	Legumes enrich the soil with nitrogen and repel the Colorado potato beetle, and horseradish provides protection against the potato bug.
Onion	Strawberries, cabbage, potatoes, watercress, carrots, cucumber, radish, chamomile, lettuce, beets, thyme, spinach.	Carrots help scare off onion flies, and because of the proximity to cucumbers or spinach, onions grow larger.
Carrot	Peas, onions, radishes, rosemary, tomato, beans, garlic, sage.	Onions help keep carrot flies away.
Cucumbers	Pharmacy chamomile, marigolds, beans, peas, cabbage, corn, onions, cucumber grass, sunflower, radish, radish, lettuce, beetroot, celery, dill, beans, fennel, garlic, spinach.	The radish protects against leaf beetles and spider mites. Neighborhood with other crops improves the taste of the cucumber. Legumes have a beneficial effect on the soil.
Bell pepper	Basil, marigold, geranium, coriander, catnip, onion, marjoram, carrot, nasturtium, petunia.	Companion plants increase the yield of sweet peppers. Basil improves the taste of the fruit.
Tomatoes (tomatoes)	Basil, marigolds, calendula, cabbage, corn, bush beans, lemon balm, onions, carrots, mint, parsley, radish, radish, lettuce, beets, celery, savory, garlic, sage, spinach.	Accompanying plants improve the quality of the fruit, extend the shelf life, and repel pests. Spinach has a positive effect on root growth.
Radish	Peas, onions, carrots, cucumber, pumpkin, beans.	Peas stimulate the growth of radishes, and the proximity to beans improves its taste.
Celery	Peas, cabbage, onions, leeks, tomato, beans.
Pumpkin	Peas, corn, mint, nasturtium, sunflower, radish, beans.
Beet	Cabbage, kohlrabi, catnip, radish, radish, salads.	Companion plants create favorable conditions for the growth of root crops.
Garlic	Strawberries, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, beets.	Companion plants heal the soil.

The Crop Compatibility Chart can be used to plan both mixed and conventional plantings. It's just that in the second case, “friendly” plants are placed not on one garden bed, but on neighboring ones.

This list is, of course, far from exhaustive. For example, there are “sweet couples” - combinations of two cultures that work best on each other. What is called "the best". For instance…

Watermelon and peas,
Beans and rosemary
Grapes and mustard,
Melon and radish,
Parsnips and peas
Radishes and bush beans,
Turnips and peas,
Salad and radish,
Celery and cabbage,
Soybeans and corn,
Asparagus and parsley,
Pumpkin and corn.

And there are also plants that get along without any problems with any neighbor, and even help the growing nearby in every possible way. These are spicy and aromatic herbs such as oregano, mint, lemon balm, thyme and sage, as well as parsley, cilantro, salads, garlic, radish, spinach and tarragon.

We wish you success and big harvests!

Compatible plants: peas, cabbage, potatoes, corn, carrots, nightshades, parsley, rhubarb, radish, cucumber, beetroot, garden savory.
Incompatible plants: onion, fennel, garlic, pumpkin.
Best predecessors: corn, root vegetables, potatoes, cucumber, cabbage.

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Sowing peas

Compatible plants: white cabbage, watercress, sweet corn, potatoes, carrots, aromatic plants, lettuce, spinach.
Incompatible plants: onion, tomato, beans, garlic, zucchini.
Best predecessors: pumpkin seeds, root vegetables, cabbage, corn, potatoes.

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Sarepta mustard

Compatible plants: white cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, cauliflower, peas, radish.
Incompatible plants: no.
Best predecessors: no.

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Hyssop medicinal

Compatible plants: no.
Incompatible plants: Almost all.
Best predecessors: no.

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White cabbage

Compatible plants: potatoes, cucumber, radish, lettuce, beetroot, celery, garlic, beans, peas, fennel, spinach, endive.
Incompatible plants: carrots, beans.
Best predecessors

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Compatible plants: potatoes, onions, carrots, parsley, cabbage salad, beetroot, celery, sage.
Incompatible plants: tomato, beans.
Best predecessors: annual legumes, pumpkin seeds, early tomatoes, potatoes, onions, carrots.

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Kohlrabi cabbage

Compatible plants: onion, cucumber, aromatic plants, radish, lettuce, table beet, peas, scorzonera, fennel, spinach.
Incompatible plants: tomato, beans.
Best predecessors: no.

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Collard greens

Compatible plants: white cabbage late, potatoes.
Incompatible plants: no.
Best predecessors: cucumber, onion, tomato, potato, root vegetables, legumes.

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Compatible plants: no.
Incompatible plants: no.
Best predecessors: annual legumes, pumpkin seeds, early tomatoes, potatoes, onions, carrots.

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Cauliflower

Compatible plants: potatoes, cucumber, salad, celery.
Incompatible plants: tomato.
Best predecessors: annual legumes, pumpkin seeds, early tomatoes, potatoes, onions, carrots.

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Potatoes

Compatible plants: beans, eggplant, calendula, corn, white cabbage, onion, radish, radish, garlic, beans, horseradish.
Incompatible plants: cucumber, tomato, sorrel, pumpkin, fennel.
Best predecessors: no.

Spanish goat

Compatible plants: cabbage, onions, carrots, salad.
Incompatible plants: no.
Best predecessors: no.

Kruknek

Compatible plants: no.
Incompatible plants: no.
Best predecessors: potatoes, cabbage, onions, root vegetables, legumes, greens.

Corn

Compatible plants: peas, zucchini, late white cabbage, potatoes, cucumber, pumpkin, beans, beans, salad.
Incompatible plants: beetroot, fennel.
Best predecessors: legumes, early vegetables, onions, cucumber.

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Compatible plants: no.
Incompatible plants: no.
Best predecessors: legumes, onions, cabbage, root crops.

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Leek

Compatible plants: onions, carrots, celery.
Incompatible plants: no.
Best predecessors: pumpkin and nightshade crops.

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Table carrots

Compatible plants: peas, broccoli, leek, onion, cucumber, parsley, radish, leaf lettuce, beetroot, sage, spinach, scorzonera, radish.
Incompatible plants: dill, fennel, cabbage, beetroot chard.
Best predecessors: early potatoes and cabbage, legumes, cucumber, onion, tomato.

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Compatible plants: peas, late white cabbage, sugar corn, onions, carrots, radish, lettuce, dill, beans, garlic, fennel.
Incompatible plants: potatoes, aromatic plants, radish, tomato.
Best predecessors: peas, potatoes, onions, cabbage.

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Sowing parsnip

Compatible plants: salad.
Incompatible plants: onion, garlic.
Best predecessors: no.

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Squash

Compatible plants: no.
Incompatible plants: no.
Best predecessors: potatoes or other vegetables other than pumpkin seeds.

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Capsicum

Compatible plants: eggplant.
Incompatible plants: no.
Best predecessors: annual legumes, cabbage, cucumber.

Compatible plants: basil, onion, cucumber, asparagus, tomato, beans.
Incompatible plants: head salad.
Best predecessors: no.

Rhubarb

Compatible plants: peas, cabbage, radish, lettuce, celery, beans, spinach.
Incompatible plants: no.
Best predecessors: no.

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Sowing radish

Compatible plants: carrots, cucumber, tomato, melon, parsnip, beetroot, pumpkin, spinach, fennel, beans, cabbage.
Incompatible plants: hyssop, onion, cucumber, chard beet.
Best predecessors: legumes, cucumber, tomato, early potatoes.

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Turnip

Compatible plants: radish.
Incompatible plants: no.
Best predecessors: cucumber, zucchini, tomato, legumes, potatoes.

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Compatible plants: cabbage, carrots, parsnips, rhubarb, radish, radish, beetroot, tomato, spinach, beans, corn, scorzonera, fennel.
Incompatible plants: no.
Best predecessors: cucumber, cabbage.

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Over the centuries of growing vegetables, people have noticed that some vegetables grow well together, while others, on the contrary, interfere with each other's growth. Vegetables, herbs and flowers help each other grow by improving the soil or keeping pests away from each other. Smart planting will provide you with a large harvest.

The choice of neighbors in the garden.

Choosing garden neighbors is the true art of garden planning. Each vegetable is planted in the garden not alone, but in the neighborhood of another companion plant. This tactic helps to minimize the harmful effects of insects and diseases.

The rules of the neighborhood in the garden. When choosing neighbors in the garden, pay attention to the families of vegetables. Cabbage vegetables, for example, are best planted next to beets and green leafy crops. Some herbs will help keep pests away from the cabbage. When planted in the same bed as cabbage, mint will improve its flavor.

Vegetables can feel not only sympathy, but also antipathy for each other: some vegetables stunt growth and reduce the yield of each other. A simple sign below will help you find a good neighborhood.

What vegetables grow well in the same garden?

I offer you a short table of vegetable compatibility. More information is provided later in the article.

Vegetables	Successful neighborhood	Unfortunate neighborhood
Asparagus	Tomatoes	No
Beans	Corn, celery, garden savory, cucumbers, radishes, strawberries	Onion and garlic
Beet	Cabbage, broccoli, lettuce, onion, garlic	Beans
White cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts	Beetroot, Swiss chard, potatoes, celery, dill, lettuce, onion, spinach	beans
Carrot	Legumes, tomatoes	No
Celery	Beans, tomatoes, cabbage	No
Corn	Cucumbers, watermelons, pumpkin, peas, beans, pumpkin	Tomatoes
Cucumbers	Beans, corn, peas, cabbage	No
Eggplant	Beans, peppers	No
Melon	Corn, pumpkin, radish, zucchini	No
Onion	Beets, carrots, Swiss chard, lettuce, pepper	Legumes
Peas	Beans, cucumbers, turnips, carrots, corn, radishes.	Onion garlic
Potatoes	Beans, corn, peas	Tomatoes
Zucchini	Corn, melon, pumpkin	No
Tomatoes	Carrots, celery, cucumbers, onions, peppers	Corn, kohlrabi, potatoes

Other Healthy Vegetable Neighbors

In addition to the neighborhood of one vegetable crop with another, it is good to consider other possible neighborhoods - vegetables and flowers, vegetables and herbs. Such combinations in the beds are not only beautiful, but also useful.

Flowers in the neighborhood with vegetables.

Good advice: plant a few marigolds in the tomato garden, they repel pests. You can even decorate the entire garden around the perimeter with marigolds - this will help keep pests at a distance.

Some flowers act as pest traps, luring insects towards them. Nasturtiums, for example, are very popular with aphids. These pests will prefer to eat nasturtium, and will not pay attention to the nearby growing vegetables.

Vegetables and herbs.

Planted nearby herbs will give your vegetables a more refined flavor. They also repel harmful insects. Rosemary repels beetles that attack beans. Thyme repels cabbage pests. Onions and garlic repel aphids. Oregano, like marigolds, is a good versatile barrier against most insect pests.

When deciding which vegetables to plant next to in the garden, you need to be guided not only by scientific data, but also by common sense. Lettuce, radishes, and other fast-growing plants can be planted between melons or pumpkins. The lettuce and radish will ripen before the pumpkin grows. Shade-loving green leafy vegetables like spinach and Swiss chard are grown in the shade of corn. Sunflowers also grow well in the vicinity of corn, as their roots occupy different levels in the soil and do not compete for water and nutrients.

Well, let's move on from the particular to the whole, and consider the successful and unsuccessful neighbors for each vegetable.

Plant compatibility.

Neighbors for carrots.

What can you plant carrots next to? The optimal neighborhood for carrots is:

• beans;
• sage;
• radish;
• salad;
• rosemary;
• peas;
• tomatoes.

And here is the negative neighborhood for carrots:

• dill;
• parsley.

Optimal conditions for pepper.

• basil;
• coriander;
• onions;
• spinach;
• tomatoes.

Do not plant peppers near beans.

Potatoes and their neighbors.

What next to plant potatoes? Potatoes will yield a good harvest if planted next to:

• beans;
• broccoli;
• cabbage;
• corn;
• eggplant;
• garlic;
• lettuce;
• onions;
• peas;
• radishes.

You cannot plant potatoes if they grow nearby:

• cucumbers;
• melons;
• zucchini;
• sunflowers;
• tomatoes;
• turnip.

Neighbors of tomatoes.

• asparagus;
• basil;
• beans;
• cucumbers;
• carrots;
• celery;
• dill;
• salad;
• melons;
• onions;
• parsley;
• pepper;
• radish;
• spinach;
• thyme;

Avoid placing tomato or any kind of cabbage, potato or corn next to it.

Neighbors for asparagus.

What can you plant next to asparagus? An excellent neighborhood for asparagus is:

• basil;
• beet;
• salad;
• parsley;
• spinach;
• tomatoes.

What can you not plant asparagus with?

Fortunately, there are no plants that negatively affect the growth of asparagus.

Neighbors for beans.

What can you plant beans next to? Optimal neighborhood for beans:

• broccoli;
• cabbage;
• carrot;
• celery;
• cauliflower;
• cucumbers;
• eggplant;
• peas;
• potatoes;
• radish;
• zucchini;
• strawberry;
• tomatoes.

Unwanted neighborhood for beans:

• garlic;
• sunflowers;
• pepper.

Beet-bed neighbors.

What can you plant beets next to? Beetroot will yield more yield next to:

• broccoli;
• asparagus;
• cauliflower;
• salad;
• onions.

Unwanted beet neighbors:

• mustard;
• beans.

Broccoli and garden neighbors.

What to plant broccoli next to? Optimal neighborhood for broccoli:

• beans;
• beet;
• celery;
• cucumbers;
• potatoes;
• sage.

Unwanted neighbors for broccoli:

• cabbage;
• cauliflower;
• salad;
• green beans;
• tomatoes.

Garden neighbors for brussels sprouts.

What is the best place to plant Brussels sprouts next to? Best neighbors:

• dill;
• salad;
• radish;
• sage;
• spinach;
• turnip.

Brussels sprouts have one unwanted neighbor - tomatoes.

Neighbors for cabbage.

What can you plant cabbage next to?

• beans;
• celery;
• cucumbers;
• dill;
• salad;
• potatoes;
• sage;
• spinach;
• thyme.

Unwanted cabbage bed neighbors:

• broccoli;
• cauliflower;
• strawberry;
• tomatoes.

Cauliflower and its neighbors.

• beans;
• beet;
• celery;
• cucumbers;
• sage;
• thyme.

Bad Neighbors for Cauliflower:

• broccoli;
• cabbage;
• strawberry;
• tomatoes.

Celery companions.

Celery has no unwanted neighbors. But it is better to grow it next to:

• beans;
• broccoli;
• cabbage;
• cauliflower;
• leeks;
• spinach;
• tomatoes.

What beds to do next to cucumbers?

• beans;
• broccoli;
• corn;
• cabbage;
• cauliflower;
• sunflowers;
• peas;
• salad;
• radish.

Do not plant cucumbers next to herbs, melons and potatoes.

Corn and its neighborhood.

• beans;
• cucumbers;
• salad;
• melons;
• peas;
• potatoes;
• zucchini;
• sunflowers.

But you cannot plant corn next to tomato beds!

Recommendations for eggplant.

Eggplants do not have unwanted neighbors in the garden, but they feel great next to:

• basil;
• beans;
• salad;
• peas;
• potatoes;
• spinach.

Lettuce.

Optimal lettuce bed companions:

• asparagus;
• beet;
• cabbage;
• brussels sprouts;
• carrot;
• cucumbers;
• peas;
• eggplant;
• potatoes;
• radish;
• spinach;
• strawberry;
• sunflowers;
• tomatoes.

Broccoli is the worst companion for lettuce.

What to plant onions next to?

Best neighborhood for onions will be:

• beet;
• tomatoes;
• broccoli;
• spinach;
• cabbage;
• potatoes;
• carrot;
• salad;
• pepper.

Worst:

• beans;
• peas;
• sage.

Peas and their neighbors in the garden.

What vegetables should you place the pea beds next to? Peas feel great next to:

• beans;
• carrots;
• corn;
• cucumbers;
• eggplant;
• salad;
• melons;
• parsnips;
• potatoes;
• radish;
• spinach;
• turnip.

Do not plant peas near ridges with onions and garlic.

Useful weeds in the garden.

Sometimes plants can only be beneficial to each other at a certain stage of growth. This is also true for some weeds. How can weeds in the garden be useful? Some weeds pull nutrients from deeper soil layers and bring them to the surface. When the weeds die and decompose, nutrients are made available at the soil surface for small-rooted vegetables. That is why some vegetables grow very well in the vicinity of nettles.