Companion Planting Archives (2024)

FAQs

What should you not plant next to squash? ›

You may want to experiment with different companion crops until you find the perfect combination to fit your personal tastes and growing conditions. Avoid planting zucchini and summer squash with all other vining plants which include cucumbers and sweet potatoes as well as pumpkins, winter squashes, and melons.

Brassicas: Brassicas such as broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage are not good companion plants for peppers as they require similar nutrients from the soil, which can lead to competition and reduced yield. They also attract pests such as flea beetles and cabbage worms that can damage pepper plants.

Tomatoes. Although it's usually recommended to not plant tomatoes and peppers right after each other in the same bed every year, they can be grown together in the same garden bed (and then rotated to another bed next season).

Basil and rue dislike each other. Perhaps this is because Basil is sweet and rue is very bitter. Fennel is one of the few plants that has mostly bad companions. Most plants dislike Fennel, and it should be planted well away from the vegetable garden.

Onions – Plant chamomile and summer savory near onions to improve their flavour. Onions also work well alongside beets, Brassicas, carrots, dill, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, strawberries and tomatoes. Don't plant onions near asparagus, or peas of any kind. Onions help to repel the carrot rust fly.

What do you put down before planting tomatoes? ›

Compost and composted manure are great additions to the soil for tomatoes and lots of other plants. Compost adds basic nutrients and improves soil structure. Composted manure provides nutrients all season long. Composted manure: This provides a slow release of nutrients over the growing season.

Do not plant beans near garlic, onions, chives, leeks, scallions, shallots, peppers, wormwood, fennel, or gladioli. Alliums such as garlic, onions, chives, leeks, scallions, and shallots will stunt the growth of the beans. Most plants dislike fennel, and it has an inhibiting effect on them.

Squash. Both summer and winter squash can be grown near peppers, where their large leaves can help keep the sun off the bare soil and keep weeds down.

The first guiding principle of cucumber companion planting is to never plant a crop that belongs to the same family. Squash, pumpkin, watermelon, melon, gourds, or zucchini as a cucumber companion is a no-no. It can invite specialist or single-diet insects to feast on. Plant in between rows and with the proper spacing.

It's not a good idea to plant another squash plant next to your zucchini, unless you are able to give them both a lot of space. Zucchini make very large plants, like pumpkins, and they will compete with one another for space and nutrients.

Can you plant squash next to tomatoes? Yes, they make great companion plants. Squash have large, broad leaves which help to keep the moisture in the ground.