Companion planting in the vegetable garden.

Companion planting is used to encourage beneficial pests and insects to your vegetable garden by:

• Masking or hiding a crop from certain pests.
• Producing an odor that confuses or deters pests or insects.
• Drawing insects or pests away from a certain plant.
• Creating a habitat for beneficial insects or pests.
• Providing food for beneficial insects or pests.

Here is a list of vegetables and what are a good or poor companion planting for each.

Vegetable	Good Companion	Poor companion
Asparagus	Parsley, tomato	Onion
Bean	Beet, borage, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, corn, marigold, squash, tomato, strawberry	Chive, fennel, garlic, leek
Beet	Cabbage, kohlrabi	Runner bean
Broccoli	Bean, celery, dill, onion, oregano, potato, sage, rosemary, nasturtium	Lettuce, strawberry, tomato
Brussel sprouts	Bean, celery, dill, nasturtium, potato, sage, rosemary	Strawberry
Cabbage	Bean, beet, celery, dill, nasturtium, onion, oregano, potato, sage, rosemary	Grape, strawberry, tomato
Carrot	Bean, leek, onion, pea, radish, rosemary, sage, tomato	Dill
Cauliflower	Bean, beet, celery, dill, nasturtium, onion, oregano, potato, sage, radish	Strawberry, tomato
Celery	Bean, cabbage, leek, onion, tomato
Corn	Bean, melon, pea, squash
Cucumber	Bean, broccoli, celery, Chinese cabbage, lettuce, pea , radish, tomato	Sage, rue
Eggplant	Pea, tarragon, thyme
Kohlrabi	Beet, onion	Bean, pepper, tomato
Leek	Carrot, celery	Broad bean, broccoli
Lettuce	Beet, cabbage, clover, pea, radish, strawberry
Melon	Corn, sunflower
Onion	Beet, cabbage, carrot, lettuce, potato, strawberry, tomato	Bean, pea
Pea	Carrot, corn, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, radish, spinach, tomato, turnip
Pepper	Basil, carrot, lovage, marjoram, onion, oregano	Fennel, kohlrabi
Potato	Bean, cabbage, corn, lettuce, onion, petunia, marigold, radish	Apple, pumpkin, tomato
Pumpkin	Bean, corn, nasturtium, radish	Potato
Radish	Bean, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, lettuce, pea, squash, tomato	Grape, hyssop
Spinach	Cabbage, celery, eggplant, onion, pea, strawberry
Squash	Bean, corn, mint, nasturtium, radish
Summer Squash	Bean, corn, min, nasturtium, radish	Potato
Tomato	Asparagus, basil, cabbage, carrot, onion, parsley, pea, sage	Fennel, potato
Turnip	Pea
Zucchini	Bean, corn, mint, nasturtium, radish	Potato

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