 Many companion plant relationships continue after harvest: Dill and cucumbers, basil and tomatoes, and lettuce and radishes often go straight from the garden into the skillet, salad bowl or dinner plate. Photo by LouLou Photos
Carrot photo by Rebecca Picard; Squash photo by Yurok; Pea photo by Scott Rothstein; Pepper photo by David Wann; Tomato photo by Leah-Anne Thompson
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Home&Garden
gardening tips
tips: plant friends and enemies
Here’s a list of good and bad companion vegetables for the garden.
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Carrots
Good companions: bush beans, pole beans, lettuce, onions, peas, radishes, tomatoes, sage.
Bad companion: dill. |
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Summer Squash
Good companions: beans, corn, mint, onions,nasturtiums, radishes.
Bad companion: potatos. |
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Peas
Good companions: eggplant, lettuce, radishes, spinach, tomatoes.
Bad companion: onions, garlic. |
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Peppers
Good companions: basil, carrots, lovage, marjoram, onion, oregano
Bad companion: fennel, kohlrabi. |
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Tomatoes
Good companions: broccoli, basil, mint, onions.
Bad companion: corn |
—David Wann
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