Saturday, May 14, 2011

What plant goes with what?

Since there is little space in one's garden, one must think of the possibility of increasing the amount of veggies grown by having a mixture of plants sharing the same bed. That is exactly how you can start planning for your garden space if you haven't done so by now. Also, keep in mind that the amendments for the soil depend on the plant you are growing. For example, carrots do not like high levels of nitrogen as other plants do like broccoli and cabbage. 

Here is a list of the veggies that can go together:

Asparagus with tomatoes, parsley and basil 

Beans with potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, cauliflower, cabbage, summer savory
         not with onions, garlic and gladioulus

Bush beans with strawberries, cucumbers, corn, celery and summer savory 
         not with onions

Beets with onions and kohlrabi and not with pole beans 

Cabbage family with aromatic plants, potatoes, celery, dill, chamomille, sage, peppermint, rosemary, beets and onions 
          not with strawberries, tomatoes or pole beans 

Carrots with peas, leaf lettuce, chives, onions, leeks, rosemary, sage, tomatoes
          not with dill 

Celery with leeks, tomatoes, bush beans, cauliflower and cabbage

Cucumbers with beans, corn, peas, radishes, sunflowers
                not with potatoes or aromatic herbs

Eggplant with beans

Leeks with onions, celery and carrots

Lettuce with carrots, radishes, strawberries, cucumbers

Onions with beets, strawberries, tomatoes, lettuce, summer savory, chamomille  
           not with peas and beans 

Parsley with tomotoes and asparagus 

Peas with carrots, turnips, radishes, cucumbers, corn, beans, most veggies and herbs  not with onions, garlic, potatoes 

Potatoes with beans, corn, cabbage, marigolds, eggplant
          not with pumpkins, squash, cucumbers, sunflowers, tomatoes and     
          raspberries

Radishes with peas, nasturniums, lettuce and cucumbers

Soybeans go with everything

Spinach with strawberries

Strawberries with bush beans, spinach,borage, lettuce as border
                  not with cabbage

Tomatoes with carrots, chives, onions, parsley, asparagus, marigolds, nasturniums  not with kohlrabi, potatoes, fennel and cabbage 

Turnips with peas




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