Companion planting.
What Is Included in This Post:
Companion Planting with the Foodscape Garden Method
Attract Pollinators with Companion Planting Flowers
Benefits of Companion Planting
Companion Planting Charts
The most successful way of growing a thriving garden is by companion planting. Like us, plants have friends and foes. We like to sit by other people more than others at school or workplaces just as plants like to be planted next to their friends too. After all, they will be sitting next to each other all season long!!
Remember in school how fun it was to have your desk assigned next to all your friends for the whole year? It is basically the same concept. So gather your plant’s friend list and assign them to grow alongside each other all season long and watch how your garden happily thrives.
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Plants that like each other, attract beneficial insects and pollinators to each other as well as repel pesky enemies to keep each other safe, happy, and healthy. Remember your tight-knit friend group in school when you all looked out for each other? Keeping your enemies out and your friends in is exactly the same thing that plants like to do too.
When you keep their foes away from them, you will be preventing your garden from acquiring diseases and pests and find that you do not need extra help with chemicals just to be successful. If you skip companion planting in your garden, you are more likely to resort to using chemicals on your plants.
However, you can avoid the use of chemicals if you learn companion planting and plant your plants on the grounds of friends they love. Your garden will naturally thrive and you will have less work on your end to keep them healthy and you will be a successful gardener with a happy successful garden.
Companion Planting with the Foodscape Garden Method
When you are using the companion planting method in your garden, you are basically creating a foodscape garden. Plants that grow together for the benefit of one another look amazing together and offer a full harvest of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers.
Planting a foodscape garden by bringing beneficial plants together helps improve their ecosystem. Root vegetables planted around the beds of their companion plants can help improve the soil by achieving aeration and help break up soil compaction with their deep root systems and tubers while flowers help bring pollinators to the vegetables and fruit above ground.
You can find more information about how to grow a foodscape garden in my other post.
How To Grow a Foodscape Garden From Scratch
Attract Pollinators with Companion Planting Flowers
Companion planting with flowers and vegetables mixed together attracts pollinators to help your garden thrive and produce an abundant harvest for you.
Companion flowers not only add beauty to your vegetable garden, but beneficial flowers help combat insects in the garden to protect your plants.
Best Companion Planting Flowers for Vegetables
Flowers are amazingly beautiful and act as natural pest control in your garden to help you grow organically. There is nothing better than adding beauty to your garden with blooming beneficial flowers to bring health and abundance to your vegetable and fruit garden.
Here is a list of companion planting flowers to add to your garden to help it thrive by attracting helpful pollinators and beneficial insects that eat and deter the pesky insects away from your garden.
- Beebalm.
- Borage.
- Catnip.
- Cornflower.
- Cosmos.
- Lavender.
- Marigold.
- Nasturtium.
- Sunflower.
- Sweet alyssum.
- Thyme.
- Zinnia.
Benefits of Companion Planting
There are several benefits of companion planting in the garden. With this comprehensive list of companion plants, you can begin to plant beneficial plants together and be off to a great start on a successful gardening season.
- Improve the garden ecosystems.
- Attract pollinators to the garden and improve the abundance of harvest.
- Prevent pests and diseases in the garden.
- Help plants thrive.
- Improve soil compaction and health and weed control.
The next few pages reveal a helpful chart to show you who’s friends with whom and who hates whom.
Plants are actually pretty friendly and you will notice that their friend list is actually longer than their foe’s list. You will learn that garlic is friends with everybody and hates nobody!!
Companion Planting Charts
| CROP | FRIEND | FOE |
| Beans | Carrots, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Cucumber, Marigolds, Corn | Chives, Leeks Garlic |
| Beets | Bush Beans, Broccoli, Corn, Garlic, Onion, Leeks, Lettuce, Cauliflower | Pole Beans |
| Broccoli | Celery, Dill, Rosemary | Oregano, Strawberries, Tomatoes |
| Cabbage | Beets, Potatoes, Onion, Celery | Strawberries, Tomatoes, Eggplant |
| Carrot | Beans, Lettuce, Peas, Tomatoes, Onion, Chives | Dill, Parsnips |
| Cauliflower | Beans, Celery, Oregano | Peas, Tomatoes, Potatoes |
| Celery | Cabbage, Spinach, Tomatoes, Onion | Parsnips, Potatoes |
| Corn | Beans, Cucumbers, Peas, Pumpkin, Squash, Potatoes, Sunflowers | Tomatoes |
| Cucumber | Peas, Lettuce, Celery | Cauliflower, Potatoes, Basil |
| Eggplant | Spinach, Peppers, Potatoes, Beans | Fennel |
| Garlic | Cucumber, Lettuce | Nobody!! |
| Leek | Carrot, Celery | Legumes |
| Lettuce | Carrots, Radishes, Strawberries, Beets | Beans, Parsley |
| Onion | Broccoli, Cabbage, Lettuce, Tomatoes | Beans, Peas |
| Peas | Beans, Carrots, Corn, Cucumber | Onion, Garlic |
| Pepper | Tomatoes, Parsely, Basil, Carrots | Tomatoes, Parsley, Basil, Carrots |
| Potato | Corn, Cabbage, Peas, Eggplant | Pumpkin, Sunflowers, Cucumber |
| Pumpkin | Corn, Squash | Potatoes |
| Radish | Carrots, Peas, Spinach, Beans, Beets | Cabbage, Cauliflower, Brussel Sprouts |
| Spinach | Eggplant, Leeks, Lettuce, Peas, Radish, Strawberries | Parsnips, Potatoes |
| Swiss Chard | Beans, Celery, Cauliflower | Parsnips |
| Strawberry | Beans, Garlic, Lettuce, Peas, Spinach, Thyme | Fennel |
| Tomato | Basil, Carrot, Celery, Chives, Lettuce, Marigolds, Onion, Peppers, Parsley | Corn, Dill, Fennel, Potatoes |
Summary
I have mentioned quite a few fruits and vegetables that you can grow as companions together and which ones to avoid planting next to one another.
I hope I have inspired you to start companion planting in your own garden and help it thrive.
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Here are some more of my gardening inspiration posts to check out!
All About Pear Trees: Ultimate Guide
All About Quince Trees: Ultimate Guide
All About Cherry Trees: Ultimate Guide
Why I Built A Survival Garden in My Backyard
How to Grow A Foodscape Garden From Scratch
16 Best Medicinal Herbs to Grow in Your Garden Now
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