Good Companions
MAIN CROP |
GOOD COMPANION |
KEEP AWAY FROM |
GOOD HERBS |
| Apple | |
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Nasturtium for woolly aphid; Chives for scab |
| Asparagus | Tomato | Basil, parsley | |
| Beans | Brassicas, carrot | Fennel, onion | Goosegrass deters leafhoppers |
| Beets | Bush beans, onion, lettuce, brassicas | Pole beans, mustard | |
| Brassicas | Pea, potato, garlic, cucumber, bush beans, tomato | Pole beans, strawberry | Nasturtium, dill, sage. Candytuft and shepherd's purse deter flea beetles; hsyssop decoys butterflies |
| Broad bean | Brassicas, carrot, celery, potato, sweetcorn to climb | Onion, garlic | Summer savory |
| Capsicum | Aubergine | Brassicas | Basil decoys aphids |
| Carrot | Leek, lettuce, pea, onion, garlic, tomato, salsify | Dill | Chives deter rootfly. flax, sage |
| Celery | Brassicas, beans, leek, tomato | |
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| Cucumber | Legumes, radish (sunflower and sweetcom give support) | Potato, aromatic herbs (esp. sage) | Nasturtium, dill, sowthistle |
| Lettuce | Carrot, radish. cucumber, strawberry | |
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| Onion | Lettuce. tomato, amaranth, leek | Legumes | Summer savory could deter onion root fly |
| Orchard | Stinging nettles improve keeping of fruit; Limnanthes and nasturtium attract hoverflies |
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| Peas | Beans, carrot, cucumber, radish, potato, sweetcorn | Onion and garlic inhibit peas | |
| Potato | Legumes, brassicas. sweetcorn, amaranth | Cucumber, tomato, cherry, orache, sunflower | Horseradish; nightshade can attract and poison Colorado beetles |
| Radish | Cucumber, pea. lettuce | Hyssop | Chervil deters flea beetle |
| Strawberry | Beans, lettuce, spinach | Borage | |
| Sweetcorn | Pole beans, potato, cucumber, amaranth | Tomato | |
| Tomato | Asparagus (deters eelworms), carrot, onion, garlic, radish | Potato, fennel, kohl-rabi, sweetcorn | Basil decoys aphids; French marigold deters whitefly; sagebrush builds resistance; borage |
