What Not To Plant Together #Organic_Gardening

Basil

• Plant near: most garden crops
• Keep away from: rue
• Comments: improves the flavor and growth of garden crops, especially tomatoes and lettuce. Repels mosquitoes.

Beans, Bush

• Plant near: beets, cabbage, carrots, catnip, cauliflower, corn, cucumbers, marigolds, potatoes, savory, strawberries
• Keep away from: fennel, garlic, leeks, onions, shallots
• Comments: potatoes and marigolds repel Mexican bean beetles. Catnip repels flea beetles.

Beans, Pole

• Plant near: corn, marigolds, potatoes, radishes
• Keep away from: beets, garlic, kohlrabi, leeks, onions, shallots
• Comments: potatoes and marigolds repel Mexican bean beetles. Catnip repels flea beetles.

Beets

• Plant near: broccoli, brussels sprouts, bush beans, cabbage, cauliflower, chard, kohlrabi, onions
• Keep away from: charlock, field mustard, pole beans

Borage

• Plant near: squash, strawberries, tomatoes
• Keep away from:
• Comments: repels tomato worms. Improves flavor and growth of companions.

Broccoli and Brussels Sprouts

• Plant near: beets, buckwheat, calendula, carrots, chamomile, dill, hyssop, marigolds, mints, nasturtiums, onions, rosemary, sage, thyme, wormwood.
• Keep away from: strawberries
• Comments: marigolds repel cabbage moths. Nasturtiums repel aphids.

Cabbage and Cauliflower

• Plant near: broccoli, brussels sprouts, celery, chard, spinach, tomatoes.
• Keep away from: strawberries
• Comments: tomatoes and celery repel cabbage worms.

Cantaloupe

• Plant near: corn
• Keep away from:
• Comments:

Carrots

• Plant near: cabbage, chives, early potatoes, leeks, lettuce, onions, peas, radishes, rosemary, sage, salsify, wormwood.
• Keep away from:
• Comments: onions, leeks, and wormwood repel carrot flies

Chives

• Plant near: apples, berries, carrots, grapes, peas, roses, tomatoes.
• Keep away from:
• Comments: Improves flavor and growth of companions. Deters aphids and Japanese beetles.

Corn

• Plant near: beans, cucumbers, early potatoes, melons, peas, pumpkins, soybeans, squash.
• Keep away from:
• Comments: soybeans deter chinch bugs.

Cucumbers

• Plant near: beans, cabbage, corn, early potatoes, radishes, sunflowers.
• Keep away from: late potatoes
• Comments: Radishes deter cucumber beetles. Cucumbers encourage blight in late potatoes.

Dill

• Plant near: broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, lettuce, onions
• Keep away from: carrots
• Comments: Improves flavor and growth of cabbage family plants.

Epplant

• Plant near: green beans, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes
• Keep away from:
• Comments: green beans deter Colorado potato beetles.

Garlic

• Plant near: cabbage, cane fruits, fruit trees, roses, tomatoes
• Keep away from: peas, beans
• Comments: deters Japanese beetles and aphids. A garlic oil spray deters onion flies, aphids, and ermine moths. A garlic tea helps repel late potato blight.