If you want to ensure the performance of your garden vegetables, companion planting can be a big help. Here are some good combinations for your garden:
? Beans and peas add nutrients to the soil. Interplant them with tomatoes, corn, potatoes, rosemary, celery or marigolds. Marigolds and potatoes repel Mexican bean beetles. Rosemary repels insects. Celery, corn and tomatoes improve growth.
? Interplant cabbage and cabbage-family plants with herbs such as rosemary, sage, and thyme which repel insects. To help confuse insect pests, interplant them with clover and lettuce.
? Interplant carrots with peas, radishes, or sage to improve their flavor. Peas also add nutrients to the soil. Onions, leaks and rosemary help repel root maggot flies. Onions also repel carrot rust flies.
? Interplant melons with corn and peas to improve growth and flavor. Radishes and nasturtiums repel cucumber beetles.
? Interplant lettuce with beets, carrots, cucumbers, cabbage-family crops, radishes, and strawberries. All will enhance lettuce growth.
Separate plants that do not grow well together:
? Beetroot with pole beans
? Onions with peas and beans
? Cabbage with strawberries, potatoes and pole beans
? Pumpkin with potatoes
? Tomatoes with cabbage and potatoes
? Sunflowers with potatoes