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Companion planting in the vegetable garden

  • Crop   Compatible companions   Incompatible
    Asparagus   tomato, parsley, basil    
    Beans   most vegetables and herbs   onion, garlic, gladiolus
    Beans, bush   Irish potato, cucumber, corn, strawberry, celery, summer savory   onion family
    Beans, pole   corn, summer savory, radish   onion, beets, kohlrabi, sunflower
    Beets   cabbage and onion families, lettuce   pole beans
    Cabbage family   aromatic herbs, celery, beets, onion family, chamomile, spinach, chard   dill, strawberry, pole beans, tomato
    Carrots   English peas, lettuce, rosemary, onion family, sage, tomato   dill
    Celery   onion and cabbage families, tomato, bush beans, nasturtium    
    Corn   Irish potato, beans, English peas, pumpkin, cucumber, squash   tomato
    Cucumber   beans, corn, English peas, sunflowers, radish   Irish potato, aromatic herbs
    Eggplant   beans, marigold    
    Lettuce   carrot, radish, strawberry, cucumber    
    Onion family   beets, carrot, lettuce, cabbage family, summer savory   beans, English peas
    Parsley   tomato, asparagus    
    Peas, English   carrots, radish, turnips, cucumber, corn, beans   onion family, gladiolus, Irish potato
    Potato, Irish   beans, corn, cabbage family, marigolds, horseradish   pumpkin, squash, tomato, cucumber, sunflower
    Pumpkins   corn, marigold   Irish potato
    Radish   English peas, nasturtium, lettuce, cucumber   hyssop
    Spinach   strawberry, fava beans    
    Squash   nasturtium, corn, marigold   Irish potato 
    Tomato   basil, onion family, nasturtium, marigold, asparagus, carrot, parsley, cucumber   corn, Irish potato, fennel, cabbage family
    Turnip   English peas   Irish potato


    Source: Edible Landscaping Handbook, Companion Planting Chart for Home & Market Gardening, pg 15, prepared for the UCCE Master Gardener Program by the California Center for Urban Horticulture, UC/Davis. Original Source: ATTRA (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas) Companion Planting: Basic Concepts & Resources.