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Companions: Planting by groups.
Group 1: side garden - very shallow, poor dirt. Used for growing onions and leeks.
-Carrots Plant near: cabbage, chives, early potatoes, leeks, lettuce, onions, peas, radishes, rosemary, sage, salsify, wormwood. Comments: onions, leeks, and wormwood repel carrot flies

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

Onions Plant near: beets, cabbage family, carrots, chamomile, lettuce, parsnips Keep away from: beans, peas Comments: deters most pests, especially maggots.

-Lettuce + Chives or Garlic Aphids steer clear of smelly plants like chives or garlic, so try it near your lettuce. Or add alyssum nearby to bring in the beneficial insects

-Chamomile + Cabbage Chamomile brings in the beneficial insects for brassicas such as cabbage. In the fall, chop it up and toss on the bed to decompose, while leaving the roots intact to decay and enrich the soil, suggests Stross.-countryliving

-Calendula + Broccoli These flowers exude a sticky substance on their stems that attract aphids and traps them there, says Stross. She finds that planting it next to her brassica crops, specifically broccoli, keeps the aphids off the broccoli. Plus, it brings in beneficial ladybugs to dine on the aphids.

-Kale Plant near: aromatic herbs, buckwheat, cabbage family, marigolds

Kohlrabi Plant near: cabbage/cauliflower companions (except tomatoes) Keep away from: fennel, pole beans, tomatoes Comments: kohlrabi stunts tomatoes

Thyme - already established. Plant near: all garden crops Comments: deters cabbage moths.

Peppers- may instead plant in pots. Plant near: basil, carrots, eggplant, onions, parsley, tomatoes Keep away from: fennel, kohlrabi

Group 2: to grow in side garden or most likely pots on porch as spring greens:

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

Lettuce Plant near: beets, carrotsparsnips, radishes, strawberries Keep away from: cabbage family Comments: lettuce tenderizes summer radishes

Radishes Plant near: chervil, cucumbers, lettuce, melons, peas, nasturtiums, root crops Keep away from: hyssop/anise Comments: radishes deter cucumber beetles. Chervil makes radishes hot. Lettuce helps make radishes tender. Nasturtiums improve radishes' flavor.

Strawberries Plant near: borage, bush beans, lettuce, pyrethrum, spinach Keep away from: cabbage family

Group 3: Large Pots
Tomatoes Plant near: asparagus, basil, cabbage family, carrots, gooseberries, mustard, parsley, onions, rosemary, sage, stinging nettles Keep away from: fennel, kohlrabi, potatoes, walnuts

Squash – Companions: corn, lettuce, melons, peas, and radish. Avoid planting near Brassicas or potatoes. Borage is said to improve the growth and flavour of squash. Marigolds and nasturtium repel numerous squash pest insects.
cucumber/luffa, radish -radishes deter cucumber beetles

Group 4: dispersed throughout garden.
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.

Marigolds Plant near: all garden crops Keep away from: Comments: stimulates vegetable growth and deters bean beetles, aphids, potato bugs, squash bugs, nematodes, and maggots.

Marjoram Plant near: all garden crops Comments: stimulates vegetable growth.

Nasturtiums Plant near: apples, beans, cabbage family, greenhouse crops, potatoes, pumpkins, radishes, squash. Keep away from: pole beans, strawberries. Comments: repels aphids, potato bugs, squash bugs, striped pumpkin beetles, and Mexican bean beetles and destroys white flies in greenhouses.

Parsley Plant near: corn, roses, tomatoes

Rosemary Plant near: beans, cabbage, carrots. Comments: repels bean beetles, cabbage moths, and carrot flies.

Sage Plant near: cabbage family, carrots, tomatoes Keep away from: cucumbers. Comments: deters cabbage moths and carrot flies. Invigorates tomato plants.

Mustard Plant near: alfalfa cover crops, fruit trees, grapes, legumes. Comments: stimulates growth of companion plants.

Tarragon Plant near: all garden crops Comments: improves vegetables' flavor and growth.

Best Companion Plants for Peas: Beans Carrots Celery Corn Cucumbers Eggplant Peppers Radishes Spinach Tomatoes Turnips
Plants to Avoid Planting Near Peas: Onions, Garlic, Leeks, Shallots
Planting beans or peas near the base of blackberry bushes helps impart nitrogen into the soil of the blackberry patch. Tansy, blueberries, and rue are also excellent plant companions for blackberries
Raspberry bushes should not be planted in an area where potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant or strawberries have grown in the last five years.

Carrots, cucumbers, radishes, squash, and members of the Allium family all do well when grown in close proximity to peppers. Eggplant, a member of the nightshade family along with peppers, thrives alongside peppers. Spinach, lettuce and chard are suitable pepper companions. Not as likely to plant:
Sunflowers Plant near: cucumbers. Keep away from: potatoes. Comments: can provide a trellis and shelter for shade-loving cucumbers.
Potatoes Plant near: basil, beans, cabbage family, corn, eggplant, flax, hemp, marigolds, peas, squash. Keep away from: apples, birch, cherries, cucumbers, pumpkins, raspberries, sunflowers, tomatoes, walnuts. Comments: hemp deters phytophthora infestans. Basil deters potato beetles. Marigolds (dug into crop soil) deter nematodes.
Beans, Pole Plant near: corn, marigolds, potatoes, radishes Keep away from: beets, garlic, kohlrabi, leeks, onions, shallots Comments: same as for bush beans.
-Beans convert atmospheric nitrogen to a form the plants can use. Pinto beans do well as companion plants with cucumbers, celery, and strawberries. Although they taste great when combined, avoid companion plantings alongside onion, garlic and fennel.
-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.
Borage Plant near: squash, strawberries, tomatoes Keep away from: Comments: repels tomato worms. Improves flavor and growth of companions.

Swiss Chard Plant near: bush beans, kohlrabi, onions Keep away from: pole beans

-Broccoli and Brussels Sprouts Plant near: beets, buckwheat, calendula, carrots, chamomile, dill, hyssop/anise, 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

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Group 1: side garden - very shallow, poor dirt. Used for growing onions and leeks.
-Carrots Plant near: Peppers, cabbage, chives, leeks, lettuce, onions, peas, radishes, rosemary, sage, salsify. Comments: onions, leeks repel carrot flies

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

-Onions Plant near: beets, cabbage family, carrots, chamomile, lettuce, parsnips. Keep away from: beans, peas. Comments: deters most pests, especially maggots.

-Lettuce + Chives or Garlic Aphids steer clear of smelly plants like chives or garlic, so try it near your lettuce. Or add alyssum nearby to bring in the beneficial insects

-Calendula + Broccoli These flowers exude a sticky substance on their stems that attract aphids and traps them there. Some find that planting it next to brassica crops, specifically broccoli, keeps the aphids off the broccoli. Plus, it brings in beneficial ladybugs to dine on the aphids.

-Kale Plant near: aromatic herbs, cabbage family, marigolds.

-Kohlrabi Plant near: cabbage/cauliflower companions (except tomatoes) Keep away from: fennel, pole beans, tomatoes. Comments: kohlrabi stunts tomatoes.

-Thyme - already established. Plant near: all garden crops. Comments: deters cabbage moths.

-Peppers- may instead plant in pots. Plant near: basil, carrots, eggplant, onions, parsley, tomatoes. Keep away from: fennel, kohlrabi.

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Group 2: to grow in side garden or most likely pots on porch as spring greens:
-Beets Plant near: broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kohlrabi, onions Keep away from: charlock, field mustard

-Lettuce Plant near: beets, carrotsparsnips, radishes, strawberries Keep away from: cabbage family Comments: lettuce tenderizes summer radishes

-Radishes Plant near: chervil, cucumbers, lettuce, melons, peas, nasturtiums, root crops. Keep away from: hyssop/anise. Comments: radishes deter cucumber beetles. Chervil makes radishes hot. Lettuce helps make radishes tender. Nasturtiums improve radishes' flavor.

-Strawberries Plant near: lettuce, pyrethrum, spinach. Keep away from: cabbage family.

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Group 3: Large Pots
-Tomatoes Plant near: basil, cabbage family, carrots, gooseberries, mustard, parsley, onions, rosemary, sage, stinging nettles. Keep away from: kohlrabi.

-Squash – Companions: corn, lettuce, melons, peas, and radish. Avoid planting near Brassicas or potatoes. Marigolds and nasturtium repel numerous squash pest insects.
cucumber/luffa, radish -radishes deter cucumber beetles

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Group 4: dispersed throughout garden.
-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.

-Marigolds Plant near: all garden crops. Comments: stimulates vegetable growth and deters bean beetles, aphids, potato bugs, squash bugs, nematodes, and maggots.

-Marjoram Plant near: all garden crops. Comments: stimulates vegetable growth.

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-Nasturtiums Plant near: cabbage family, greenhouse crops, pumpkins, radishes, squash. Keep away from: pole beans, strawberries. Comments: repels aphids, potato bugs, squash bugs, striped pumpkin beetles, and Mexican bean beetles and destroys white flies in greenhouses.

-Parsley Plant near: corn, roses, tomatoes

-Rosemary Plant near: beans, cabbage, carrots. Comments: repels bean beetles, cabbage moths, and carrot flies.

-Sage Plant near: cabbage family, carrots, tomatoes Keep away from: cucumbers. Comments: deters cabbage moths and carrot flies. Invigorates tomato plants.

-Mustard Plant near: fruit trees, grapes, legumes. Comments: stimulates growth of companion plants.

-Tarragon Plant near: all garden crops Comments: improves vegetables' flavor and growth.

Planting beans or peas near the base of blackberry bushes helps impart nitrogen into the soil of the blackberry patch. Tansy, blueberries, and rue are also excellent plant companions for blackberries
Raspberry bushes should not be planted in an area where potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant or strawberries have grown in the last five years.

Carrots, cucumbers, radishes, squash, and members of the Allium family all do well when grown in close proximity to peppers. Eggplant, a member of the nightshade family along with peppers, thrives alongside peppers. Spinach, lettuce and chard are suitable pepper companions.
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