Companion Planting - What's everyone's favourite combination and why???

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I tried the three sisters last year, I only put the beans on the corn at the edges of the block so I could get to them easily.Coz I dont dry my beans. The squash was ok with its growth, but it tasted awful.........it was a seedling I found in the compost. Though it did work for weed control ;)

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[flowerlady]

I grew the 3 sisters as Dj wrote ... I used the climbiing borlotti to dry ... an area that grew with little attention needed and no work required from me  ;D

Grow morning glory amonst your runner beans to encourage pollinators!

Companion Planting is a great way of naturally protecting your crops from pests and encouraging them to grow by planting other plants/crops that assist growth.  ;D ;D ;D

Plant aromatic flowering plants to attract pollinating bees etc close to those crops that need pollinating.

Hope these help you all  ;) Flo x

Beans like growing with rosemary, peas, cucumbers, carrots, chives, radishes lettuce, but not onion or fennel.

Beets will thrive with, lettuce, onions, cabbage but flounder with mustard.

Cabbage Good companions are celery, dill, onions and potatoes. Caraway also offers aromatic protection for cabbages in sunny weather. Bad companions are strawberries, beans and tomatoes.

Carrots grow well with chives, rosemary, sage, radishes, lettuce, parsley and tomatoes. Onions are good at repelling carrot fly due to the smell. dill and carrots are bad planted together.

Cucumbers like beans, carrots, onions, radishes in with them but bad
companions are herbs other than basil and dill.

Lettuce loves beans, carrots, cucumbers, onions, radishes and strawberries as neighbours.

Nasturtiums benefit cucumber and lettuce.  (and potates!) They entive awy the black fly too !!

Onions Good companions are lettuce, beetroots, strawberries and tomatoes. Bad companions are peas and beans.

Peas are happy with lettuce, beans, carrots, radish, cucumbers, corn, turnips and beans with them, but not onions or garlic.

Radishes Good companions are beets, carrots, spinach, parsnips, cucumbers and beans. Radish does not like cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, or turnips. 

Sweet corn pumpkins, peas, beans, cucumbers and potatoes are good
companions.

Squash / pumpkins Good companions: radishes, cucumbers and corn.

Tomatoes grow well with basil, carrots, onions, parsley, but corn, cabbage, cauliflower and fennel are bad companions. If you grow asparagus a substance called asparagin in asparagus repels tomato pests.

Useful Herbs

Basil improves the flavour of many garden vegetables, specifically tomatoes
and lettuce, and repels flies and mosquitoes

Borage near strawberries and tomatoes attracts bees, which help to improve crop yield by pollinating plants

Comfrey Tap roots bring minerals to the surface of the soil.

Dill and fennel attract hoverflies, which then eat aphids.
Dill grows well next to lettuce and cucumbers

Garlic and chives keep away aphids and black spot and planted round fruit trees/ bushes discourage insects from climbing the trunk. Garlic also improves the growth and health of raspberry bushes and can enhance the production of oils in herbs Chives enhance the flavour and growth of tomatoes, carrots, apples, berries and grapes.

Marjoram and oregano are helpful to all vegetables

Rosemary benefits beans and carrots.

Sage amongst the brassica family, particularly cabbages repels cabbage white butterfly. Sage also benefits carrots, peas, beans but does not like cucumbers. Sage provides cover for frogs and toads that eat snails and slugs.

Summer savoury deters black fly - gow this with your broad beans!

Tagetes (African & French marigolds) Excellent on your plot! Deters aphids and whitefly through scent and by attracting hoverflies. Mexican marigolds (Tagetes Minuta), stops ground elder All marigold roots secrete chemicals, which help stop bindweed. The roots also stop eelworm from recognising their host plants, which include potatoes.

Valerian amongst your veg stimulates earthworms, which helps to boost plant growth.

Wormwood, hyssop and rue on your plot borders act as insect deterrents.

[Deb P]

Has anyone tried sweetcorn and strawberries before? Good/bad companions?
I love borage with everything, poached egg plants too for pollination partners. Made a bit of an error last year, underplanted beans with 'dwarf' sunflowers, turned out 6' high.......not suprisingly the beans took ages to get going..... :-\

[Robert_Brenchley]

I get borage coming up everywhere, but it's a big plant that overshadows everything if you're not careful.

[Multiveg]

Tansy is meant to repel ants, can be a thug tho.....seeds everywhere. French Marigolds, Calendula, Nasturtium and I'm also trying Nicandra this year from Amazin for repelling whitefly :D

I think Tansy repels moles too, I will have check that out. So Mr mole gets his cards this year >:(

We've watched the spread of tansy down the street from our plant in the front garden. It even made it round the corner, but the council have sprayed....