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Try some companion planting for better growing results. The following combinations are often useful. apple + chives, foxglove (adds resistance to disease to any nearby plant), nasturtiums (repels woolly aphid) asparagus + tomatoes, parsley basil + tomatoes broad beans + potatoes dwarf beans + potatoes dwarf beans + potatoes + beetroot (not shaded by beans) beans + carrots, beetroot, cauliflower, cucumbers, cabbages dwarf beans + strawberries beans + leeks + celeriac (not too many beans) beetroot + dwarf beans, onions, kohlrabi, lettuce, cabbage borage + strawberries, tomatoes, squash broccoli + dill, celery, rosemary, sage, potatoes, beetroot, onions carrots + peas, chives, radishes, lettuce, tomatoes cauliflower + celery celery + leeks, tomatoes, cauliflower or cabbage chervil + radishes (become hotter) chives + carrots, parsley, apple cucumbers (shade) + sunflowers, peas, beans, radishes, marigolds foxgloves + everything! garlic + roses, fruit trees (deters borers) grapes + hyssop horse-radish + potatoes (remove horse-radish totally each year or it will take over) hyssop + grapes hyssop + cabbages (attracts cabbage white butterflies more than the vegetables) kohlrabi + beetroot, onions leeks + celery (alternate rows) leeks + onions (alternate rows) leeks + carrots lettuce + carrots, cucumbers, strawberries, cabbages, beetroot, radishes lovage + everything marigolds + (protects roots) tomatoes, potatoes, beetroot, lettuces, cabbages, carrots marjoram + everything (insects dislike it) mint + cabbages, tomatoes nasturtiums + broccoli, apple, potatoes, all cabbage family, radishes (hotter) onions + beetroot, carrots (alternate rows), all cabbage members, 1 chamomile plant oregano + all cabbage family, broccoli (avoided by cabbage white butterfly) parsley (pro-bee, pro-ladybird, anti-aphid) + roses, tomatoes, carrots, asparagus peas + carrots, turnips, sweet corn, beans, cucumbers, radishes, 1 row potatoes 2 rows peas peas - onions, shallots, garlic, gladioli potatoes + cabbage, sweet corn, beans, peas, horseradish each corner of patch potatoes + marigolds, nasturtiums pumpkins + sweet corn pyrethrum + strawberries radishes + peas, nasturtiums (flavour), chervil (hotter), lettuce (tender), kohlrabi rosemary + sage roses + garlic, onions, parsley sage + rosemary, cabbage family (deters cabbage white butterfly) savory + beans, onions silver beet + beetroot, onions shallots + other onion family spinach + strawberries strawberries (of rose family) + lettuce, spinach, borage, onions, pyrethrum, marigolds sunflowers (attract birds, bees) + sweet corn sweet corn + sunflowers OR potatoes tansy + roses, grapevines, strawberries, fruit trees thyme + cabbages, almost everything tomatoes + asparagus, onions, nasturtiums, chives, marigolds, parsley, basil, carrots turnips + peas wallflowers + apple yarrow + everything zucchini + nasturtiums
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