What to plant with each other in the garden. Mixed plantings: what can be planted on the same bed
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Antonina Shelestnaya 04/10/2014 | 51836
Some plants that are planted side by side can oppress each other or, conversely, stimulate the growth and development of their neighbors. What plants can be planted nearby?
Basil
grows well with most garden crops.
Do not plant along with the root.
Peculiarities: improves the taste and growth of horticultural crops, especially tomatoes and lettuce; repels mosquitoes.
Beans
grows well with beets, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, catnip, corn, calendula, potatoes, strawberries.
Do not plant next to dill, garlic, leek.
Peculiarities: potatoes and calendula planted next to beans repel Mexican bean bugs; catnip repels midges.
Borago
grows well next to strawberries and tomatoes.
Peculiarities: repels tomato worms and improves taste and growth of neighbors.
Beet
grows well near broccoli, Brussels sprouts, beans, white and cauliflower, kohlrabi, onions, chard.
Do not plant next to field mustard, curly beans.
Broccoli and Brussels sprouts
grow well near beets, buckwheat, calendula, carrots, chamomile, dill, hyssop, marigolds, marigolds, nasturtium, onions, rosemary, sage, thyme, wormwood.
Do not plant next to strawberries.
Peculiarities: marigolds planted next to broccoli and Brussels sprouts repel cabbage moths well, and nasturtiums repel aphids.
Cauliflower and white cabbage
grow well near broccoli, brussels sprouts, celery, chard, spinach, tomatoes.
Do not plant next to strawberries.
Peculiarities: tomatoes and celery planted nearby scare away cabbage caterpillars.
Carrot
grows well near cabbage, onion, early potato, leeks, lettuce, onions, peas, radishes, rosemary, sage, goatskin, wormwood.
Peculiarities: onions, leeks and wormwood planted nearby repel carrot flies.
chives
grows well near apple trees, berries, carrots, grapes, peas, roses, tomatoes.
Peculiarities: improves the taste and growth of neighboring plants. Protects nearby crops from aphids.
Corn
grows well near beans, cucumbers, early potatoes, melons, peas, pumpkins, soybeans.
Peculiarities: soybeans planted nearby protect the corn from bed bugs.
cucumbers
grow well near beans, cabbage, corn, early potatoes, radishes, sunflowers.
Do not plant next to late potatoes.
Peculiarities: radish planted nearby deters pests of cucumbers.
Dill
grows well near broccoli, Brussels sprouts, white and cauliflower, cucumbers, lettuce, onions.
Do not plant next to carrots.
Peculiarities: improves palatability and improves the growth of cabbage plants.
Eggplant
grows well near green beans, sweet peppers, potatoes, tomatoes.
Peculiarities: green beans planted nearby scare away colorado potato beetle damaging eggplant.
Garlic
grows well next to the cabbage fruit trees, roses, tomatoes.
Do not plant next to peas, beans.
Peculiarities: repels aphids and Japanese beetle, as well as onion fly.
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Between plants located nearby, there is a certain interaction. Some of them are true friends who are ready to help each other in every possible way, the second are neutral, and the third tend to be at enmity with others. In order to use this influence to get a decent harvest and avoid annoying mistakes when planning a garden, it is necessary to understand which crops can be planted side by side, and which vegetables in the beds are extremely undesirable.
What is mixed landings
If the garden area is small, but you want to get a variety of fruits, but more, circumstances suggest a way out: compacted crops or mixed plantings. This is the method organic farming when several different crops are cultivated in the garden at the same time: vegetables, herbs, berries, flowers, planted, taking into account the compatibility of plants mixed or certain scheme.
Mixed landings: benefits and beauty
The question is natural: is the topic of combined plantings relevant for owners of spacious plots? Each gardener, intending to populate his site with “green friends” in the spring, wants to get the most out of each garden. At the same time, any experienced vegetable grower knows that in order to obtain a significant harvest, fertile land, quality seeds, healthy seedlings, application effective fertilizers, competent care for landings in the neighborhood.
However, few people take into account another significant circumstance: allelopathy. Don't let it scare you scientific name phenomena of the biochemical impact of some cultures on others or their mutual influence. Allelopathy is able to provide mutually beneficial conditions for the coexistence of vegetables adjacent to the garden during joint plantings, but it can also serve as an overwhelming development certain types factor.
Good Neighborhood
The essence of the effect is that all parts of plants are isolated in environment(air, soil) biologically active substances - phytoncides, antibiotics and others. These compounds, depending on the species, can either be absorbed and act beneficially on crops located in the neighborhood, or oppress fellows in the garden. The successful selection of green "cohabitants" allows you to harvest more from the garden, grow healthy, beautiful fruits with improved taste.
In addition to the positive manifestation of allelopathy, there are still many profits that encourage the organization of joint plantings on the site, even if there is enough space for separate cultivation.
isolated neighborhood
Benefits of mixed landings
It is worth noting that the combination of vegetables in the garden is not the latest trend in garden agricultural technology. Since ancient times, the American Indians have known a successful trio: peas, corn, pumpkin. The classic community of plants has successfully migrated to our days and is successfully used by many vegetable growers: peas enrich the soil with nitrogen, corn serves as its support, pumpkin, covering the ground, fights weeds.
Classic trio
The organization of joint plantings is a more promising and exciting activity than the cultivation of monocultures on separate sites. However, the approach to planning "communal" beds must be responsible. It is not enough to know what vegetables and other crops can be planted nearby, you need to be prepared for observations, analysis of the results of the neighborhood. But people who have decided to experiment and have already harvested more than one crop from combined plantings note the many advantages of this approach:
- The available land area is used more rationally, the crop is removed from it more than when planting with a monoculture.
- Vegetables in the garden have a good appearance are healthy or less sick.
- The need for crops for watering is reduced.
- There is no need for frequent thorough weeding of beds.
- Reduced time for preparatory garden work.
- It becomes possible to reduce or eliminate the use of mineral fertilizers, due to nitrogen fixation by legumes.
- One-sided depletion of the soil, its "fatigue" is prevented, the need for crop rotation gradually disappears.
- Avoiding pesticides is becoming a reality as many plants attract beneficial insects and birds that destroy pests. There are also flowers and herbs that repel harmful insects, rodents.
- The harvest is carried out throughout the season, if other crops are sown on the area vacated after the early ones.
- It is possible to create a kind of microclimate in the garden, using tall, stable plants as wings to protect gentle neighbors from winds and direct sun.
Cabbage, marigolds, calendula - a wonderful neighborhood
Rules for the formation of combined landings
The experience and observations accumulated by gardeners show that, in addition to the listed advantages, mixed cultivation even affects the taste of vegetables. In particular, such herbs as basil, celery, monarda, parsley, improve the taste of tomatoes. Bush beans can make radishes more savory. A cucumber planted next to a sunflower will please you with especially sweet, crisp greens.
These tomatoes are especially delicious.
Choose the right combination vegetables among themselves in the garden and realizing all the advantages of growing plants in a mixed type is possible only if certain rules are observed. When planning the organization of a "communal" garden bed, it is necessary:
- Consider the climate in the region.
- Explore specific features own site and focus on them: in the sun, a garden or in shading, is it protected from the winds, what are the agrotechnical characteristics of the soil, is there a possibility of watering.
- Orient the beds in such a way that tall specimens do not shade light-loving neighbors and, on the contrary, shade those for whom the hot sun is harmful.
- Combine plants with different growing season. Early vegetables, greens (onions, radishes, Chinese cabbage, lettuce) in mixed plantings should be planted with crops with a long ripening period (cucumbers, zucchini, eggplant, beets, tomatoes).
- Decide whether there will be enough food area for all the "residents" of the garden. It depends on the development of their root system. Plants with deep, powerful roots should be placed next to crops with a shallow root system.
Scheme of a small garden bed with combined plantings
As a rule, three crops are grown in a mixed bed: the previous early crop, the main one, and the partner plant. With sufficient knowledge and experience in gardening, you will draw up schemes for combined plantings on your own. If you do not rely on your experience, use ready-made schemes landings, special tables from the examples below.
Compatibility table
Compatibility of crops on the same bed
Now we should dwell on the compatibility of some common crops with other plants in the common garden and figure out which neighborhood is beneficial for them, which is acceptable, and which is harmful.
Bow and the best neighbors for him
It is difficult to imagine the diet of a Russian without onions, every summer resident hopes to prepare it for the whole winter. It is interesting to find out how he behaves in a mixed garden, whether he makes the neighbors “cry”.
It is reliably known that onions are not only useful for humans - they are an excellent companion for many other crops, diligently protecting them from diseases and pests. Thanks to this, plants placed nearby develop well and give an increased yield. But the gardener, aimed at getting a solid harvest, is also interested in what kind of neighborhood is favorable for the onion itself.
We can immediately say that this vegetable will be comfortable in the company of salads, radishes, tomatoes, parsley, beets, cucumbers, strawberries. And from grapes, legumes, sage, you should keep it away.
Comfortable neighborhood
Many vegetable growers who master the technique of joint cultivation of vegetables are concerned with the question of whether it is possible to plant onions and garlic on the same bed, because they are so similar: they have the same sowing dates, requirements for soil, lighting, and agricultural technology. However, these cultures common family- their similarity is also manifested in the presence common pests, diseases, from which they cannot protect each other.
Onion and garlic root system located superficially, which means that they can compete in terms of nutrition and moisture. There are more minuses in such a neighborhood than pluses, and it is not worth planting them mixed in a small area. In extreme cases, you can divide the "living space" between them in half. But the best option would be to plant onions and carrots on the same bed - this combination has become a classic in the practice of co-growing vegetables.
Carrots and onions are friendly
Carrots and the ideal growing environment
Carrots and onions are the perfect duo. They do not just coexist peacefully - their position is active in relation to each other's pests. Carrots will safely scare off the onion fly, and the carrot fly will not even approach the zone where the onion defender stands side by side with the tasty root crop. The simplest example such a bed: the central row of onions along its length and two rows of carrots on the sides.
classic neighborhood
However, it is worth noting that these crops have different requirements for watering. When the bulbs are full and begin to ripen, the onion does not need water, it is even harmful to it, and at this time only give carrots a drink. If the climate in the region is such that vegetables cannot be grown without watering, one has to either leave onions only as a protector, or say goodbye to part of the carrot crop, trying to protect ripening onions from rot.
The way out of the described situation can be the cultivation, together with carrots, of perennial onions or onions for greens. Or you should find out what else can be planted on the same bed with carrots, and implement the idea. Having studied the above plate, you can make sure that carrots are good next to radishes, peas, lettuce, tomatoes, spinach, garlic. Its proximity to parsley, celery, dill is undesirable.
Carrots are comfortable next to radishes
By the way, many are surprised that the openwork sprigs of self-sowing dill should be removed from the garden with carrots. But everything is natural: these plants from the same family compete for water and food. In addition, both of them (like all umbrella ones) are attractive to the carrot fly. Therefore, leaving pretty dill bushes among carrot crops is undesirable. Moreover, it is unacceptable to deliberately plant carrots and dill in the same garden - this is an unfortunate neighborhood.
The result of an unsuccessful neighborhood
Garlic and other plants in the same garden
Garlic is a wonderful plant that endows the space around it with healthy phytoncides. It is a natural fungicide that is excellent in the fight against fungal infections. This quality is to the liking of most of garlic's neighbors: in its environment, potatoes can cope with late blight, carrots and psyllids will not be damaged by carrots, and strawberries will not be attacked by harmful insects.
Garlic is a natural healer
So you can plant a lot of vegetables, herbs, flowers next to garlic in the garden. He likes carrots, cucumbers, radishes, lettuce, beets, tomatoes, and celery especially favors him. And for the garlic itself, they are the best neighbors. Many flowers feel great in the presence of a fragrant vegetable. Of those with whom garlic is especially friendly in the garden, one can name roses and bulbous flowers: tulips, gladioli, daffodils.
Good garlic partners
Despite his beneficial features, the neighborhood of garlic is contraindicated in peas, lentils, beans, peanuts. They can not be placed not only on the same bed, but also in the vicinity of a site planted with garlic, which has such an adverse effect on legumes that they cease to develop normally and almost do not bear fruit. It is unacceptable to plant cabbage and perennial onions next to it. But for raspberries, strawberries, garlic will be the best companion.
For tulips, the neighborhood with garlic is beneficial
Strawberries and Suitable Neighbors
When setting up a strawberry plantation, summer residents often think about what can be planted next to strawberries in the same garden to protect the berry from pests and diseases. Inquisitive farmers have found a solution: a healer from nature, garlic, does an excellent job with this task. He is afraid of such pests:
- ants;
- strawberry weevil;
- nematodes;
- wireworm;
- spider mite.
Garden strawberry (in everyday life - strawberry)
glorious protector sweet berry planted in rows between rows strawberry garden and between holes with berry bushes. Strawberries (garden strawberries) reciprocate garlic: the heads of garlic grow even larger and stronger than when planting it on a separate “living space”. Everyone who practices growing strawberries and garlic in the same garden is sure that their neighborhood is very beneficial.
bittersweet couple
To good companions for fragrant berry beans, onions, eggplants, radishes, spinach, parsley can also be counted. The latter drives away slugs from ripening berries. But there are no cultures with which strawberries would have poor compatibility: apparently, they are very friendly to their neighbors and are loved by all of them.
The best neighbor of strawberries is beans
It is known that different varieties individual crops (for example, potatoes) can be at enmity, not only being planted side by side, but even when storing the crop. Therefore, disputes are not uncommon between garden owners on the topic: is it possible to plant different varieties of strawberries on the same bed or this will lead to civil strife or cross-pollination. There is no reason to be afraid of one or the other: the bushes of garden strawberries simply do not know how to quarrel.
Cross-pollination occurs, but it will affect the type and quality of berries only if strawberries are propagated by seeds. With vegetative propagation, the variety will not be disturbed - the main thing is not to confuse from which mother plant the socket is separated. For these reasons, it is worth planting varieties of garden strawberries, if on the same bed, then in separate groups.
Parsley keeps slugs away
Cucumbers in joint plantings
Pimply crunchy greens - what could be better at the beginning of summer? And if you are already set on the joint cultivation of vegetables, you should know which cucumber neighbor in the garden will be their faithful assistant, and which one will oppress. Cucumbers are picky, a good neighborhood is not a problem for them - in this regard, they are compatible with most vegetable crops. It is easier to list those plants with which cucumbers do not develop relationships.
Corn curtains protect from the wind
The list is short:
- potato,
- radish (here the opinions of experts differ),
- tomatoes (debatable)
- spices.
Dill is a wonderful partner of cucumbers
Much more than the neighborhood, the development of this vegetable is influenced by the microclimate and soil. Therefore, when deciding what to plant in a garden with cucumbers, more attention should be paid to the ability of companions to protect growing vines from the aggressive effects of the environment. For example, backstage of corn will be an excellent protection for cucumber lashes from the winds, and beans will supply them with nitrogen. Among herbs, there is one exception: dill goes well with cucumbers.
Another example of a pleasant neighborhood
Beets on the common garden
When deciding what to plant beets with, you should be guided by scientific data and be guided by common sense. The German scientist Hubmann, who studied plant compatibility for many years, concluded that plants such as beets, potatoes, tomatoes, bush beans, spinach can coexist perfectly, stimulating each other. Good neighbors for beets, in his opinion, are also onions, kohlrabi, lettuce, garlic, strawberries.
Commonwealth of root crops
As for the incompatibility of beets with other vegetables, there is no consensus. Some vegetable growers, in contrast to Hubmann, argue that this root crop does not grow well next to potatoes. However, many gardeners successfully grow it along the edge of potato ridges. Neither scientists nor practitioners have decided on the usefulness or harmfulness of the neighborhood of beets with corn, chard, chives.
There is a version that the substances secreted by beet roots have antibiotic properties and have a healing effect on neighboring plants. Therefore, growing, for example, beets and carrots on the same bed will have a positive effect on both crops.
Joint cultivation of beets, onions, carrots
True, care will need to be taken to maintain a sufficient interval between rows, bearing in mind that powerful beet foliage can greatly obscure companions. good option mixed vegetable growing will be a bed, in the center of which a row of onions is planted, along the edges a row of beets and a row of carrots.
Pumpkin in the neighborhood with other cultures
Pumpkin does not experience special preferences and hostility towards vegetables growing nearby. However, the proximity to the previously mentioned corn, peas, as well as other legumes, radishes, and nasturtium can be called quite successful for her. Sometimes gardeners, trying to maximize the area of the compost heap, plant zucchini on it together with pumpkin.
Friendship is friendship, but the beds are better apart
But pumpkins and zucchini cannot be good neighbors in the same garden. As a result of cross-pollination, fruits of a shape and color unusual for both vegetables grow. Hybrids on zucchini grow round, and oblong on pumpkins. Their taste is also affected. This a prime example unsuccessful application of the mixed growing system, and it is not worth venturing into such an experiment.
Such a company is better for a pumpkin
Tomatoes surrounded by neighbors
Some consider tomatoes to be as individualistic as pumpkins. But, if we turn to the experience of Swiss, German and domestic gardeners, it is easy to see that the cultivation of tomatoes in the vicinity of other crops is quite realistic. They go well with radishes, lettuce, carrots, celery, parsley, beets, garlic. There is no doubt that these vegetables and herbs can be planted on the same bed with tomatoes.
Their mutual influence can be different. For example, the commonwealth of garlic and tomatoes is favorable for the latter: garlic protects them from spider mite and reduces the risk of late blight. And the best companion of tomatoes is basil, which not only promotes the growth of the vegetable, but also improves its taste. By the way, other aromatic herbs have the same property: borage, lemon balm, marigolds, mint.
The effect of nettle growing nearby is interesting: it increases the shelf life of tomatoes and improves the quality of tomato juice. As a rule, those who grow tomatoes and carrots on the same bed, the line of which is placed along a row of tomatoes, are satisfied with the results. But tomatoes have almost no enemies - only fennel can be attributed to obvious antagonists, which is such in relation to almost all vegetables.
Neighborhood eggplant pepper in joy
Bell peppers in the center of a mixed vegetable garden
It is impossible not to mention the possible neighbors of bell pepper in the garden. He has a good relationship with basil, eggplant, dill, spinach, thyme. Marigolds, coriander, onions, with which he gets along well, can act as defenders of pepper from aphids. And a plant like okra can be planted next to fragile pepper bushes to shelter them from the wind.
The company of tomatoes, peas, cabbage, beets, beans, carrots is contraindicated for pepper. It is highly undesirable and the neighborhood of a sibling - hot pepper. It will not interfere with the development and fruiting of the "Bulgarian", but the result of pollination will be the loss of the crop, since Bell pepper you can't call it that anymore. You can decide what to plant next to pepper on the same bed, focusing on the lists of successful and unsuccessful neighbors.
Cabbage as the best neighbor for vegetables and herbs
There are many types of cabbage, they grow and bear fruit in different ways. But they have common problems with pests and diseases, so the problem with which cabbage can be planted in one garden is solved for all varieties in almost the same way. An excellent partner for cabbage is celery, gaining additional flavor and being stimulated to grow by the influence of cabbage. In turn, he drives away white butterflies and cruciferous fleas from the beds.
Neighborhood is useful for cabbage:
- different types Luke,
- lettuce,
- potato,
- aromatic herbs (sage, dill, chamomile),
- beans,
- garlic.
Pleasant Cabbage Neighbors
Cabbage and tomatoes do not get along on the same bed. Strawberries are also not in favor with the "garden lady". But cabbage cabbage is still different. Having placed cauliflower next to the white-headed sister, you can miss the calculation for the yield of colored heads: their tying in the vicinity of the white-headed beauty is significantly reduced.
Potatoes and useful crops for it
Growing "second bread" mixed culture beneficial: he gets sick less, does not need crop rotation so much. Beans and spinach are good as potato neighbors in the garden. A remarkable result can be obtained if you plant bush beans in the aisles of potatoes - it repels the malicious pest, the Colorado potato beetle, enriches the soil with nitrogen. The malevolent beetle is also repelled by tansy, marigolds, coriander, and nasturtium.
Potatoes and beans in the garden
Potatoes also feel good in the company of radishes, corn, varieties of cabbage, salads. Favorable for him is the company of horseradish planted in the corners of a potato field, but the proximity of sunflower and quinoa is depressing. The combination of potatoes with celery is undesirable. Regarding the compatibility of potatoes and beets, peas and tomatoes, opinions are contradictory.
You have gained some insight into the benefits of co-planting garden crops. If you are fascinated by this idea, do not stop: study the characteristics of those plants that you plan to cultivate, consult experienced gardeners, consult specialists, and success will certainly come. Your favorite garden, sparkling with new colors, will delight you with its appearance and worthy harvests.
Not everyone can grow on the site good harvest cabbage, because a large number of pests are susceptible to it. Many, once disappointed, no longer risk planting this crop. However, if you know what is best to plant next to the cabbage, you can, without any extra effort, not only naturally protect it from pests, but also improve the composition of the soil.
The mechanism of work of phytoncides plants
If cabbage has to be defended from flying insects twice during the summer - during egg laying periods (usually late May and early August), then it is necessary to protect the plant from bedbugs, root secretive proboscis, fleas, beetles during the entire growing season. The most effective is the simultaneous planting of spicy herbs and flowering volatile plants that exude biologically active substances.
Creating natural protection against pests will require some effort only at the initial stage, but later you can get a number of nice bonuses:
- improving the taste of cabbage;
- decoration of the site throughout the season;
- the opportunity to stock up for the winter with their own spices and medicinal natural raw materials.
Useful planting next to cabbage beds will protect it regardless of weather conditions.
Flowers - protection from insects and improvement of the soil
The worst enemies of cabbage are the white butterfly and the mining moth. Their larvae are capable of causing irreparable damage for a short time. An effective natural repeller from whitefish and similar pests are marigolds (tagetes) - ubiquitous bright flowers with a specific smell. If you plant them along the contour of the garden, as well as directly next to the cabbage, then for butterflies and moths, the attractiveness of this place will be lost. Marigolds exude phytoncides both from inflorescences and from roots, repelling aphids, whiteflies, bears, moths, protecting against some fungi, as well as nematodes.
A number of other colors have the same properties.
- A calendula that can be planted once, and in subsequent years the plant is already able to reproduce by self-sowing.
- Tansy. The bush can grow in one place for several years. It should not be planted directly on a bed with cabbage, since tansy has a depressing effect on its growth.
- Chamomile.
Nasturtium is also a phytoncide. But these flowers actively attract aphids, which ants often transfer to neighboring plants. Many advise planting nasturtium around cabbage as an "interceptor" for whites and moths, but there is no guarantee that pests will be limited to it.
Of all the flowers suitable for protecting cabbages and other crops, marigolds are still the most popular.
For protection to be effective, care should be taken in advance. By the time the cabbage is planted, the flowers should already bloom and exude a smell. Tagetes sprouts literally 3-4 days after sowing, grows under favorable conditions quickly, unpretentious. In a month and a half, you can grow decent bushes with buds that need to be planted in the aisles and along the contour of the ridge.
Useful neighborhood: spicy herbs and vegetables
Some vegetables and herbs will not only help to cope with cabbage pests, but also form a mutually beneficial alliance with it.
It will save not only from the scoop, but also from the mining moth, perennial spicy tarragon grass. If big bush grows next to the garden bed, then the butterflies become disoriented and instinctively fly around it. It is enough to plant tarragon once for several years, but it is prone to overgrowth, so it is better to immediately protect the space around it with dug-in border tape.
Sage and savory also effectively repel whitefly, whitefly, and earthen flea butterflies. And mint also dares ants who love to spread aphids from the beds.
It is useful to plant bushes of tomatoes around the beds with cabbage. These odorous plants create a kind of protective halo around themselves, through which cruciferous pests do not pass. This property of tomatoes was discovered a long time ago and is actively used by many summer residents: after pinching, tomato branches are laid out in the aisles of cabbage, radish, radish. However, soon after withering, they lose their abilities, so it is easier to plant several bushes side by side. Moreover, even if the weather does not allow the crop to ripen, then the tomatoes will perform their protective function properly.
Not all varieties of cabbage grow well next to tomatoes, so they can be planted along the contour, interspersed with marigolds along exemplary scheme"1 through 5".
Cabbage gets along well next to all types of leafy lettuces, which not only do not compete with it for nutrients, but also stimulate root formation and protect against earthen flea.
Slugs also like to feast on cabbage, especially young leaves. However, these creatures are very gentle and prefer to stay away from traumatic surfaces. This allows plants to be protected by creating a mechanical barrier. If you plant borage grass (borage) with hard, fleecy leaves along the contour of the bed, then slugs and snails will not encroach on cabbage. They do not like the smell of garlic, sage, chicory, onion and rosemary. If you plant these plants along the borders of the cabbage beds, you can protect the seedlings from damage.
Bad "neighbors"
Sometimes, without knowing it, gardeners attract pests by placing unwanted plants next to the cabbage. One of these is celery. This grass repels earth flies, but at the same time actively lures the cabbage butterfly.
Plants such as:
- carrot;
- caraway;
- parsnip;
- turnip;
- radish.
The above cultures attract white butterflies, as well as mining moths, whose caterpillars then actively eat cabbage.
Each plant synthesizes its own substances, with which it saturates not only the air, but also the soil around it, therefore, when planting various crops together, the nuances of such a neighborhood should be taken into account. Cabbage grows poorly next to levkoy, parsley, bush beans, garden strawberries.
It is also important to take into account the different moisture requirements. For example, spinach should not be planted nearby, as it requires significantly more water than cabbage. As a result, a root fungus will develop, inhibition of the formation of heads will begin.
Each plant has its own set nutrients. Cabbage needs a lot of nitrogen, and tomatoes, onions, and celery also love it. But radishes, nasturtiums and greens of this element do not need much, so you can plant them along the contour of the beds.
White cabbage and cauliflower do not get along side by side, the yield of both types decreases. Everyone needs their own bed, preferably at least a meter away. Dislikes cauliflower and broccoli. Brussels is more tolerant, but tomatoes should not grow near it.
Fennel is an extremely aggressive plant, so it should not be planted with cabbage or other vegetables.
Joint plantings (mixed beds), subject to proper selection of crops, help gardeners rationally use the usable area, while improving yields.
Cabbage usually grows well, without requiring special conditions and careful care. Her main enemy is pests. Not all summer residents have the opportunity to regularly process plantings, collect caterpillars and beetles, so you can use the help of nature - plant near the garden and in the aisles of permanent responsible "watchmen" - volatile plants. Although they do not give an absolute guarantee of getting rid of insect enemies, their contribution is very significant.
Spring comes, the sun warms the earth, a hot time for the gardener comes. These days, it is very important to plan the useful area of \u200b\u200byour site and distribute it under the beds occupied by various crops. Today we will try to optimize your planting together by talking about the compatibility of vegetables in the beds. Some plants, as it turns out, are friends, help each other and protect against various pests, while the latter, on the contrary, cause mutual inhibition of growth and even death. But we are primarily interested in getting excellent harvest. So, the compatibility of vegetables in the beds is a very important and relevant issue.
Is spring site planning necessary?
Indeed, why redraw your garden every year, if you can once and for all build and plant cucumbers on one, tomatoes on the other, and so on? This is convenient, but somewhat irrational. Each plant requires its own set of microelements, and it turns out that the bed, which has been used for planting the same crop for many years, is oversaturated with unclaimed elements. Or, on the contrary, devastated by the most important to her. Therefore crop rotation is necessary. However, on small plot sometimes it is difficult to provide a full-fledged replacement, mixed plantings are forced to be used, and therefore for proper organization they need to know the compatibility of vegetables in the beds.
What can be the beds
We are used to the fact that our land is divided into neat rectangles, each of which grows one crop. However, there are a lot of options, and in order for your garden to be as productive as possible, you need to know the compatibility of vegetables in the beds. It can be narrow beds according to Mittlider, which require the introduction of a large amount of mineral and organic fertilizers, as well as high and multi-tiered beds. The latter are quite complex in arrangement, but they are the best suited for growing several crops. In this case, you should also be concerned about the compatibility of vegetables and flowers in the same garden, because the close proximity of plants allows them to influence each other.
compacted beds
Sowing several crops on the same bed allows you to save a lot of space and at the same time get a good result. At the same time, we must remember: it is a little easier to observe the compatibility of vegetables and flowers in one garden than to plant several at the same time. fruit crops. Here it is already necessary to take into account the difference in the growing season. However, back to the bright flower-fruit beds. Why use such a technique, is it just for beauty? It turns out not. For example, marigolds planted near tomatoes perfectly protect bushes from various pests. Other flowers serve as tasty traps for insects. Plant nasturtium in the garden - all aphids will focus on it, not paying attention to garden vegetables.
and fragrant herbs
And the greenery in the beds has long been proven, they do not compete, do not interfere with each other, but at the same time you save a lot of space and get a nice variety for your table. Herbs planted next to the fruit bed will give the vegetables a delicious taste and will protect them from insects. Rosemary repels beetles that attack beans, thyme is very disliked cabbage pests, aphids are afraid of onions and garlic. Oregano, like marigolds, is a reliable protection for everything fruit plot from uninvited guests.
Every gardener, even if he does not have professional knowledge, should have an idea of \u200b\u200bwhat the compatibility of vegetables and herbs in the beds is. For this, not so much is needed. So, fast-growing lettuce, radishes and other spring vegetables and herbs can be planted between pumpkins and melons. By the time the powerful stalks of the pumpkin have grown, the radish crop will have already been harvested. If you plan to plant shade-loving greens such as spinach, then choose tall plants that will reliable protection. For example, it could be corn. Sunflowers grow well next to corn, plants do not compete with each other.
We discussed a little general issues, will now jump directly to garden plant species. We will consider the compatibility of different vegetables in the beds. How to plant this or that species, the neighborhood with which will bring him more benefit than harm, and much more.
Favorite peas: what to plant next to
This is a plant that gardeners do not like for its creep. However, it is worth considering the compatibility of different vegetables in the beds - and the disadvantage turns into a virtue. The fact is that it gets along well with corn, and its powerful trunks will be an excellent support. Thus, you will collect two crops from one bed and save yourself the trouble of tying up tender peas. But you can go even further and unify the garden bed by planting it around the perimeter with beans or carrots, lettuce, radishes, parsnips or turnips.
What else is compatible with peas? It can be planted among cucumbers, such a neighborhood will benefit both cultures. Eggplants and melons love peas, in addition, if potatoes grow in your garden, then be sure to scatter peas over the planting, its roots will enrich the earth essential trace elements. But onions and garlic should be planted away from peas, such a neighborhood is useless at all.
Beauty Carrot
We continue to consider the compatibility of vegetables in the beds. Leading agrotechnical companies give advice to gardeners, recommending planting carrots along the edge of a bed with tomatoes and peas. It goes very well with various herbs. It's sage and rosemary. Therefore, you can make prefabricated beds with fragrant leafy greens and plant them with carrots. Or vice versa. But dill and parsley need to be moved away from carrots, such a neighborhood leads to a deterioration in the growth and development of the root crop.
Green onion
This is the first spring source of vitamins, which is loved and grown on every garden plot. However, today we are talking about the compatibility of vegetables in the beds. The list of plants with which the onion is "friends" is quite large. These are almost all the most important horticultural crops: beets and bell peppers, tomatoes and carrots, lettuce and broccoli. Onions are very well compatible with spinach, potatoes and cabbage. However, for planting to please you, avoid its proximity to beans, sage and peas.
bell pepper
A capricious culture that does not grow as well in our climate zone as in more southern areas. However, this can be slightly corrected by choosing the right neighbors. First of all, you need to remember that it cannot be planted on the same bed with beans. But the neighborhood with tomatoes, on the contrary, is very well tolerated. Do not forget to plant greens and fragrant herbs in order to make the most of the compatibility of vegetables in the beds. About ten different herbs can grow in the garden at the same time. Basil and coriander, onions and spinach go well with peppers.
Lettuce, a precious source of vitamins
Another plant that eloquently shows the compatibility of vegetables can count a dozen fruit crops, which from such a neighborhood will only grow even more magnificently. These are asparagus and beets, sunflowers and tomatoes. Experienced gardeners recommend planting lettuce along with white and Brussels sprouts, carrots and corn, cucumbers. Given that lettuce grows in a low, curly carpet, it helps conserve moisture by preventing the liquid from evaporating so quickly. Cucumbers love this neighborhood very much.
There are many ways to get off different plants on one bed. If this is an ordinary bed on a flat surface, and not a multi-tiered structure, then, in addition to interspecific competition, you need to consider the size of the plants. The central part of the garden can be occupied by sunflowers or tall tomatoes, cucumbers, then you can place onions and peas, eggplants. Or put peas on corn, and plant lettuce around. All these plants complement each other well.
Potato
Often it is this crop that occupies a significant part of the garden, which means that you need to carefully consider the compatibility of vegetables in the garden. Photo garden plots professional gardeners are often shown classic combination potatoes and beans. Indeed, beans and peas are perfectly weaving along a potato planting, primarily benefiting by enriching the earth. Although the harvest of legumes will also not be superfluous. Potatoes go well with white cabbage and broccoli, corn and eggplant, garlic, lettuce and onions.
The friendliest neighbor - eggplant
Indeed, its compatibility with other vegetables in the garden is fantastic. He has no enemies, he complements almost any culture well. However, if we talk about the health and quality of growth of the eggplant itself, then experts advise planting it next to potatoes and legumes, in particular beans and peas. Leafy vegetables are excellent neighbors for eggplant. Experienced gardeners recommend planting next to the little blue basil and lettuce, spinach.
This begs the question: "In what order should vegetables be planted so that the garden bed is as efficient as possible?" We offer a scheme that is used by German farmers. They arrange a bed for planting root crops very wide, about 1 meter. In this case, the potato is located in the center ( early varieties can be planted in two rows, and later - in one). On the one hand, eggplant is planted in a line, and on the other, head lettuce, kohlrabi and cauliflower. All these vegetables can be alternated in one row. Two rows of spinach are sown along the edge of the bed, and the distance between them and the rest of the crops is sown lettuce and radish.
Will take place as crops mature. The green umbel of lettuce appears first, it shade other slowly growing crops and save them from the scorching sun. Lettuce ripens first, then spinach, then radishes. About a month later, it's time for the head lettuce and cauliflower. Thus, the bed is gradually emptying, leaving room for the growth and development of eggplant and potatoes. Now it’s clear how to use the compatibility of different vegetables in the beds. How to plant correctly - will tell you personal experience, and for the first time, use the finished scheme.
Peanuts - exotic in our beds
Indeed, this crop is very rarely grown in the garden, but in vain. After all, agricultural technology is no more difficult than growing cucumbers, and you get a valuable and nutritious product. The compatibility of peanuts in the garden with vegetables is due to its high needs in nutrients. He gets along well with cucumbers, which also love high, warm and fertilized beds. In addition, any legumes can be planted with it.
Corn
A useful culture that is often undeservedly forgotten. However, it can serve as a natural support for trailing cucumbers, in addition, aphids do not like corn, which means that your cucumbers will be under natural protection. Curly legumes are also perfectly compatible with corn, they can be planted around the entire perimeter of the garden. These are beans and peas. She gets along well with melons and potatoes, zucchini and sunflowers. But the tomatoes are better planted away.
Tomatoes
A bed of tomatoes is not so conducive to the neighborhood, since voluminous bushes tend to capture all the free space. But you can use different planting methods, for example, arrange a high mound in the center of the bed, on which to plant asparagus and basil, dill, lettuce, onions, parsley, spinach and thyme. Tomatoes love the neighborhood of legumes, so beans can be planted between rows. Great option for planting in the nearest garden will be carrots and melons. But cabbage and corn should occupy another part of the garden.
Cabbage
As you already know, there are a lot of varieties of this plant, while at least white cabbage and cauliflower grow in every garden. It would seem that they can be easily planted on one bed, since you will remove the color one much earlier than its neighbor ripens. But in fact, they do not tolerate each other well, therefore, when planning a common garden bed, it is better to give preference to beans and celery, cucumbers. Fragrant herbs coexist well with cabbage, they help repel insects. These are sage and spinach, thyme, dill, onion. If the planting of white cabbage is not made too thick, then enough greens can be grown in the aisles, as well as radishes.
Cauliflower
It does not grow well next to its closest relative, but it perfectly complements beds with beans and beets, celery and cucumbers, sage and thyme. Dislikes tomatoes and strawberries. Broccoli goes well with all of the listed plants, but it does not tolerate cauliflower at all, so you will have to form several beds for cabbage different types. Brussels sprouts are one of the most tolerant and blend best in garden beds with other species. The only enemy is tomatoes, so tomatoes and cruciferous plants cannot be planted side by side under any circumstances. But dill and lettuce - please, you can add radishes and sage, spinach and turnips to the garden.
cucumbers
When planting this crop, make sure that there are no potatoes, melons and aromatic herbs nearby, it is better to plant all the greens along with cabbage. Cucumber loves high warm bed, on which peas and beans, corn and lettuce, and radishes will grow well with it. As in the case of the previous example of a universal bed, we allocate the central strip for corn. It will become a support for cucumber, beans and peas, which can be sown not only mixed, but also together, in one hole. Along the edge of the garden bed can be planted with lettuce and radish, which will be harvested quickly enough.
How to combine incompatible
This question is especially relevant if you have a greenhouse. All vegetables love comfortable conditions, however, a large greenhouse should not be empty, and it is occupied by a variety of fruit plants. To separate poorly compatible plant species, film canopies are used, which divide the greenhouse into certain sections. This helps to create a kind of microclimate.
Summing up all that has been said, I would like to note that planning mixed beds greatly helps to save space and significantly improves the quality of the crop. Soil resources are used more evenly, and the plants themselves serve as natural protection for each other from diseases and pests. It should be borne in mind that the planting pattern can be changed to suit the needs of your garden, we have given only general templates. But be sure to observe the compatibility of vegetables. This simple rule always gives excellent results and does not require any additional costs and investments. From one garden, experienced gardeners remove 11-15 kg of a variety of vegetables. Correct location planting in the garden also helps save resources, as less water and fertilizer are required. That, perhaps, is all regarding what the compatibility of vegetables in the beds is. A list of plants that are "friendly" and "not friendly" with each other is given at the beginning of our review in the form of a table. Use it - and a good harvest is guaranteed to you!
Many gardeners at the beginning of their "agricultural career" strive to grow as many vegetables as possible on their 6 acres. The enthusiasm of a novice gardener does not dry out while seedlings are purchased or grown, while the earth is being dug up, and the greenery begins to take root. To be honest, we zealously monitor how our beds grow, whether they lag behind their neighbors. In case of success, we are very proud of them. But sometimes no amount of enthusiasm and diligence helps to collect a decent harvest. Something is going wrong. It seems that the weather is good, and the forces spent, unmeasured ...
And then a neighbor who looked at the heavy sighs explains: “Who is planting peas among onions!”
Indeed, vegetables and herbs do not always get along with each other. The neighborhood of some increases the harvest, and diseases, the neighborhood of others - depresses.
Take, for example, the most common vegetable - carrots. Carrots get along well next to and mixed with peas, spinach, radishes, lettuce, beets, chard. Good carrot grows with onions, leeks or perennial chives. Neutral to radish and turnip. But he does not tolerate dill, celery and parsley, he does not tolerate anise nearby.
Dill in our gardens spreads by self-sowing and often lush dill branches turn green on carrot beds by the end of June. But do not be lazy and weed the carrots from dill, immediately put it in okroshka!
Basil grows well alongside beans, peppers, fennel, cucumbers, lettuce, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, corn, and squash. It is not recommended to plant it next to marjoram and dill.
Eggplant grows well next to bush beans, peas, peppers, does not like neighborhood with cucumbers and quite conflicting opinions about their neighborhood with other nightshade. Many gardeners who have eggplants planted next to tomatoes or next to potatoes are convinced that such a neighborhood is quite successful. Other gardeners believe that eggplants are losing their harvest. But thyme is believed to have a beneficial effect on the eggplant harvest.
Beans grow well next to many crops: corn, tomatoes and cucumbers, carrots and radishes, as for potatoes, there is one feature: beans cannot be planted mixed with potatoes, but only along the edge of a potato field. In the common ridge, beans lead in terms of nutrient consumption, potatoes will receive less, first of all, potassium, tubers form small ones. But beans planted around the perimeter of potato ridges repel moles. They do not like neighborhood beans with onions (all kinds), garlic and peas. If a good harvest of beans is important, you should plant oregano or rosemary next to them.
Grapes grow well next to radishes, radishes, bush beans, carrots, and beets. Tomatoes, cabbage, corn, onions (all kinds), horseradish, soybeans are considered harmful to it. Regarding cabbage, white cabbage spoils the taste of grapes, and cauliflower, on the contrary, has a beneficial effect (according to Moser), like cucumbers - not the best neighbor, but definitely not harmful. Moser in his experiments notes the beneficial effect of sorrel, yellow mustard, spinach, alfalfa, melon, and other plants on grapes. The worst effect on grapes: eggplant, potatoes, peppers, dandelion, wormwood, nettle.
Peas - a good relationship with carrots and cucumbers, zucchini and cabbage, do not like his onions, watercress, tomatoes, garlic.
Strawberries - compatible in plantings with lettuce, beans, garlic, spinach, grows well next to beets, onions, radishes, parsley. It does not tolerate the neighborhood with horseradish, the joint planting of strawberries and strawberries is highly doubtful.
Zucchini - good neighbors for him - peas, onions, lettuce, bush beans, spinach. It is undesirable to plant zucchini next to pumpkin, potatoes, radishes and radishes, tomatoes, cucumbers, parsley.
Cabbage - it is not difficult for her to find a place in the garden. Many cultures are friends with cabbage: these are bush beans, carrots, beets, beans, celery, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes (except red cabbage), leeks, beets. Greens can be planted next to cabbage: dill, onion. Conflicting opinions about the compatibility of cabbage and strawberries, strawberries (possibly depends on the variety and method of planting), as well as parsley.
Different types of cabbage relate to onions in different ways, a number of agronomists believe that Beijing cabbage and onion are incompatible, and onions and broccoli make a good combination. We recommend based on your own observations.
Kohlrabi cabbage differs from other types of cabbage - it is planted next to peas, potatoes, radishes, asparagus, bush beans, it does not like being next to tomatoes, horseradish and garlic.
Potato - grows next to a variety of crops, it is easier to list those whom the potato does not like: these are melons, legumes (except for bush beans or beans along the perimeter of the field), cucumbers and tomatoes, as well as raspberries, sunflowers, asparagus and celery.
Strawberries can be planted next to greens (dill, parsley, lettuce), onions, radishes, beets and beans. Does not like strawberries cabbage and horseradish.
Watercress is a fairly selective crop. It is good to plant it next to carrots, tomatoes, radishes, spinach, but not next to legumes, cucumbers, tomatoes, beets, and herbs- celery, fennel, dill and parsley. As for onions, the data are contradictory, the German gardener Hubmann recommends joint plantings of watercress, chives and spinach. A number of other gardeners in their notes indicate that watercress does not combine with onions, leeks or green onion.
Corn - rarely grown by gardeners, but if you really look for a place for it in the beds, then preferably next to potatoes or peas. Can be planted next to cucumbers or tomatoes, not next to grapes, celery and beets.
Onions are traditionally planted next to carrots. They protect each other from the most common pests: carrots drive away the onion fly, and onions drive away the carrot fly. Also, onions can be planted next to melons, cucumbers, beets, lettuce. Onions are contraindicated in proximity to beans (only leeks are friends with it), asparagus, and legumes.
Marjoram - can be planted next to any kind of onions, carrots, turnips, spinach. Joint plantings of marjoram with fennel and basil are undesirable.
Carrot grows best mixed with onions, next to peas, as already mentioned, it grows well in the neighborhood of many crops, but does not like the neighborhood with spicy herbs (celery, parsley, anise). Sage and rosemary protect carrots from the carrot fly.
It is good to plant cucumbers next to beans (bush and curly), peas, beans, white cabbage, kohlrabi, broccoli, beets, lettuce, onions, basil, dill, fennel, radish (it is not clear with radish), garlic, spinach. Do not plant cucumbers next to potatoes, zucchini, turnips, leeks, watercress, eggplant. The issue of joint plantings of cucumbers and tomatoes is controversial, it should be left to the discretion of the gardener and personal experience. The same goes for the combination of carrots and cucumbers (more data on incompatibilities).
Pepper can be planted next to eggplant, carrots, cabbage, tomatoes, thyme and basil. Bad neighbors for him will be beets, any beans, fennel. Interest Ask about the compatibility of pepper and kohlrabi - some sources claim that they are incompatible, others claim that kohlrabi and sweet peppers are wonderfully combined. Possibly depends on the type of pepper, for example, there is no data on hot pepper.
Radishes and radishes grow well alongside watercress, green onions, parsley, carrots, potatoes, lettuce, spinach, bush beans, peas, and tomatoes. It is undesirable to plant radishes and radishes next to horseradish, basil.
Turnip - sweet and tasty will grow next to legumes, watercress, marjoram, radish, celery, spinach. Do not plant it next to cabbage (common diseases), there is no exact data on tomatoes, but turnips are less demanding crops, tomatoes are quite demanding, so if the soil is well fertilized and nutritious, you can plant turnips next to tomatoes.
Leaf lettuce can be planted next to cabbage, onions, strawberries, dill and parsley. Dislikes neighborhood with celery and fennel.
Beets - it is favorable for her location next to bush beans, dill, potatoes, tomatoes, lettuce, onions, zucchini. Do not plant beets next to perennial onions, peppers, curly beans.
Tomatoes for better harvest planted next to basil, beans, watercress, perennial onions, carrots, radishes, radishes, lettuce, celery, cabbage can be planted nearby (except kohlrabi). But plant tomatoes away from grapes, peas, potatoes, as well as zucchini, kohlrabi, dill, and fennel. The controversial issue of joint planting of tomatoes and cucumbers, perhaps it depends on the method of planting and varieties.
Pumpkin is very often planted together with zucchini, but this is wrong, they are pollinated, and as a result, something in between grows with low taste. Pumpkin can be planted next to beans, beans or peas. Although it is better to plant pumpkins separately somewhere on compost heap. The main thing is that there are no plantings of tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, potatoes, peppers nearby - the pumpkin takes a lot of nutrients.
Lentils and beans they are quite similar in terms of requirements - in joint plantings they are friends with radishes, spinach, cucumbers, they grow well next to tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, peppers, beets, celery, Americans often practice with cabbage (all types). Very conflicting data with onions: it is permissible to plant leeks next to lentils and beans, all other onions (including decorative ones) cannot. It is impossible to plant garlic, fennel, dahlia flowers next to beans and lentils. To help beans and lentils, there will be sowing in the immediate vicinity of the savory (repels aphids). Pumpkins, zucchini - neither positive nor negative influence do not render if planted in the neighborhood.
