My companioning plan--does it work?

9 years ago

Hi there,

I posted this in the Vegetable Gardening forum, and it was suggested I post it here, where might get more informed responses.

I have 8, 4x8 raised beds and 1, 16x20 plot. This is the plan I've come up with, based on my research into companion planning. My goal is to use the little space I have as efficiently as possible, without going all square-foot gardening.

Also, the plot goes to spuds, because we eat a lot of them, and peas, because I want to grow enough to can this year.

Any feedback would be most welcome. Thanks for taking the time, too.

Asparagus: A small plot, companion with parsley

Box 1 TomatoesÃ¯Â¿Â½Amish paste and cauliflower (tomatoes repel cabbage worms)

Box 2 TomatoesÃ¯Â¿Â½Red Pear Pinaform and cauliflower (tomatoes repel cabbage worms)

Box 3 Corn

Box 4 Corn

Box 5: 1 Baby Pam pumpkin vine, 1 French melon vine

Box 6: Onions, companion with dill

Box 7: Spinach and beets; when theyÃ¯Â¿Â½re gone, Brussels sprouts; companion with cilantro

Box 8: 1 hot pepper, 4 Lunchbox pepper, 1 cucumber vine (last year I was drowning in cukes, and I don't make pickles)

PlotÃ¯Â¿Â½1/2 Potatoes and peas, companion with basil (basil deters potato beetles)

PlotÃ¯Â¿Â½1/2 Potatoes and peas, companion with marigolds (marigolds deter nemotodes)

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Comments (4)

booberry85
9 years ago
I can understand your reasoning for putting the cauliflower and tomatoes together, but they both tend to be big feeders with different nutrient requirements. I personally like putting basil with the tomatoes. I like putting dill with brassicas.

I'm also concerned about the pumpkin and the melon being put together fbecause their both big feeders. I always try and put them far away from each other. This way if cucumber beetles hit one, hopefully the other wont get hit. Try putting nasturtiums or marigolds with them (marigolds everywhere!)
ilovecucumbers Zone 6b, NE PA
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks for the input! Much appreciated.
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Jackie Trueman
8 years ago
I know it's too late now, but don't plant a melon and a squash near each other! My friend did that and they grew together, producing a hybrid fruit that was not what you want from either melon or squash.
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
8 years ago
It's rather late to respond but that old chestnut about melons and squash crossing just refuses to die. Melons (Cucumis sp.) and squash (Cucurbita spcies) are in different genera and simply cannot cross. If your friend had an odd fruit appearing it came from a seed which was a cross between 2 melon varieties or 2 squash varieties in the previous season. It had nothing to do with melons and squashes growing near each other.