Hello everyone,
I've been looking at different charts about companion gardening, but am a bit confused. If they are "bad companions" does that mean they won't grow or what? What about vegetables that aren't listed as good or bad? I plan on planting lettuce with my tomatoes and radishes and spinach with my bush peppers. Will this be okay? I am a container gardener due to space.
Shawn
Bad Companions or enemies usually means that they would compete for the same nutrients causing smaller plants and less produce. It can also mean a change in flavor.
Here is what my list has as far as good and bad companions for the veggies you want to plant.
Tomato friends: carrots, celery, cucumber, marigold, nasturtium, onion, parsley, pepper.
Tomato enemies: Cabbage, kohlrabi, potato.
Lettuce friends: Beets, cabbage, carrot, cucumber, kohlrabi, onion family, radish, strawberry.
Radish friends: Carrot, cucumber, leaf lettuce, mustard, nasturtium, parsnips, pea, pole bean.
Spinach friends: Cabbage, strawberry.
Pepper friends: Carrots, eggplant, okra, onion, parsnip, tomato.
Hope this helps
Hi there,
I am trying to find Parsnip seeds and cant find any at all.......can anyone direct me to a place I can buy some???
Also my husband is english and they have a veggie over there called a Swede....... is there something similar over here in the U.S.??
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
What about vegetables that aren't listed as good or bad?
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These are OK to interplant. They just don't affect one another in any discernible way.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutabaga More on the swede (yellow turnip.) Yummo.
Thanks Longy...I am on my way to getting my veggies going.
Shawn