Vegetable Companion Planting Mistakes – 9 Disastrous Pairings That Will Ruin Your Crop
It might seem like tomatoes and corn go well together, but they both get the same bugs, especially the corn earworm and the tomato hornworm.
Tomatoes and Corn
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Dill is often suggested as a plant to grow with some veggies, but carrots don’t do well with it. Carrots may not grow as well if they are put too close to dill.
Carrots and Dill
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Alliums like onions, garlic, and leeks clash with beans and peas. Alliums release sulfur compounds that prevent legume growth and reduce nitrogen fixation.
Onions and Bean
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Tomatoes and potatoes are nightshades, but they shouldn't be planted together. They can share illnesses like blight, which can damage your crops.
Potatoes and Tomatoe
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You should not put cabbage or other brassicas like broccoli, cauliflower, and kale near strawberries. Strawberries can’t grow as well when they’re near cabbage plants, which hurts their health and yield.
Cabbage and Strawberrie
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Many plants don’t do well with fennel. It puts chemicals into the soil that most vegetables, like tomatoes, beans, and other popular garden crops, can’t grow.
Fennel and Almost Everything
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Even though peppers and beans look like they would go well together, they don’t. Beans fix nitrogen in the soil, which can make peppers grow too many leaves and not make enough fruit.
Peppers and Bean
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In the garden, cucumbers and potatoes don’t go well together. Plants that are grown together can quickly spread diseases like phytophthora blight that affect both types of crops.
Cucumbers and Potatoe
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Allelopathics from sunflowers prevent several plants, including potatoes, from growing. Sunflowers are competitive and their compounds may hinder potato growth if grown together.