Psychological compatibility in vegetables. What can be planted nearby?

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

When every year we plant vegetables on the site, then every year we ask ourselves how to properly distribute the planting of vegetables on the site? But you still need to observe the crop rotation. That is, you cannot plant vegetables in the place where they grew last year. So let's take a look at which vegetables are best for planting next to each other. And how you can benefit from it.

A properly organized neighborhood of vegetables in the beds can allow you to harvest a good harvest, as well as protect the plant from harmful factors. These can be pests or diseases.

If you follow simple rules, then planting vegetables will not be a problem for you, and the harvested crop will be of high quality and excellent. Do not forget that the wrong neighborhood of vegetables will negatively affect the harvest and growth of crops. Not all vegetables can get along well.

Asparagus gets along with all types of crops, but it will be better if you place it next to tomatoes, parsley or basil. With cucumbers, strawberries, corn, or potatoes, place beans. Some beans are picky enough. They may not get along well with all vegetables.

To properly develop a planting plan, there are Plant Compatibility Tables, as well as planting schedules.

And we offer you some simple combinations of vegetables that are easy to remember.

1. Wonderful trio: corn, pumpkin and beans. The American Indians knew the secret of their joint cultivation. Corn will support the peas, which saturates the soil with nitrogen. And pumpkin, in turn, prevents weeds from growing.

2. Another good combination: onions and carrots. Onions save carrots from pests, as they release a substance (allicin) that has an insecticidal and fungicidal effect.

3. Tomatoes and basil are not only a good combination for a salad. These plants need the same soil and the same watering. In addition, the smell of basil is unbearable for caterpillars that often attack tomatoes. And the tomato harvest will be much tastier if ripened next to the basil bushes.

4. Green beans, bell peppers and eggplants. Peppers and eggplants are known to belong to the same family (nightshades) and require the same growing conditions. And the green beans growing nearby will protect the eggplant from the Colorado potato beetle.

Celery is quite unpretentious. It will grow well with any type of vegetable. You can plant it with cabbage, tomatoes, or onions. Carrots get along well with onions or salad. If you plant cucumbers and potatoes nearby, the cucumbers will not grow in good quality. Corn does not tolerate close proximity to tomatoes. But it will grow well with potatoes, peas, pumpkin and cucumbers.

Plant onions next to the carrots. You can also plant it next to lettuce, beets or cabbage. Don't place it next to beans or peas. You can get poor quality crops. Potatoes will be comfortable next to corn, beans or cabbage. Tomatoes are picky in terms of neighborhood, as well as in terms of the quality of the land. It is better to place them next to parsley, carrots, cucumbers. Potatoes and cabbage can negatively affect the growth of tomatoes.

Feel free to experiment. You can change the combination of plant placement every year in order to achieve a good result. Don't forget about fertilizers.