Companion Planting for Healthier Produce - Australia

1. Companion Planting Guide
Melanie White, Healthkick
If you plant: These are good companions: These are not:
Asparagus Tomato, parsley, basil Potatoes
Tomatoes (improves growth and flavour, repels flies and
Basil
mosquitoes), capsicum
Potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, cauliflowers, cabbage,
Beans Onions, garlic, fennel
summer savoury, kohlrabi, lettuce, beetroot
Tomatoes, runner/climbing
Beetroot Kohlrabi, dwarf beans, onions, chives beans, lettuce, silverbeet,
cabbage, mustard
Tomatoes (attracts bees, deters tomato worm, improves
Borage
growth and flavour), squash, strawberries
Aromatic plants, sage, dill (attracts wasps to control cabbage
Broccoli and Strawberries, tomatoes,
moths), chamomile, beets, peppermint, rosemary, beans,
cauliflowers oregano
celery, onions, potatoes, celery
Brussel sprouts Potatoes, sage, hyssop, thyme Strawberries, rosemary
Potatoes, celery, dill (attracts wasps to control cabbage
Garlic, strawberries
moths), chamomile (deters flies and mosquitoes), sage,
Cabbages Red cabbages are foes of
thyme, mint, pennyroyal, rosemary, lavender, beetroot,
tomatoes
onions
Capsicums Basil
Peas, lettuce, chives, onions (onions repel carrot flies, and Dill in flower, parsnips, chives,
Carrots
carrots repel onion flies), leeks, tomatoes sage, rosemary, radishes
Celery and
Chives, leeks, tomatoes, bush beans, cabbage, brassicas Parsnips, potatoes, wheat
celeriac
Chervil Radishes (improves growth and flavour)
Potatoes, peas, beans, cucumbers, pumpkin, squash (acts
as a trellis for climbing peas and beans, which in turn attract
Corn
predators of corn pests), melons, potatoes, parsnips,
artichokes
Potatoes, sage, cauliflower,
Cucumbers Beans, corn, peas, radishes, sunflowers, celery, carrots
basil
Dill Cabbage (improves growth and health), carrots, brassicas
Eggplant Beans, potato, marjoram
Chives (discourage insects from climbing fruit tree trunk,
Fruit trees prevents apple scab on apple trees, deters aphids and black
spot on vegetables and roses), horseradish
Roses, raspberries, herbs (enhances production of essential
Garlic Peas and beans
oils, repels cabbage butterflies)
Horseradish Potatoes (horseradish deters potato beetle), fruit trees

2. If you plant: These are good companions: These are not:
Hyssop Cabbage (deters cabbage moths), grapes Radishes
Kohlrabi Beetroot, onions, dwarf beans Tomatoes, cucumbers
Leeks Onions, celery, celeriac, carrot, strawberries
Parsley, beans, beetroot,
Lettuce Strawberries, cabbage, carrots, onions
parsnip
Keeps soil nematode-free, discourages many insects, repels
Marigold
white flies from tomatoes
Melon Radish
Mint Cabbage family (deters cabbage moths), tomatoes
Nasturtium Deters aphids and pests of cucumber family
Beetroot, strawberries, tomato, lettuce (protects against
Potatoes, beans, peas,
Onions slugs), beans (protects against ants), summer savoury,
parsnip, parsley, leeks
chamomile (deters flies and mosquitoes), cabbage
Parsley Tomato, asparagus (improves growth)
Squash (follow up the pea trellis), almost any vegetables Onions, garlic, potatoes,
Peas
(captures soil nitrogen) shallots
Petunia Beans
Horseradish, beans, corn, cabbage, marigold, eggplant (trap Pumpkins, squash,
Potatoes crop for potato beetle), sweet alyssum (attracts beneficial cucumbers, dill, sunflowers,
wasps) tomatoes, raspberry
Pumpkins Corn, marjoram Potatoes
Peas, spinach, nasturtium, lettuce, melons, cucumbers
Radishes (general insect repellent, and attracts leaf miners away from Hyssop, squash, peas
spinach)
Carrots, beans, cabbage, sage (deters cabbage moths, bean
Rosemary
beetles and carrot flies)
Rosemary, carrots, cabbage, peas, beans (deters some
Sage
insects)
Spinach Strawberries, fruit trees, broad beans
Squash Nasturtium, corn
Strawberry Bush beans, spinach, borage, lettuce Cabbages
Sunflower Cucumber Potatoes
Kohlrabi, potatoes, fennel, red
Asparagus, chives, onion, lettuce, cabbage, parsley,
cabbages, beetroot, broccoli,
Tomatoes asparagus, marigold, nasturtium, carrots, lima beans, peas,
brussel sprouts, cauliflowers,
basil
rosemary, dill, parsnip
Turnips Peas, nasturtium, lettuce, cucumbers
Zucchinis Corn, marjoram, nasturtium
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