The future lies with joint landings, so it is important to know what to plant on one garden bed.

Plants are a bit like people - next to some cultures they feel great, develop well, and in the neighborhood with others they wither, although the conditions are the same.

So if you want to get a good harvest every year, plan planting taking into account the effects of plants on each other.

What can Bulgarian sweet peppers be planted with?

   Bell peppers are moody. He does not get along with all cultures.

To avoid diseases of fungal origin, beds with kohlrabi and fennel should be removed from it.
  The bushes will grow strong and without signs of illness if onions are planted between rows and carrots in the rows.

It protects the pepper bushes from the scorching sun and okra wind. There will be no aphids on the bushes if the following are planted next to this crop:

• marigold
• coriander
• tansy
• nasturtium
• catnip

Peppers in the neighborhood with direct herbs perfectly fruit:

• marjoram planted between the bushes
• lovage, if you drop him around the perimeter of the beds
• basil, beautifully decorating beds and repelling pests

But beans are a poor companion. She has a common disease with pepper - anthracnose, which manifests itself as black soft spots on the fruits.

What can I plant tomatoes with and what can I plant next?

Together with tomatoes, it feels good:

• green onion
• basil
• melissa

Favorably affect tomatoes planted nearby:

• spinach
• carrot
• chives
• parsley
• garlic
• calendula
• celery
• asparagus
• chayvis
• borage
• left-handed
• marigold

Tomatoes can’t stand the neighborhood at all:

• dill
• fennel
• potato

Potatoes pose a particular threat to tomatoes - both cultures suffer from late blight, both of them are loved by the Colorado potato beetle, so these plants should be planted at different ends of the garden.

What can I plant cabbage with?

  To get high-quality cabbage heads, you need to know what it can be planted with.

To get delicious and sweet heads of cabbage, plant it on the bed:

• beets
• spinach
• cucumbers
• any green salad
• bush beans

It should be noted the special friendship of cabbage with potatoes. After hilling the potatoes between its rows, plant seedlings of late cabbage.

While the tops of potatoes are developing intensively, the tenant in her shadow behaves modestly. After the flowering of the main crop is completed, lay the tops on the ground.

Cabbage will begin to intensively gain strength and grow. It will overtake the plants planted on a separate bed in development, and in the fall it will delight an unusually generous crop.

There are plants that not just coexist perfectly with cabbage, but protect it from pests. They will not be allowed on a bed with a culture of caterpillar caterpillars:

• garlic
• dill
• borago
• geranium
• nasturtium
• sage
• nasturtium
• tansy
• peppermint
• hyssop

Drive out the cabbage fly, planted in the neighborhood:

• marigold
• basil
• celery
• garlic
• wormwood
• sage

Dill scare away cabbage moth, where there are nearby salads and celery, an earthen flea will not appear. The terrible enemy of cabbage - the cruciferous flea is afraid:

• tansy
• wormwood
• sage
• thyme
• green onions
• garlic
• sage

Cabbage does not come to visit if the bed is surrounded by tomatoes, celery, savory, rosemary, dill, sage. True, tomatoes in such a neighborhood will not feel very well.
  Never plant cabbage next to beans and strawberries, will not grow. Herbs are also capable of drowning out cabbage, therefore it is better to sow them along the edge of the bed, and if between rows, it is very rare.

What can be planted with hot pepper?

Hot pepper - a peace-loving culture, gets along with many plants perfectly. In a greenhouse it can be planted with tomatoes, some garlic will be planted with them and there will be no pests.

In an open garden he would gladly put basil on his territory, as well as any other cultures, if only they would not obscure it.

What can be done neither in the greenhouse, nor in the open ground, is to allow the proximity of bitter pepper to Bulgarian - everything will turn out bitter.

Tip: do not plant pepper in the beds where beets or potatoes were grown before. Good predecessors for it are onions, cucumbers, melons, and legumes.

What can eggplant be planted with?

Eggplant is always a lot of trouble, whether it is a greenhouse or open ground. It’s not enough to take the right care, it’s also important to choose a suitable place and choose your neighbors successfully.

Firstly, crops such as tomatoes, bitter peppers, potatoes are taken from the soil the same nutrients as eggplant, so after planting this plant after them, you will not be able to provide him with normal vital functions.

As for the neighbors, place the eggplant beds in those places where peas, thyme or beans are nearby, driving the Colorado potato beetle away from them.

Eggplants have nothing against the neighborhood with pumpkin, watermelons, melon, sweet bell pepper. Petunia, marigolds, basil and nasturtium along the contour of the garden will scare away many pests.

Healthy eggplants grow next to a small amount of stuffed egg. And in a fairly vast space between the bushes, lettuce is successfully grown.

Attention: Even with the right choice of neighborhood, keep a distance between cultures. They should not infringe on each other.

What can you plant cucumbers in a greenhouse with?

Cucumbers love high humidity and stable temperature with long daylight hours. Such conditions can only be created in a greenhouse or greenhouse. At the same time, other cultures can be planted next to them by choosing them correctly.

In one greenhouse, only those plants that belong to the same family or, in extreme cases, satisfy one content requirement coexist.
  For planting vegetables in one greenhouse, both their species and varieties are important. If you want to get a crop of cucumbers and eggplant, then take the seeds of hybrids. In a small area, the neighbors of cucumbers can be:

1. Sweet peppers, they also need high humidity
2. Eggplant, as well as cucumbers that love heat and moisture
3. White cabbage, preferring moisture and plenty of light
4. Garden radish planted
5. Zucchini. They have the same requirements with cucumbers, but zucchini are much more in need of ventilation, therefore they are grown only with hybrids more loyal to temperature and humidity jumps.
6. Melons Growing together with cucumbers, give a lot of fruit.

If the greenhouse is spacious, then tomatoes can be grown at the same time, only the beds should be separated by light screens, and between them plant zucchini, peppers or greens. A place for tomatoes is allocated closer to the door there cooler.

What can dill be planted with?

  Dill can not be planted with all crops

Many people think that dill is a friend to all cultures. Often it is not even sown intentionally, it is sown and wanders around the beds. Meanwhile, seemingly harmless, dill inhibits growth, reduces the productivity of carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, basil, watercress.
  He has friends: cabbage, from which he repels pests and improves its taste, cucumbers that grow well in the shade of his umbrellas, bush beans, onions, sunflowers, fennel.

What can you plant strawberries with and what can you plant next?

There are few plants with joint plantings that have a beneficial effect on strawberries:

• parsley
• spinach
• beans

This vitamin berry has nothing against the neighborhood with cucumber grass, radish, garlic, beets, onions, salads, cabbage, sage.
  The strawberry bed should be selected after radish, spinach, parsley, legumes, dill, hyacinths, daffodils, tulips, corn, carrots.

What can be planted with garlic?

  Many cultures like a place near the Chessknock.

Garlic is a natural fungicide successfully used in the fight against fungal infections. Most garlic neighbors like this quality:

1. Potato surrounded by garlic is easier to cope with late blight
2. He drives away harmful insects from strawberries
3. Carrots get rid of leaf flakes and carrot flies

Garlic for greens and vegetables such as tomatoes and cucumbers is a good companion. He is an excellent partner for raspberries, roses, tulips, currants, gladioli.
  Despite the many beneficial properties, not all crops love garlic. These include all legumes. He suppresses them so much that they stop growing.

As a predecessor, garlic is universal, everything grows after it. It itself gives a good harvest after pumpkins, potatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, cabbage. Bad predecessors for him:

• carrot
• radish
• coriander
• celery
• basil

What can beets be planted with?

Beetroot's favorite neighbor is potatoes; they mutually stimulate each other's development. The neighborhood with beans, tomatoes, spinach, radish, radish, lettuce, and onions also has a beneficial effect on beet productivity.
  Beets are positive for cucumbers, celery, garlic. You do not need to wait for a good beet crop if it is planted next to corn.

There is an assumption that beet roots secrete substances that are close to antibiotics, therefore it has a healing effect on some crops, in particular carrots.

Beets grow well after potatoes, cabbage, legumes, and cucumbers. Beets have powerful tops; therefore, planting it together with other crops, keep a distance.

What can I plant carrots with?

The ensemble of carrots and onions is just perfect. The main pest of carrots - carrot flies cannot tolerate onions, and onion flies are afraid to approach carrots.

To stimulate the growth of carrots, beds are planted with chamomile, thyme, tobacco, rosemary. Joint planting with tomatoes, garlic, radish, chard, salads gives a good result.
  Negatively refers to the culture of parsley, dill.
  Her predecessors are potato, tomato, onion, cucumber, legumes, and herbs.

What can plant watermelons and melons with?

Nice watermelons planted next to greens

Experienced gardeners are not advised to plant these 2 crops on the same bed due to mutual pollination. But if seed procurement is not an important point, then their joint planting is permissible, especially since they relate to the neighborhood with other crops equally.

You can plant them next to spinach, radish, other herbs other than parsley, corn. They need a lot of sun, so you can not place them next to shrubs and trees. The close presence of related cultures: zucchini, pumpkin, cucumbers, does not suit them.
  The worst precursors for them are themselves.

What can you plant zucchini and pumpkin with?

Pumpkin is a cross-pollinated plant. Consequently, its various varieties can become dusty and lose their characteristic features. Therefore, in order to maintain the variety, each planted away from each other. The same rule applies to zucchini.

Pumpkin grows late, and before this moment, peas, spinach, curly beans, and leeks ripen nearby. But next to potatoes, tomatoes, radishes, parsley, its presence is extremely undesirable - it itself will not grow normally, and it will crush its neighbors.

Pumpkin and zucchini with corn grow well. Radishes planted around a hole or nasturtium scare away pests from them. Various herbs, corn, winter crops and vegetables are the best as predecessors.

What can peas and beans be planted with?

Peas can be planted between rows of cucumbers, carrots, turnips. It goes well with parsley, radish, and lettuce salad. Onions, garlic and tomatoes are not suitable for placement on the same bed.

Beans get along with celery in a small amount. It is good for her with corn and in a bed with carrots.
  Planting these crops is best after onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, strawberries, beets, carrots, potatoes, radishes.

What can be planted with basil?

  Planting basil next to pepper is a good idea.

Basil is interesting from both an aesthetic and culinary point of view. He gets along well with tomatoes and corn, scaring away from them a common pest - a horned worm. In the place where the basil grows, ants will not start. A good duet is basil and sweet pepper.

Of spicy herbs, basil does not tolerate rue.

What can I plant potatoes with?

Potato develops well in mixed plantings, almost does not get sick and grows on the same area for a long time, without reducing yield.
  Useful company for potatoes:

• bush beans
• cabbage
• radish
• coriander
• nasturtium
• beet
• marigold

The sunflower and such weeds as quinoa and bitter wormwood oppress the potato. Like this culture is the neighborhood of grapes. Increases productivity close proximity to corn.
  Under no circumstances does potato get along with celery, sunflower, pumpkin.

An excellent harvest will give potatoes after legumes, cabbage, especially kohlrabi and cauliflower, oil radish. After the last culture, all pathogens will leave the bed.

What can be planted next to onions?

Onions love the company of cabbage, as well as tomatoes, strawberries, lettuce, petunias. Perennial onion, planted in a circle, has a good effect on rose bushes.

Like neighbors, onions are cute carrots, borage, potatoes. Does not tolerate gladioli, legumes.
  Suitable precursors are cucumbers, zucchini, herbs, tomatoes, and legumes.

What can parsley be planted with?

Parsley improves the taste of tomatoes. Good company for her is leek. She likes the neighborhood with calendula, carrots, radishes.

She is not friends with watercress, nasturtium, coriander. As predecessors, early potatoes and cabbage, cucumbers are good.

What can celery be planted with?

Mutually beneficial are the joint planting of celery and white cabbage. He scares away from the neighbor butterflies, whites, and she stimulates its growth. Good results are obtained by celery in combination:

• with cucumbers
• beetroot
• spinach
• beetroot
• bush beans

Bad neighbors:

• carrot
• potatoes
• parsley
• corn

Acceptable predecessors are cucumbers, onions, cabbage, potatoes.

What can tobacco be planted with?

Tobacco, whose leaves emit a lot of volatile substances, is a good companion for many plants. This is a plant protector.
  He is planted on the beds together with eggplant, tomatoes. He dares from beds with radishes and kohlrabi earthen fleas. If it is planted with carrots, the carrot fly is not afraid of the latter.

What can be planted with grapes?

Between the rows of vines, strawberries feel great. Rye, beans, corn, radishes, soybeans improve its taste. Good effect on his condition is the neighborhood with oil radish. Negatively act cabbage, onions, barley.

Sometimes weeds are also useful, such as wood lice, shepherd’s bag, but in small quantities. And it would seem useful medicinal plants: tansy, yarrow, nightshade, on the contrary, inhibit growth.

What can be planted next to currants?

The real protector for blackcurrant is onion, it destroys the kidney tick. Currant is also good with honeysuckle, but it is not friendly with its cousin, red currant. A bad neighbor for her and raspberries, like gooseberries, in the same area with which she does not look healthy.

Hyssop and fennel do not like almost all plants. Therefore, plant them separately and in the farthest corner.

Plant companies can be interesting and very diverse, the main thing is that the result is pleasing.

Video: about mixed landings

What and with whom to plant

For each gardener and gardener, the question remains of which plants should be planted nearby. The author of the book "Melange Garden" is Russian agronomist B.V.Bublik and American farmer D. Jevans in the book "How to grow more vegetables ..." described in detail the interaction of various cultivated plants that are most often grown in Central Russia. Of course, to get a good harvest, it is necessary not only to choose the right plants for adjacent beds, but also to provide good care for them. Then all crops will successfully bear fruit and the harvest will be guaranteed.

➣ Ash, wormwood and wheatgrass are distinguished by high production of allelopathic substances. Where these plants appear, all the others, especially cultivated ones, immediately cease to grow. Do not leave the listed weeds between the beds or around the perimeter of the garden.

Scientific experiments with labeled atoms proved that substances secreted by the roots of mustard enhance the growth of such a crop as peas. Legumes, in turn, release a large amount of nitrogenous substances into the soil, which is not acceptable for all plants. However, bush beans grow well next to legumes.

Peas are also a good neighbor for many vegetable crops (tomatoes, potatoes, corn, carrots, cucumbers, radishes, turnips, beans) and herbs (mustard). Peas are planted in the aisles of these crops. Along with this representative of the legume family, you can successfully grow lettuce, eggplant, spinach, celery. If you plant cabbage or other cruciferous vegetables next to peas, its roots will be protected from rot. Which family includes the most common cultivated crops in Central Russia can be found in the table.

Beans grow well next to cucumbers. They can be planted around cucumber beds. Also, this culture is favorably combined with potatoes, sweet corn, mustard, radish, radish, spinach. Beans are recommended to be planted between these plants. Good neighbors for beans are oregano, borage, yarrow and rosemary.

Table. Distribution of popular garden and flower plant species by families

Family
	Peas, Beans, Beans, Soy, Clover
Borax	Borage (borago)
Buckwheat	Buckwheat, rhubarb, sorrel
Labret	Basil, lemon balm, mint, snakehead, hyssop, marjoram, oregano, sage, savory, thyme
Cereal	Corn, oats, wheat, rye, barley
Cruciferous	Swede, cabbage (red and white, kohlrabi, cauliflower, Brussels, Beijing, broccoli, etc.), radishes, radish, turnips, horseradish, spinach, mustard
Liliaceae	Garlic, onions (onions, leeks, shallots, chives, etc.)
	Beets, Chard

The end of the table.

Representatives of plants of the Liliaceae family (various types of onions and garlic) grow very well next to plants of the Umbrella family (carrots, radishes, celery, parsley and parsnip) and Cruciferous (cabbage).

Favorable yes I also have them neighborhood with tomatoes, lettuce, strawberries, potatoes, cucumbers. Of flowers, you can plant petunias and daisies nearby. Around the beds with onions, it is useful to plant a savory and chamomile in small quantities.

Various vegetable crops successfully coexist in the beds with white and black radish.

For many plants, spinach is a good location. Its roots secrete saponins into the soil, which enhance the growth of many crops (potatoes, tomatoes, beets, beans). Also, spinach creates a special microclimate around itself. Its leaves cover the soil and keep it moist and loose. In this regard, spinach is often used as an accompanying plant. It is planted between rows of plants with slower growth, and while the main crops just sprout, spinach has time to grow and creates favorable conditions for them.

A root crop such as radish grows well next to bush beans. This neighborhood has a positive effect on its taste and size, and also protects against damage by worms and cabbage flies. Planting radishes is recommended 2 weeks before planting bush beans.

Cress and nasturtium will also help grow large radishes.

For beans, it will be useful if a little celery is planted nearby. Beans grow well with cucumbers, corn, cabbage, strawberries, pumpkin, beets, carrots. The taste of beans is positively affected by the savory growing nearby.

Good neighbors for vegetable plants are sometimes spicy herbs and flowers. For example, aubergines are positively affected by amaranth. Between eggplant, you can plant a salad, and around them a basil.

Nearby areas with potatoes, oats, corn and peas will be useful for watermelons. For melon, only radishes are a good neighbor.

Cabbage is distinguished by its many species. The most popular of them are white-headed, colored, Brussels, broccoli, kohlrabi. They grow better next to onions (any), beans, herbs (mint, chamomile, sage, dill). Potato has a positive effect on the taste of cabbage; therefore, these plants are suitable for mixed planting.

Dill, sown between rows of cabbage, significantly improves its taste.

For the most common type of cabbage, cabbage, the best plants - the neighbors are onions, potatoes, lettuce, celery, radishes, bush beans and dill.

Broccoli grows well next to onions, cabbage salad, beets and celery.

For potatoes, good neighbors in the garden are eggplant, beans, cabbage (especially cauliflower), corn, carrots, beets, lettuce, radishes, beans, horseradish, garlic, and herbs and flowers - amaranth, nasturtium, tansy, coriander, spinach. With a mixed planting, potatoes are more resistant to disease.

Corn creates a shadow next to it, in which cucumbers, watermelons, and pumpkins grow well. For corn itself, bush and curly beans, potatoes, and soybeans turn out to be a favorable neighbor.

Legumes enrich the soil with nitrogen, which is very necessary for corn, which, in turn, benefits these climbing plants as a support. Also next to corn you can plant tomatoes, lettuce, sunflower.

Pepper favorably with basil. These plants help each other grow.

The place next to the cucumbers is suitable for peas, white and cauliflower, kohlrabi, radishes, onions, lettuce, celery, beets, parsley, sunflowers and beans. Also, tansy and sow thistle positively affect cucumbers. Dill, sown among cucumbers, prolongs the period of fruiting, and therefore increases the yield.

For a parsnip, a place next to legumes and radishes will be useful.

Near the celery bed you can plant tomatoes, cabbage, leeks, bush beans. In the shade of these plants, celery grows more fragrant.

Plants such as legumes, carrots, cucumbers and radishes are planted with salad.

Tomatoes have good compatibility on the beds next to onions, garlic, carrots, parsley and many flower plants. If nettles appear next to tomatoes, then they will have a more pronounced taste. Also, the growth of this beloved vegetable crop and the improvement of its taste characteristics is promoted by tubular monard.

To get a good beet crop, it is useful to plant carrots, cabbage (except cauliflower), radishes, lettuce, parsley and dill nearby.

For pumpkins, you can pick up neighbors such as corn, nasturtiums. A growing nearby sow thistle may be useful.

The place next to the radish is suitable for carrots, cucumbers, parsnips, beets, tomatoes, pumpkins, and spinach.

Spicy herbs emit a large number of aromatic substances with volatile properties into the environment. Thus, they act on those plants that are planted nearby. Spicy herbs are widely used in cooking and medicine and are often found in vegetable gardens among vegetables and berry plants. It is also necessary to choose them correctly for joint landings.

Most vegetables are favorably affected by parsley, borage, lavender, marjoram, hyssop, chervil, chamomile, savory, thyme, sage, and dill growing nearby. Dandelion helps grow vegetables and apple trees. This plant releases into the environment a substance (ethylene), which accelerates the ripening of fruits.

Many spicy herbs release substances into the environment that have a beneficial effect on other plants (repel pests, disinfect air, increase growth). Such plants are called satellite plants. These include anise, basil, mustard, coriander, hyssop, mint, marjoram, lemon balm, cumin, dill.

Some herbs can enhance each other's aromatic properties. For example, if yarrow is planted next to nettle, it will be more odorous, and if mint, the content of essential oils will increase by 2 times in it.

➣ If you plant oak, birch, linden or poplar near the garden, then fruit trees will be in comfortable conditions and will be less sick and bear fruit well. These trees can be placed on a garden or on the edges of the garden.

Oregano and marjoram have a positive effect on the growth and taste of many cultivated plants.

The snakehead (Turkish mint) creates a shadow in which cucumbers feel good, which is reflected in their productivity.

Coriander is a good neighbor for anise, caraway seeds and many vegetables. It positively affects the structure of the soil, and therefore, next to the overwintered coriander, you can plant vegetables without digging a bed.

It is useful to plant hyssop next to grapes, this significantly increases the yield of the latter.

Lovage can be planted in the garden anywhere. It is a useful neighbor for many vegetables and improves their taste, increases resistance to disease.

Mint is found in many gardens. This plant is useful to plant next to tomatoes and cabbage. Harvest will be more plentiful, and the taste of vegetables will improve. Mint grows well among sorrel. The main thing is to ensure that the mint does not grow too much.

Strawberry grows better next to cucumber grass (borago). It is important not to let it grow and to trim the bushes in a timely manner. Borage also increases the resistance of other plants to various diseases. It enhances the growth of peas, cabbage, onions, beans, many spicy herbs.

Parsley has a positive effect on the taste of tomatoes. You can plant it around rose bushes. A good neighborhood is parsley and onions. First, parsley seeds are sown in rows in spring, and after 2 weeks, leek seedlings are planted between them. Both cultures will grow well.

The following crops grow well next to celery: onions, cabbage, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, spinach.

A plant such as Ruta blends well in the plot with vegetable and flower crops, as well as fruit trees and shrubs.

Dill in many gardens grows self-sowing. This does not always have a positive effect on the crop. The roots of this plant secrete substances that are not good for all vegetables. Therefore, it is better to plant dill specially next to the salad, cabbage, onions, cucumbers.

Sage is a useful neighbor for all types of cabbage and carrots, as well as strawberries.

Thyme has a beneficial effect on nearby vegetables and improves their taste. It is especially suitable for tomatoes, eggplant and potatoes. Savory improves eggplant growth.

Some weeds may be useful neighbors for cultivated plants. The Japanese farmer-scientist Masanobu Fukuoka, the founder of one of the areas in organic farming, came to the conclusion that there is no need to carry out continuous weeding in the fields and gardens or use herbicidal preparations. He believes that weeds contribute to maintaining soil fertility and balance in biogeocenoses. M. Fukuoka recommends not to completely destroy weeds, but to periodically mow or limit growth by mulching. He also advises creating grass cover from healthy weeds or siderates in gardens based on soil. This became common in Japan and it is extremely rare to find bare earth in gardens. In case of insufficient soil moisture in arid regions, tree trunks around trees are left free for watering and maintenance, and the rest of the territory in the gardens is planted with ground cover. This principle can also be applied in small private gardens. On the vast free areas among the ground cover plants, you can place beds with cultivated plants (vegetables, herbs). For example, small islets of sow thistle in the garden contribute to the growth of onions, corn and tomatoes. The main thing is not to let this weed grow.

Use various herbs for planting in the aisles in the vineyards. Useful plants for grapes additionally protect the soil from erosion by water during irrigation and drying. The greatest benefit for the growth of grapes comes from corn. For him, good neighbors are auxiliary vegetable crops - oilseed radish and radish. Parsley has a healing effect on the vineyards. Peas, onions, cauliflower, watercress, beets contribute to the growth of grapes. Less significant for increasing the yield of grapes are beans, strawberries, carrots, cucumbers, melon, dill.

Of the trees and shrubs for grapes, the compatible ones are pear, Chinese magnolia vine, and actinidia. These plants can be planted next to each other. You can also plant grapes and actinidia around the fence or pergola.

Floral plants such as asters, geraniums, forget-me-nots, and phloxes can also increase the yield of grapes. The irises planted next to them do not bring benefits, but they also do not harm this plant.

From plants, you can create a hedge around a garden or vegetable garden. At the same time, shrubs for it must be selected taking into account not only decorativeness or height, but also compatibility with cultivated plants. The hedges of privet, elderberry, spirea, and rosehip are beautiful and useful for harvest. These shrubs have a healing effect on the garden. In the garden, the cultivation of cherries and raspberries in the neighborhood significantly increases the yield. Apple tree and raspberry heal each other. Raspberries accumulate nitrogen in themselves and increase the oxygen content in the soil, which is useful for the apple tree. It is recommended to plant these crops close to each other, but make sure that raspberries do not grow very much.

A combination of barberry with plum or honeysuckle in the garden has a positive effect on the crop.

Under sea buckthorn, strawberries and some medicinal plants (oregano, chamomile) grow well. Between the currant bushes it is useful to plant onions and leave it in the winter.

At a distance of 4 m from cherries and cherries, hawthorn grows well. If these trees are planted closer, the hawthorn will be in the shade and wither.

Good neighbors are an apple tree with a pear. Between them withstand a distance of at least 3.5-4 m, otherwise when the trees grow, they will be cramped and the effect will be the opposite.

Dogwood grows safely and bears fruit next to the apricot. You can even plant these plants close together, they will still be compatible. Dogwood can grow even with a walnut, which is a lonely plant. Next to it, all other cultivated plants grow poorly.

At a distance of 5 m from each other, it is permissible to plant a plum and a cherry. They will bear fruit well. Plum must not be allowed to appear between cherries and cherries. In such conditions, the tree will die.

For strawberries, parsley, bush beans, and spinach located nearby will be useful. Also next to it you can plant onions, cabbage, radishes, radishes, lettuce, beets and garlic.

If the land is zoned to the garden, then between the fruit trees and vegetable crops spicy herbs (anise, basil, lemon balm, coriander, parsley, thyme and tarragon) are planted.

In order to navigate the choice of cultivated plants for growing, as well as the timing of their planting and location on the site, it is recommended to draw a diagram of the garden in advance. This will help to correctly arrange the beds with different plants, outline mixed plantings, and check the compatibility of all plants growing next to each other. Next year, this scheme must be changed in accordance with crop rotation rules. This requires additional consideration of the compatibility of plants with their predecessors.

When selecting plants for adjacent beds, it is also necessary to take into account the fact that some plants are protectors from any diseases or pests (animals, insects, worms).

Plant compatibility can be used to increase the overall yield in another way. Plants for compacted planting are also selected taking into account the height and volume that they occupy. Choosing the right plants, you can make compacted beds.

Plants planted nearby will not interfere with each other, but rather, mutually reinforce growth. Care for them is almost the same, so they grow comfortably on one bed.

Sealed landings can be done simultaneously, i.e. sow the bed immediately with selected crops, or in stages. You can harvest some crops and plant others in a vacant place. This approach allows not only to grow healthy and well-bearing plants, but also to save land area.

On compacted beds, the main plant and the denser are isolated. Usually the latter is distinguished by a shorter time to achieve technical maturity.

Eggplant, carrots, corn, zucchini, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, beets, and celery are often used as main crops. Sealing crops are onions, cauliflower and Beijing cabbage, lettuce, radishes, beans, pumpkin, garlic, dill. Typically, compact and stunted plants are used as compacting crops. It is important to correctly position the main and compacting crops on the same bed. For example, the central part of the garden can be occupied with beets, and at the edges plant rows of radishes, lettuce, dill.

Condensing crops quickly yield crops and are removed from the beds, and the main crop continues to grow until the end of summer or fall.

➣ The composition of hedges can include berry bushes. In this case, the barrier is more dense and even prickly. From berry bushes, gooseberries, raspberries, black currants are suitable for this. Next to each other, they bear fruit well.

Plants such as tomato, cabbage, take up a lot of space in the beds and are combined with small vegetables - onions, carrots, radishes. Crops with quick returns (Peking cabbage, lettuce, spinach) are conveniently planted as compacting plants or after harvesting the main crops. For long-growing crops (carrots, parsley), it is recommended to plant plants that quickly reach technical ripeness.

Optimal for compacted beds are a combination of tomato and pepper with basil; cabbage and tomatoes with mint; parsley with tomatoes, peas or strawberries; onions, cucumbers, lettuce or cabbage with dill.

It is better to make a plan of the garden in the winter in order to timely grow seedlings of the necessary vegetable and green crops, prepare them in the garden plot and successfully plant them in the intended places (Fig. 1.2).

Figure 1. Sealed bed with onions, spinach and carrots

In order for plants on the same bed not to interfere with each other's growth, it is necessary to take into account not only their allelopathic properties. It is not recommended to plant nearby crops belonging to the same species, as they will consume the same nutrients from the soil. It should be noted that tall plants create a shadow for lower plants, which is not always useful to the latter. It is also necessary for combined plantings to take into account the characteristics of the root system of plants. If their roots lie in the soil at the same level, then the effect of colins will be more significant, and competition for nutrients and moisture will increase.

Figure 2. Sealed bed with beets and lettuce

Compatibility table of plants in the garden. Who is comfortable growing together? Can I plant tomatoes next to garlic?

Compatibility of cultivated plants. This table was compiled taking into account the analysis of several sources on the influence of cultures. That is, the principle worked: those compatibility data that turned out to be the same, common among several authors - were entered into the table. Data that varied or were inconsistent were not entered into the table. So, the whole table is a kind of conclusion or summary from several sources on this topic. We present you the compatibility table of vegetables, root crops and herbs.

Enemies

- Carrot   does not like anise, dill, cabbage. Its proximity to apple trees is unacceptable: if you plant carrots under a tree, both apples and root crops will be bitter.
- Bow   does not grow with beans, peas, sage.
- Tomatoes   not the best companions of potatoes, they have a common disease (late blight) and one pest (Colorado potato beetle).
- pepper   does not tolerate fennel, do not plant it with beans, since these crops are susceptible to one disease.
- Turnip and pumpkin   don't get along with potatoes.
- Apple trees and pears   do not like neighborhoods with cherry plum, cherry, cherry, plum and apricot

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Friends.

- Eggplant  grow well next to beans, it protects against the Colorado potato beetle.
- Cabbage  does not suffer from an earthen flea if celery is planted in the neighborhood. Dill saves her from caterpillars and aphids, and chamomile and mint from a cabbage butterfly.
- Potatoes  gets along well with spinach, cabbage and radishes. Marigold and nasturtium protect it from the Colorado potato beetle, and garlic from late blight.
- Strawberry  likes bush beans, garlic, lettuce, onions, radishes, radishes and beets. To scare away berries from slugs, parsley is planted between the beds.
- Bow  combined with carrots. These crops protect each other from pests. Onions grow well with beets, lettuce, cucumbers, spinach, radishes, watercress.
- Carrot  "Friends" with peas, radishes, garlic, lettuce and radishes.
- Cucumbers  willingly side by side with beans, celery, beets. Salads, cabbage, garlic, onions, radishes, and spinach are also good companions.
   - K tomato  you can hook onions, but only on greens - the tops of tomatoes grow rapidly and greatly obscures the neighbor.
- Beet  friendly to onions, beans, salad.
- Carrot, turnip  and cucumbers  can be combined with peas, it enriches the soil with nitrogen.

Culture	Compatible	Incompatible
Watermelon	Potatoes	Tomatoes, horseradish, cabbage
Artichoke	Corn, carrots, onions, parsley, celery	Tomatoes, Beans, Horseradish
Basil	Asparagus, Tomatoes
Eggplant	Greens, onions, beans, potatoes, peppers	Beans, peas, cucumbers, aromatic herbs
Marigold	Strawberries, roses, tulips, gladiolus
Beans	Potato, pumpkin, zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, sunflower	Onions, garlic, celery, fennel
Broccoli	Celery, sage, beets, onions, potatoes, cucumbers	Tomatoes, Beans, Strawberries
Swede	Salad, spinach, carrots, cabbage, cucumbers, pumpkin, beets, tomatoes
Brussels sprouts	Celery, potatoes, beets, onions, cucumbers	Tomatoes, Beans, Strawberries
Grape		The smell of cabbage, laurel impairs taste. Elm, hazel
Peas	Carrots, turnips, radishes, potatoes, cucumbers, beans, marigolds, marigold, fragrant herbs	Onion garlic
Mustard	Cabbage, Turnip, Peas
Daikon	Like radish, radish - beets, spinach, carrots, parsnips, cucumbers, tomatoes, pumpkin and zucchini	Peas, strawberries, cabbage
Fragrant herbs	Peas, kohlrabi
Melon	Corn, Beans, Radish, Tomatoes	Potatoes, cucumbers, cabbage
Greens	Eggplant, Tomatoes
Wild strawberry	Beans, spinach, lettuce, onions, garlic, marigolds, calendula	It is undesirable to grow after potatoes, eggplant, pepper, cabbage, cucumber, aster, lily, gladioli (so as not to get infected with their diseases)
Cereal		Barberry
Zucchini	Corn, Beans, Beans, Salad, Onions, Celery	tomatoes
Cabbage	Celery, cucumbers, beets, mustard, spinach, dill, lettuce, onions, potatoes, nasturtium (with all cabbage), calendula, tobacco	Strawberries, Tomatoes, Beans
Brussels sprouts	Chinese cabbage
Chinese cabbage	Brussels sprouts
Leaf cabbage	With many. Dill, celery, onion	Tomatoes, Beans, Strawberries
Cauliflower	Celery, Chinese cabbage, beans, parsley, sage	Tomatoes wild strawberries

Potatoes	Watermelon, broccoli, cabbage, corn, peas, beans, beans, horseradish, eggplant, onions, nasturtium, carrots, salad, dill, coriander	Pumpkin, tomatoes, cucumbers, sunflower, raspberries, cherries, apple trees
Kohlrabi	Cucumbers, onions, beets, lettuce, fragrant herbs	Strawberries, tomatoes
Watercress
Corn	Artichoke, peas, beans, melon, zucchini, pumpkin, cucumbers, potatoes, barley, lupine, mustard
Levkoy
	Cabbage, kohlrabi, broccoli, potatoes, beets, carrots, tomatoes, eggplant, salad, chicory, leek, garlic, strawberries, calendula, savory, tobacco	Peas, beans. Aggressive to bean and cabbage
Leek	Celery, onions, carrots, tomatoes
Marjoram
Carrot	Peas. Leek, onion, lettuce, parsley, radish, beans, tomatoes, marjoram, sage	Beets, celery, horseradish
Vegetables	Nasturtium, Delphinium
Cucumbers	Peas, corn, beans, radish, tomatoes, cabbage, kohlrabi, salad, dill	Potato, fragrant herbs
Pepper	Salad, onion (feather), tomatoes, eggplant	Beans, peas, cucumbers, fennel, celery
Parsnip
Parsley	(Carrots), asparagus, tomatoes, peas, beans, beans, onions, lettuce	Carrots, Beets, Celery, Horseradish
Rhubarb	Single plant (except for perennial onions, horseradish)	Gooseberry
Radish	Spinach, dill, watercress, beets, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, zucchini and pumpkin, fragrant herbs	Peas, beans, strawberries
Radish	zucchini, cucumbers, beets, spinach, carrots, parsnips, pumpkin, melon, tomatoes, salad	Peas, beans, strawberries, cabbage
Turnip	Spinach, dill, salad, carrot, cabbage, cucumbers, beets, pumpkin, tomatoes	Beans, Peas, Horseradish, Celery
Salad	Strawberries, cabbage, kohlrabi, carrots, beets, radish, onions, cucumbers	Pumpkin, Tomato, Bean
Salad chicory (witloof)	Strawberries, cucumbers, carrots, radishes, cabbage	Pumpkin, Tomato, Bean
Beet	onions, radishes, lettuce, kohlrabi, broccoli, most cabbage	Mustard
Celery	Broccoli cauliflower, cabbage, leek, radish, carrots, beets	Tomatoes, peas, beans
Scorzonera (black root)	Onions, cabbage, radish, carrots, beets	Tomatoes, Beans, Horseradish, Peas
Asparagus	Parsley, basil, tomatoes
Tomatoes	Onions, leeks, carrots, radishes, celery, parsley, asparagus, cabbage, herbs, garlic, calendula, left-handed, apple tree, eggplant, peppers, basil	Kohlrabi, tall vegetables, beans, peas, cucumbers
Turnip	Peas, mustard
Pumpkin	Corn, Beans, Radish, Onion, Salad	Potato and cabbage
Tulip	Garlic, calendula
Dill	Turnip, radish, cabbage, apple tree
Beans	Eggplant, tomatoes, potatoes, corn, beets, carrots, cauliflower, peas, cucumbers, pumpkin, melon, strawberries, savory, gladioli	Onions, garlic, broccoli, fennel
Fennel	It depresses everyone
Physalis	Tomatoes, lettuce, onions (feather), pepper	Beans, peas, cucumbers, fragrant herbs
Horseradish	Potato, fragrant herbs	Tomatoes, Beans
Chicory	Bulb onions
Garlic	Roses, tulips, gladioli, currants, strawberries, onions, peas (?), Tomatoes	Peas (?), Beans
Sage	Broccoli, carrots
Spinach	Strawberries, turnip, radish, radish, cabbage, cucumbers, carrots	Pumpkin, Tomato, Bean
Sorrel	Strawberries, carrots, radishes, cabbage	Tomatoes, peas, beans, sage and other fragrant

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A visual plaque of Plants "Enemies" and "Friends" for you.

If you do not guess with the neighbors of the plants, you can get not just a small crop, but even be left without it. After all, enemy plants take from each other useful minerals from the earth, as well as suffer from similar diseases and the risk of infection will be more than 50%!

Tomatoes will be against the neighborhood of carrots, cauliflower, potatoes, fennel, beets and cucumbers. Beans will not be liked if onions, peas, garlic, fennel or leek grow next to it. Not the best neighbors for beans and beets, kohlrabi or sunflowers.

Plants - ENEMIES		Plants - FRIENDS
	Both cabbage and tomatoes need space and light. They will simply block each other. And they also need the same nutrients from the soil, so you need to refuse to plant them nearby, otherwise there is a risk of simply stopping the growth of plants.		Zucchini, pumpkin, corn and beans (and other legumes) can be planted together.
	Asparagus grows poorly with onions, as well as with garlic. This is because asparagus is a close relative of onions, leeks, garlic, as well as hyacinths and lilies.		Tomato and basil can be planted together. The taste of tomatoes will be improved, the smell of basil and other herbs will scare away the pest. Plant them nearby, but not on one bed. All the same, tomatoes need space. And also tomato + garlic are wonderful neighbors.
	This is not only about competition for space and nutrients, the proximity of dill, fennel, kohlrabi and pepper can lead to the death of plants orto a strong growth lag , but the main thing is that they need different growing conditions.		Carrots and radishes can be planted side by side, the depth of the roots is different, the same watering is required, and carrots will scare away pests from radish leaves.
	Bad neighbors are cucumber, potatoes and salad. And fragrant herbs should not be hooked on cucumbers either. The exception is dill. Cucumber with dill perfectly adjacent.		For the same reasons (see above), carrots can be planted next to the salad.
	Do not plant corn next to tomatoes - these crops are prone to the same fungal diseases. Bad neighbors for tomatoes are potatoes, cucumbers, carrots and beets.		Cucumber grows well next to onions, garlic, peas and other legumes, cabbage and beets.

However, keep in mind that if you use automatic watering (spraying), then when onions need to stop watering, cucumbers just need watering like never before! It’s better to plant cucumbers next to beans, beets or cabbage. They certainly will not give up watering!

In order to collect a rich harvest, to save fertilizers and not spend all your free time on pest control, it is not enough to choose suitable seeds and seedlings, to plant them in a good one. It is also important to know which vegetables can be planted with each other and which cannot, as well as which vegetables to plant after. After all, vegetables inevitably affect their “neighbors”: some “get along well” and even help each other fight pests, while others, on the contrary, “harm” their environment. Before planting any vegetable, it is also necessary to analyze the representatives of which family grew earlier in this place. If from year to year in the same place to place representatives of the same family, then the soil will quickly deplete. In addition, pests of this particular plant species can breed in this place. In connection with the foregoing, planning a summer cottage on the eve of the sowing season is necessary, it is necessary to analyze everything in advance and decide which placement of vegetables on the beds will be most successful.

Good neighborly relations in the world of vegetables

We offer you to study the information which vegetables can be planted nearby, and which for no reason can "make friends".

• Gourds are “friends” with legumes, as well as with corn, beets, radishes and sunflowers. But with the representatives of the pumpkin family they can’t share the garden, especially they have a bad relationship with cucumbers.
• Eggplants feel great if legumes, basil or tarragon grow nearby.
• Peas do not get along, perhaps, only with onions and garlic, as well as with beans.
• Zucchini should not be planted next to potatoes, but next to beans, radishes and corn they will be comfortable. You can plant nearby and nasturtium. This flower is like zucchini.
• Cabbage does not get along with tomatoes; strained relations develop between it and strawberries. But in a company with beets, celery and potatoes, she will feel “at ease”.
• In the vicinity of potatoes, it is best to plant cabbage, beets or corn. You can plant salad and radishes nearby. He will also “be glad” about the proximity of some ornamental plants, for example, marigolds. But he does not "make friends" with tomatoes and representatives of the pumpkin family.
• Onions should not be planted only with legumes.
• Carrots unfriendly perceive dill and anise.
• Cucumbers are well placed near cabbage, tomatoes, celery. You can not plant aromatic herbs next to them, such as sage, fennel, mint.
• Pepper does not like legumes and kohlrabi, but loves carrots and basil.
• Tomatoes are not planted with potatoes and beets, but next to garlic, onions, parsley, basil and spinach, they feel incomparable.
• Radishes are not picky about their neighbors, but most of all, he will be “glad” to the neighborhood with pumpkin and legumes.
• Salad can be planted with radishes, beets, cabbage, tomatoes, but not with parsley.
• Beets and cabbage can be planted nearby, including with kohlrabi, but we cannot allow tomatoes and beans in the neighborhood.
• Celery does not have a "sworn enemy", but it also has its own "preferences" - legumes, tomatoes, onions.
• Pumpkin can not be planted next to potatoes, they will "get rid of each other."
• Garlic and beans are the same as Montecchi and Capulet. Garlic can be planted next to cabbage, carrots, tomatoes and eggplant.

Given the proximity of vegetables, the chances of a high yield are significantly increased.

"A bed in the inheritance", or what vegetables after which to plant

It is equally important to take into account the predecessor vegetables. If the vegetable "inherits" the bed from a representative of his own family - do not wait for good. It is worth considering the following recommendations, which vegetables after which you can plant:

• peas will feel at ease in the garden, remaining “inherited” from garlic, potatoes, cabbage, onions, zucchini, potatoes, and legumes are not planted only after legumes;
• plant bold greens after legumes, onions and garlic, tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers;
• zucchini can be planted after any other vegetables except pumpkin;
• a bed is suitable for potatoes, where onions, garlic, cabbage, beets, cucumbers previously grew; beds after carrots, peppers, tomatoes do not fit;
• plant cabbage after legumes, onions and carrots, but radishes and turnips are not good predecessors for it;
• onions should not be planted only after garlic;
• carrots are suitable beds after tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, garlic, onions, cabbage, zucchini, do not fit - after greens and potatoes;
• cucumbers will happily "settle" in the garden after tomatoes, legumes, peppers, cabbage, potatoes, but in the garden after pumpkin and garlic they will "not be greeted";
• “Bad” precursors of garlic - onions, carrots and cucumbers, other vegetables - good or neutral;
• do not “populate” the pepper in the garden left after potatoes or tomatoes, after other vegetables - it is possible;
• radishes, turnips and radishes should not be planted after each other;
• celery is not planted only after greens;
• beets should not be planted in beds where celery, cabbage and carrots used to grow;
• tomatoes do not grow well after pepper and potatoes.

Knowing the "bad" and "good" predecessors of each vegetable, you can correctly "settle" them in the beds, getting a good crop and at the same time saving on fertilizers.

Fresh vegetables, freshly picked from the garden, are rich in vital vitamins and especially fragrant. Every gardener takes pride in a grown crop. However, in order to obtain a healthy and rich harvest, it is important to plan the sequence and combination of various vegetables in a timely manner. Let's try to figure it out.

Choose neighbors in the vegetable garden. © woodleywonderworks Content:

Landing plan

It is better to use the winter months for planning plantings, as you need to consider the following: Distribution of beds. It is optimal to divide the site into 2 or 3 parts with different nutrient content. So, on the one hand, you can change the places of strong and weak consumers, on the other hand, various types of vegetables.

Sequence of crops throughout the year: this means planning short early crops, then the main crop, so that the beds are used optimally throughout the year. Mixed cultures: it is also worth considering which vegetables can be combined and which cannot.

Nutrient requirement of vegetables

The nutrient requirements of certain types of vegetables vary significantly.

Regarding the need for nitrogen, vegetables can be divided into strong, medium and weak consumers. These needs must be considered when preparing beds and fertilizing.

• Strong consumers  (great need for nitrogen): green, white and red cabbage, Chinese cabbage, curly cabbage, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower, broccoli, celery, onions, chard, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, zucchini, pumpkin.
• Average consumers  (average nitrogen requirement): carrots, red beets, radishes, scorzoner, kohlrabi, onions, potatoes, fennel, eggplant, spinach, field salad, head lettuce, chicory.
• Weak consumers  (low nitrogen demand): peas, beans, radishes, nasturtium (insecticide), herbs and spices.

  Vegetable beds. © Social Geek

What and what to combine

Planting several types of vegetables in the garden will allow you to significantly increase the harvest. The right combination of several types of vegetables contributes to full growth, reduces the likelihood of diseases, creates a favorable environment for beneficial insects and repels various pests.

But at the same time, the simultaneous planting of several types of vegetables together has its drawbacks, because not all plants can get along with each other. A few simple tips will introduce you to the most common possible combinations when growing vegetables:

• Asparagus gets along well with many vegetables, but tomatoes, parsley and basil are more suitable for it.
• Bush beans get along well with potatoes, cucumbers, corn, strawberries and celery, but cannot tolerate onions. On the contrary, ordinary beans are more capricious - they grow successfully, being next to corn and radishes, and do not get along with beets and onions.
• Representatives of the cabbage family (broccoli, Brussels sprouts, white cabbage, cauliflower, garden cabbage, etc.) get along well with many other vegetables. Beets, celery, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, potatoes and spinach can be made their “neighbors”. But there are also undesirable plants, for example ordinary beans, strawberries, tomatoes, etc.
• Carrots can be grown in the neighborhood of many vegetables: beans, lettuce, rosemary, onions, sage and tomatoes. However, carrots should not be planted next to dill.
• Celery is also unpretentious in relation to other vegetables planted nearby. It can be planted next to onions, representatives of the head cabbage family, tomatoes and bush beans. As with asparagus, there are no specific vegetables for celery that can have a negative effect on its growth.
• Corn should be planted away from tomatoes, but next to potatoes, beans, peas, pumpkin, cucumbers, etc.
• Cucumbers do not like to grow near aromatic herbs and potatoes, but they are extremely favored by planting next to beans, corn and peas.
• Lettuce is an extremely unpretentious plant that can grow next to any vegetables. But it is best to plant it next to carrots, strawberries and cucumbers.
• It is better to plant onions near beets, carrots, lettuce and representatives of the head family. However, it is best not to plant it next to the beans and peas if you want to harvest a good crop later.
• Peas are best planted next to carrots, turnips, cucumbers, corn and beans, but in no case next to onions or potatoes.
• Speaking of potatoes, it is better to plant beans, corn and head of the head family nearby to achieve good results. Potatoes should not be planted next to pumpkins, tomatoes and cucumbers.
• Finally, tomatoes are one of the most common vegetables grown in the summer season. For best results, tomatoes should be planted next to onions, asparagus, carrots, parsley or cucumbers, but away from potatoes and various representatives of the head family.

The above is far from a complete list. Undoubtedly, many other vegetables can be grown in the garden, and this article could be twice or even three times as long as everything was described in detail. But the vegetables described in this article are the most common. This will help you plan and organize your garden for the next year.

Try planting vegetables in various combinations. You will understand that at the same time they will be much more useful, which, in turn, will provide you and your family members with tasty and healthy food.

  Vegetables. © Little Dog Laughed

Plants that cannot be planted nearby

Among garden plants, mutual assistance relationships are much more common than hostility relationships. Poor compatibility of plants is most often explained by their root or leaf secretions, which can inhibit the growth of neighboring crops. The secretions of some plants have a specific inhibitory effect on only one or two other species. For example, sage does not get along with onions, turnip suffers from the proximity of a guller and a mountaineer (knotweed), marigolds have a bad effect on beans, wormwood on peas and beans, tansy on leafy cabbage, quinoa on potatoes.

There are plant species that secrete substances poorly tolerated by most other species. An example is black walnut, which releases the substance yuglon, which inhibits the growth of most vegetables, azaleas, rhododendrons, blackberries, peonies, and apple trees.

The close proximity of wormwood is also undesirable for most vegetables.

Among vegetable plants, there is also a non-life-giving, or, as they say, "asocial" species, which has a bad effect on many cultivated plants. This is fennel. It damages tomatoes, bush beans, caraway seeds, peas, beans and spinach.

Some weeds of field crops not only compete with them for water and nutrition, but also oppress them with their secretions. Wheat is depressed by a large number of poppy and chamomile plants, and rapeseed by gallows and field mustard. Rye, on the contrary, itself inhibits the growth of weeds, and if it is sown for two years in a row in one place, then wheat grass will disappear in this field. Other crops are also able to inhibit weed growth. Of these, they are trying to isolate the substances responsible for this action in order to create environmentally friendly herbicides on their basis.

A striking example of the negative interaction is the relationship between clover and all plants from the ranunculaceae family. Ranunculin is formed in their roots, even at extremely low concentrations, inhibiting the growth of nodule bacteria and therefore making the soil unsuitable for clover. If buttercup appeared on the field of perennial grasses, then clover here will soon completely disappear.

American biologist R. B. Gregg in his book on herbs gives such a destructive characteristic of the ranunculace family. “Delphinium, peony, aconite and some other garden flowers belong to the ranunculaceae family, very strong and viable, but living only for themselves. They require a large number of organic fertilizers, and leave lifeless humus after themselves. Neighboring plants will not grow well without a lot of compost. ”

In the kingdom of trees, according to the same author, spruce is distinguished by its aggressive character. It is hostile to all other trees, the adverse effect of spruce appears in the soil within 15 years after its felling.

There are many examples of such relationships, when in large quantities plants act on some culture depressingly, and in small ones they are favorable for its growth. Such plants are recommended to be planted along the edges of vegetable beds, but only in small quantities. This applies to white cassava (deaf nettle), sainfoin, valerian, yarrow. Chamomile in large quantities is harmful to wheat, and in a ratio of 1: 100 contributes to better grain performance.

Aromatic herbs

Aromatic herbs, whose leaves emit a large amount of volatile substances, are good companions for many garden plants. Their volatile emissions favorably affect vegetables growing nearby: they make them healthier, and in some cases significantly affect the taste. For example, fragrant basil improves the taste of tomatoes, and dill - cabbage.

Well-known dandelion emits a large amount of ethylene gas, accelerating the ripening of fruits. Therefore, its proximity is favorable for apple trees and many vegetable crops. Most of the aromatic herbs - lavender, borage, sage, hyssop, parsley, dill, savory, marjoram, chamomile, krevel - work well on almost all vegetables. Planted on the edges of beds or plots of white cinnamon (dead nettle), valerian, yarrow make vegetable plants more healthy and resistant to disease.

Dynamic plants are those that influence everyone and everything well, supporting the general tone: nettle, chamomile, valerian, dandelion, yarrow.

• “Tyrants” that oppress all “neighbors” without exception: fennel and wormwood. Around fennel, really, everything is tormented. His - to the fence.
• "Helpers" for everyone - salad and spinach. They secrete substances that enhance the activity of roots and plants and shade the soil. So they feed everyone!
• All umbrellas “quarrel” with each other, except carrots: parsley, celery, parsnip, lovage, dill, cilantro. These are best planted separately.

Around marigolds it is useful to plant marigolds: they will be excellent protection against pests.

To get rid of wireworm (the nutcracker beetle larva), plant beans near the carrots. Wherever you plant your favorite root vegetables, no carrots are ever spoiled by this pest.