Pick a vegetable to see its best companions and the neighbors to keep away — handy when arranging beds in the square foot planner.
Pick a vegetable to see its best neighbors, the plants to keep away, and one practical tip. Note: much of this is traditional gardener wisdom rather than controlled research — treat it as a starting point, not a rulebook.
How it’s figured
Pairings below come from widely published companion-planting charts and traditional kitchen-garden practice: pest confusion (strong scents masking crops), nitrogen fixing (legumes feeding neighbors), and shared-disease avoidance (keeping disease-prone relatives apart). Controlled studies exist for a few pairings only — for example, aromatic herbs confusing specific pests — so read “good companions” as “worth trying,” not “proven.”