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Artichoke Asparagus Basil Bean Beans Beet Borage Broccoli Brussels sprouts Buckwheat Cabbage Calendula (Marigold) Carrot Cauliflower Celeriac Celery Chamomile Chervil Chicory Chive Coriander Corn Cucumber Dill Eggplant Fennel Garlic Groundcherry Lavender Leek Lettuce Marigold Marjoram Melon Mint Nasturtiums Onion Oregano Parsley Parsnip Peas Pepper and chilli Petunia Potato Radish Raspberry Rosemary Rutabaga and turnip Sage Shallot S
Garden Artichoke Artichoke
Asparagus
Asparagus
Basil
Basil
Bean
Bean
Beans
Beans
helpers! Beet Beet
Borage
Borage
Broccoli
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Brussels sprouts
Buckwheat
Buckwheat
Cabbage
Calendula (Marigold)
Calendula (Marigold) Cabbage
Carrot Carrot
Cauliflower Cauliflower
Container-growing requires different Celeriac Celeriac
techniques in order to maximize space and Celery Celery
optimize your harvest. One to consider? Chamomile Chamomile
Companion-planting. This is the technique Chervil Chervil
of planting different plants in proximity to Chicory Chicory
Chive
Chive
one another for their mutual benefit. For Coriander Coriander
example, a large plant could act as a stake for Corn Corn
a climbing variety of plant or provide shade Cucumber Cucumber
to a more fragile plant. Another plant could Dill Dill
Eggplant
Eggplant
attract pollinators, helping to fertilize fruits Fennel Fennel
and vegetables. Yet another could repel certain Garlic Garlic
pests that would otherwise eat your vegetable Groundcherry Groundcherry
plants. Lavender Lavender
Leek Leek
Then, there are certain plants that are quite Lettuce Lettuce
Marigold
Marigold
unsuited to cohabitation, since they compete Marjoram Marjoram
for the same nutrients in the soil. Once you Melon Melon
have chosen the fruits, vegetables and herbs Mint Mint
you want to grow in your vegetable garden, Nasturtiums Nasturtiums
Onion
Onion
the table below will help you find their perfect Oregano Oregano
companions! Parsley Parsley
Parsnip Parsnip
Peas Peas
Pepper and chilli Pepper and chilli
Petunia Petunia
Potato Potato
Legend Radish Radish
Raspberry
Raspberry
Herbs Rosemary Rosemary
Vegetables Rutabaga and turnip Rutabaga and turnip
Flowers Sage Sage
Berries Shallot Shallot
Spinach Spinach
Friend Squash and pumpkin Squash and pumpkin
Strawberry
Strawberry
Enemy Sunflower Sunflower
Swiss chard Swiss chard
Tarragon Tarragon
Thyme Thyme
Tomato Tomato
Turnip Turnip
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