companion cropping Table

Name	properties	Good companions	Bad companions
Amaranth	Avoids the propagation of diseases or pest	Potatoes, onions, corn and around the garden
Basil	Keep away flies and mosquitoes, enhances the flavor of tomatoes, protect tomato from nematodes	Tomato
Bean	Repels beetles, helps corn and potato growth	Peas, cucumbers, squash, radishes, potatoes, marigold	onions, garlic
Beetroot	Loosen the soil at harvest	onions, garlic	Pole beans
Brinjal	Trap beetle	Beans, peas, thyme, Tomato
Carrot	Secretes a substance that promotes the growth of pea, repels onion fly, makes radish less piquant	Onions, garlic, rosemary, tomatoes, peas	Mint
Corn	After harvesting, the decomposition of corn stalks produce carbon-rich humus, repels cucumber fly	squash, Zucchini, beans, cucumbers, potatoes	Tomatoes
Cucumber	Keep soil humidity and protects from weed	Peas, onions, beans, radishes, lettuce, corn	Potatoes, rosemary, mint (strong spices)
Garlic	Repels insects in general, help growth of beetroot and improves its flavor	carrot, beets, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach	beans, peas
Ladies Finger	Protect pepper from wind and sun damage	All vegetables	Sweet potato, squash
Lettuce	Keeps away from plants slugs. Snails eat your lettuce priority, traps white worm	Radish, peas, tomatoes, squash, Zucchini
Marigold	Control nematodes, keeps aphids, flea beetles, ants away with it smell, helps tomato growth	Potatoes, tomatoes, beans
Mint	Repels flea beetles, ants, aphids	Tomato	Carrot
Onion	Repels carrot fly	carrots, beets, lettuce, radishes	Beans and peas, potatoes
Pea	Green manure	Beans, radishes, carrots, cucumbers, Zucchini, squash, lettuce, brinjal, spinach, mint	Garlic, onions
Pepper and Capsicum	Hot peppers repel aphids	Tomatoes, onions, carrots, basil	Spinach
Potato	Protects beans from Mexican beetle	Beans and peas, marigold, corn	Tomatoes, brinjal, cucumber, squash, Zucchini, spinach
Radish	Loosen the soil at harvest, repels cucumber fly, helps carrot germination	carrots, onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, Zucchini, beans, peas, lettuce	Potato
Spinach	Can be used as green manure	lettuce, cucumbers, peas	Potatoes, tomatoes, peppers
Squash	Keep soil humidity and protects from weed	Radish, mint, peas, beans	Potatoes
Tomato	Repels carrot fly, aphids.	Basil, mint, peppers, onions, beans, lettuce	Beetroot, Brinjal, cucumber, spinach, potatoes, corn

courtesy: Annadana Soil and Seed Savers Network

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