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 |