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Joy Blooms in the Vegetable Garden
Move
d to Lubbock, TX in Spring 2011
 Growing veggies in Lubbock will have it's challenges.
Come follow my progress as I get my hands in Texas soil.

Joy Blooms in the Garden

Veggies Anyone?    Get Ready    Tomatoes or Nothing    Tips for the Gardener    Grow more Veggies
Good Neighbors    Compost It!     Gardening in Lubbock    Out Door Projects     Gardening Lessons from Daddy
My Veggie Garden Plans      Raised Beds for Lubbock Garden  

Vegetables can be Good Neighbors too
By carefully choosing the neighborhood for your veggies,
the neighborhood plants can help each other improve flavor; attract beneficial insects; and ward off bad ones.

Companion planting reasons

  • Companion plants are mostly likely ones your already have in your garden. By carefully creating neighborhoods, you improve the vigor and flavor of many plants.
     

  • Companion vegetable plants will deter unwanted insects.  With careful neighborhood planning your which helps to decrease the amount of pesticides and effort it takes to keep your garden pest free.
     

  • Vegetable companion planting increases the yields of the plants. What gardener wouldn't want to have a more productive garden?

 

 

Chart of Good & Bad Neighbors - this is partial list of options for Companion Plants
Plant's Common Name Good Neighbors Bad Neighbors
Alliums Fruit trees, tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi, carrots Beans, Peas, Parsley
Asparagus Tomatoes, Parsley, Basil Onion, Garlic, Potatoes
Beans Potatoes, Carrots, Cucumbers, Radishes, Rosemary, Peas, Corn, Cucumbers, Brassicas, Summer Savory, most other vegetables and herbs Tomatoes, chili peppers, sunflowers, alliums (onions, garlic, etc), kales (cabbage, broccoli, etc) Gladiola
Pole Beans Corn  Summer Savory, Sunflowers Onions, Beets, Kohlrabi, Cabbage
Bush Beans Potatoes, Cucumbers, Corn, Strawberries, Celery, Summer Savory Onions
Beets Lettuce, Onions, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Kale, Kohlrabi, Broccoli Pole beans
Brassicas (Cabbage, Cauliflower, Kale, Kohlrabi, Broccoli) Aromatic Herbs, Potatoes, Celery, Chamomile, Dill Peppermint, Sage, Rosemary, Beets, Onions, Spinach Pole beans, strawberries, tomatoes
Carrots Chives, Rosemary, Sage, Radishes, Lettuce, Peas, Onions, Leeks, Tomatoes Dill
Celery Leeks, Tomatoes, Bush Beans, Cauliflower, Cabbage, Cosmos, Daisies, Snapdragons corn, Aster flowers, these can transmit the aster yellows disease
Chives Carrots, tomatoes Peas, beans
Corn Sunflowers, Pumpkins, Beans, Potatoes, Peas, Cucumbers, Pumpkin, Squash Tomatoes, Celery
Cucumber Beans, Carrots, Beets, Onions, Radishes, Corn, Peas, Lettuce, Dill, Sunflowers, Nasturtiums, Marigolds Potatoes, aromatic herbs
Dill Cabbage, Onions, Cucumbers Tomato
Eggplant Beans, Peppers, Potatoes  
Leek Onions, celery, carrots Legumes (beans, peas, etc)
Lettuce Carrots with radishes, Strawberries, Cucumbers, Onions  
Marigold Plant throughout the garden  
Oregano Good to all Vegetables  
Onion (and garlic) Beets, Strawberries, Tomatoes, Lettuce, Summer Savory, Chamomile, Leeks, Parsley Peas, Beans, Parsley
Parsley Tomatoes, Asparagus  
Peas Carrots, Turnips, Radishes, Cucumbers, Corn, Beans, Lettuce, most vegetables and herbs Onions, Garlic, Chives, Gladiola, Potatoes
Roses Garlic  
Potato Beans, Corn, Cabbage, Horseradish, Marigold, Eggplant Pumpkin Squash, Cucumber, Sunflowers, Tomatoes, Raspberry
Pumpkin Corn, Beans Potato
Radish Peas, Nasturtium, Lettuce, Cucumber  
Sage Broccoli, Cauliflower, Rosemary, Cabbage, Carrots Kohlrabi, Corn, Potatoes, Fennel, Cabbage
Soybeans Grows/helps with everything  
Spinach Strawberries  
Squash Nasturtiums, Corn Potatoes
Strawberries BUSH Bean, Spinach, Borage, Lettuce (as a border), Onions Cabbage
Sunflower Cucumbers Potato
Tomatoes Basil, Chives, Onions, Parsley, Asparagus, Marigold, Nasturtiums, Carrots Black Walnut, Kohlrabi, Corn, Potatoes, Fennel, Brassicas
Turnip Peas  

This is not an all-inclusive list.  It is the compilation of my searches
 and includes what I am likely to plant.

Mix sun-loving plants with shade-loving plants.  The taller sun-loving plants will provide shade.


Joy Blooms . . . in the veggie garden!

Veggies Anyone?    Get Ready    Tomatoes or Nothing    Tips for the Gardener    Grow more Veggies
Good Neighbors   Compost It!     Gardening in Lubbock    My Veggie Garden Plans
    Gardening Lessons from Daddy     
    My Garden Photo Albums

   
 
 

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