Planting Companions

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Planting some plants close to other plants will help to enhance each others growth and help to protect against pests and some diseases to the plants. I have listed below what I was taught and so far it has worked for me. I have also listed how many plants or seeds to plant per person that will be eating from your garden. Since some people like some vegetables more than others, you might want to adjust the amount that you plant according to your family's likes and dislikes.

I hope that this will help others with planting their gardens. Thanks for reading and visiting my blog. :-)

Vegetable	Good Companions	Avoid	How Many Plants or Seeds to plant per person
Asparagus	Tomatoes, parsley, basil	Onion, garlic, potatoes	Five crowns per person for fresh. Ten crowns per person for freezing.
Bush Beans	Eggplant, corn, sunflowers, lavender, cabbage, cucumbers, strawberries	Tomatoes, onions, kale, fennel	A fifty foot row will produce approximately 25 quarts of beans.
Beets	Mint, beans, onions, garlic, lettuce, cabbage,	____None_____	About ten to twenty feet per person. More if you want to can them.
Broccoli	Onions, garlic, leeks, dill, sage, rosemary, potatoes, beets, celery geraniums	Tomatoes, peppers, mustard	Two – four per person
Cabbage	Onions, garlic, leeks, dill, sage, rosemary, potatoes, beets, celery geraniums	Tomatoes, peppers, beans	Three to four cabbage plants per person.
Carrots	Leeks, beans. Lettuce, chives, rosemary, sage, peas	Strawberries, fennel, cabbage	30 plants per person for fresh.
Celery	Daisies, snapdragons,	corn	Five plants per person for fresh, ten plants per person for storage
Corn, sweet	Legumes, squash, cucumbers, sunflowers, beans, peas, legumes, pumpkins, squash, cucumbers, melons, parsley	Tomatoes, celery, cabbage	Figure one ear per stalk, two ears per stalk if you are lucky
Cucumber	Radishes, beets, carrots	Tomatoes	One plant per person for fresh, two plants per person for canning
Eggplant	Marigolds, mint	Runner beans	One plant per person plus 3 extra for family
Lettuce	Radishes, carrots, strawberries, cucumber, beans	Celery, Cabbage, Parsley,	Ten to twelve plants per person
Melons	Peppers, squash	---------	Four plants per person
Onions	Carrots, beets, strawberries, tomatoes, lettuce,	Peas, beans	Forty plants per person for fresh , Eighty plants per person if also used in canning.
Peas	Beans, corn., lavender, carrot, turnip, radish, cucumber, corn, beans	Onion, garlic	25 plants per person for fresh, 60 plants per person for canning.
Peppers	Tomatoes, geranium, basil, carrots, onion	Beans, cabbage, kale	Five to six plants per person for fresh. Ten plants per person if used in canning or for dehydrating.
Potatoes	Horseradish, coriander, marigolds, beans, corn, anything in the cabbage family,	Cucumbers, pumpkins, squash, melons, sunflowers, tomatoes	Ten plants per person for fresh. Thirty plants per person for canning
Spinach	Strawberries, peas	--------------	Ten plants per person for fresh. Thirty plants per person for canning
Summer/Winter Squash			Two plants per person
Potatoes	Horseradish	Tomato. cucumbers	Depends on how often you use potatoes. Each potato plant usually yields five to ten pounds of potatoes..
Tomatoes	Carrots, celery, parsley	Corn, peas, kale, potatoes	Two plants per person for fresh. Six plants per person for canning or dyhydrating.