Companion planting is a hot topic on gardening sites. If you don’t know what it is. Companion planting is simply planting fruits, vegetables and herbs together in such a way that they assist each other’s growth and productivity either attracting beneficial bugs or repelling bad ones as well as nutrient sharing. In short, they do the work that would otherwise be achieved with heavy pesticides or fertilizers. And it is free!
Everyone with a gardening site offers a guide, an opinion, or both. Unfortunately, many are riddled with distracting ads (Where IS the information I am looking for?) or offer hard to use resources and information.
That is why I created this quick and easy to use Companion Planting Guide for 39 common plants. Not only does it show the companion plants but also useful information about what a plant like in terms of temperature, sunlight hours, watering instructions, and soil types. You know, all the information on the back of the seed package you have since lost 😂😂.
For more detailed information I also recommend the tried and true Farmer’s Almanac article on Companion Planting which features a Companion Planting Lookup Tool and a chart with interesting information such as: Thyme and nasturium reduce cabbage looper and imported cabbageworm damage in broccoli. Source: Iowa State University
In addition The Gardenary has a ton of great resources including a Gardening Planting Calendar that opens in Excel. The website is maintained by Nicole Burke, author of a cool book, Kitchen Garden Revival and I recommend glancing through it.
Lastly, nurseries like the Portland Nursery offer helpful articles with resources and Burpee offers a clickable Companion Planting Guide that you can refer to while buying seeds. That being said, I advocate buying from cool companies like Adaptive Seeds out of Oregon that actively give bacck to the community and the environment!
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