VEGETABLES. Positive Companions. Negative Companions. bush bean, beet, carrot, dill, lettuce, nasturtium, onion family, spinach. onions, basil family

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1 VEGETABLES Name Arugula ) 1/4 1 apart 50 every 3 weeks as long as cool weather lasts bush bean, beet, carrot,, onion, spinach strawberries 2-3 long sow outdos as soon as soil can be wked Beans, Bush Beans, Pole 4 apart 60 moist, not wet 3 apart days beets, chard, egg, pea, carrots, radish, marigold, cucumbers, rosemary, Pick regularly to extend carrot, chard, cuke, egg, marigold, pea, strawberry, rosemary onions, basil basil, beet,, onion, radish 1/8 thick no rotation concerns let some pods mature to use as shell beans w/, bush beans give young s fish emulsion every 2 wks f 6 wks, then once a month K= moderate water low at ing, medium at flowering, heavy thru freeze with better texture than bush beans Beets 3 apart weeks bush beans, onions, radish, leek, pole beans 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 diameter w/spinach, Swiss chard each has 2-6 s; thin ling clusters by cutting (not pulling) at soil level; retain strongest ling

2 Broccoli/ Broccoli Raab ) 1/4 thin to 15 apart 45 Keep picking broccoli to extend beet, bush bean, chard, onion, spinach, mint, tomato,, carrot, kale, cucumber, sage, egano, rosemary pole beans 12 high K= high Carrots to midsummer 1/4-1/2 1/2 apart 75 second crop about time you tomatoes bean,, leaf leek, onion, pea, radish, tomato, chives, rosemary, sage to thin carrots, carefully thin with flal shears to no less than 2 inches between s keep soil moist throughout germination; intersperse w/radishes Cucumbers 1/ apart trellised; 36 apart on ground bush bean,,, egg, pea, radish, tomato, nasturtium potato, sage, other aromatic herbs smaller fruits me flavful with other cucumber members use fish emulsion every 2 wks better when trellised Dill sow at surface depth just cover space 6-8 carrot beet K= high

3 Egg 18 apart; pattern bush beans, none beans Garlic late summer to fall 2 w/pointed end of clove up space 6 beets, lettuce beans, late summer when bottom 2-3 leaves turn yellow and tops fall over should not any onion see newspaper article f me ing info Kale ) late ; summer 16 apart bush bean, beet,, cuke, onion, spinach, tomato pole bean use scisss to leaves Lettuce when soil can be wked see packets continuous everything, but esp. carrot, garlic, onion and radish none Onion Sets 3-4 apart () beets, carrots, spinach, strawberry, tomato,, turnips beans,, sage w/squash lettuce; do not any onion legume too much N; side dress with compost

4 Pak Choi ) Peas, Sugar Snap as soon as soil can be wked 1/4 2 apart space 1 apart in pattern sow in and late summer beets, onions, spinach, radish carrot, bean, egg, radish, turnip, spinach, cuke, strawberry tomatoes; strawberries onion Follow w/kale use inoculative powder as f beans when ing Radishes ) and fall 1 apart; thin to flav better when ed w/lettuce; beans, beets, carrots,, spinach, cuke, tomato, squash don t leave in ground too long taste and texture suffer precede w/a legume cover crop Spinach (beet ) 6 apart onions,,, radish, cut entire 1 above soil level to encourage regrowth of leaves benefits all succeeding crops; should not best in cool weather Strawberries Swiss Chard (beet ) 8-10 apart ( pattern) beans, bage, onion, pea, spinach, beets, spinach cut stalks from of leaving the heart, which continues to grow beet, pea, tomato w/beets, spinach benefits

5 Tomatoes 15 apart (suppted) dig 6 diameter hole enough so only about 4 of is above soil (buy 4 pots) clip off any leaves that will be buried bush beans,, onion, marigold, carrot, garlic, basil, chives, cukes, garlic, lettuce pole beans, egg Pinch cut out all non-flowering stems that grown between main stem and the leaf crotches Prune tip to stop further growth when reaches top of suppt Turnips ) to midsummer 1/4 1/2 4 apart onion, when roots are 1 to 3 diameter need only moderate amt of water; wetting tops to prevent foliar diseases Zucchini space s inches apart sow s 3 per hill onion, radish, when fruit is 4-5 long w/winter squash, cukes, melon