Basil
- Plant near: most garden crops
- Keep away from: rue
- Comments: improves the flavor and growth of garden crops, especially tomatoes and lettuce. Repels mosquitoes.
- Plant near: beets, cabbage, carrots, catnip, cauliflower, corn, cucumbers, marigolds, potatoes, savory, strawberries
- Keep away from: fennel, garlic, leeks, onions, shallots
- Comments: potatoes and marigolds repel Mexican bean beetles. Catnip repels flea beetles.
- Plant near: corn, marigolds, potatoes, radishes
- Keep away from: beets, garlic, kohlrabi, leeks, onions, shallots
- Comments: potatoes and marigolds repel Mexican bean beetles. Catnip repels flea beetles.
- Plant near: broccoli, brussels sprouts, bush beans, cabbage, cauliflower, chard, kohlrabi, onions
- Keep away from: charlock, field mustard, pole beans
- Plant near: squash, strawberries, tomatoes
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- Comments: repels tomato worms. Improves flavor and growth of companions.
- Plant near: beets, buckwheat, calendula, carrots, chamomile, dill, hyssop, marigolds, mints, nasturtiums, onions, rosemary, sage, thyme, wormwood.
- Keep away from: strawberries
- Comments: marigolds repel cabbage moths. Nasturtiums repel aphids.
- Plant near: broccoli, brussels sprouts, celery, chard, spinach, tomatoes.
- Keep away from: strawberries
- Comments: tomatoes and celery repel cabbage worms.
- Plant near: corn
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- Plant near: cabbage, chives, early potatoes, leeks, lettuce, onions, peas, radishes, rosemary, sage, salsify, wormwood.
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- Comments: onions, leeks, and wormwood repel carrot flies
- Plant near: apples, berries, carrots, grapes, peas, roses, tomatoes.
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- Comments: Improves flavor and growth of companions. Deters aphids and Japanese beetles.
- Plant near: beans, cucumbers, early potatoes, melons, peas, pumpkins, soybeans, squash.
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- Comments: soybeans deter chinch bugs.
- Plant near: beans, cabbage, corn, early potatoes, radishes, sunflowers.
- Keep away from: late potatoes
- Comments: Radishes deter cucumber beetles. Cucumbers encourage blight in late potatoes.
- Plant near: broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, lettuce, onions
- Keep away from: carrots
- Comments: Improves flavor and growth of cabbage family plants.
- Plant near: green beans, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes
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- Comments: green beans deter Colorado potato beetles.
- Plant near: cabbage, cane fruits, fruit trees, roses, tomatoes
- Keep away from: peas, beans
- Comments: deters Japanese beetles and aphids. A garlic oil spray deters onion flies, aphids, and ermine moths. A garlic tea helps repel late potato blight.