Companion Planting

Most plants have other plants they like growing next to as well as plants they don’t like growing next to. Putting different plants together that grow well together, is known as companion planting. Companion planting helps plants with many different things. Such as pest control, pollination (授粉), providing habitat for beneficial creatures (有益な生き物) and making good use of space. One example of companion planting is tomato and basil. As the tomato grows, there is space under the tomato plants for the basil to grow: a good use of space. Also, the basil plant helps protect the tomatoes from aphid (アブラムシ) attacks: good pest control. This is an example of how two plants can help each other.

Print out the Companion Plant Table (Companion Planting Table.pdf). Then, take a walk through our Community Garden and find two to three trees or vegetables that we are growing. After that, go online and find some companion plants for the things you listed.

You can find a list of plants and their companions online at Plant Buddies (https://plantbuddies.serlo.org/)