Vegetable Gardening : Compatible Planting of Garden Vegetables

Compatible planting refers to planting certain plants together that have a beneficial effect on each other's growth, health, and flavor.

Some examples of compatible plants are cabbage and dill, tomatoes and basil, carrots and tomatoes, borage and tomatoes, caraway and compacted clay soils, chives and fruit trees, marigolds and garden beds. Kohlrabi and beets are also compatible, as well as corn, string beans, and pumpkins.

Compatible planting can lead to healthier and faster growth of plants, improved flavor of vegetables, attracting beneficial insects for pollination, breaking up compacted clay soils, repelling insects from fruit trees, saving space in the garden, and fixing nitrogen in the soil.

When cabbage and dill are planted together, the cabbage tends to grow healthier and faster. They are compatible plants that thrive well together.

The three sisters planting method involves growing corn, string beans, and pumpkins together. The corn serves as a support for the climbing string beans, while the beans fix nitrogen in the soil which benefits the corn. Pumpkin can also be planted in the same area. This method saves space and allows the plants to grow well together.