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Their Companions, and Their Antagonists
| Vegetable | Companions | Antagonists |
| Asparagus | tomatoes, parsley, basil | |
| Beans | Potatoes, carrots, cucumbers, cauliflower, cabbage, summer savory, most other vegetables and herbs | Onion, garlic, gladiola, chives |
| Pole beans | Corn, summer savory, sunflowers | Onions, beets, kohlrabi, cabbage |
| Bush beans | Potatoes, cucumbers, corn, strawberries, celery, summer savory | Onions |
| Beets | Onions, kohlrabi | Pole beans |
| Brassicas (Cabbage, cauliflower, kale, kohlrabi, broccoli) | Aromatic plants, potatoes, celery, dill, chamomile, peppermint, sage, rosemary, beets, onions | Pole beans, strawberries, tomatoes |
| Carrots | Peas, leaf lettuce, chives, onions, leeks, rosemary, sage, tomatoes | Dill |
| Celery | Leeks, tomatoes, bush beans, cauliflower, cabbage | |
| Chives | Carrots, tomatoes | Peas, beans |
| Corn | Potatoes, peas, beans, cucumbers, pumpkin, squash | |
| Cucumber | Beans, corn, peas, radishes, lettuce, sunflowers | Potatoes, aromatic herbs |
| Eggplant | Beans, Potatoes | |
| Leek | Onions, celery, carrots | |
| Lettuce | Carrots with radishes, strawberries, cucumbers, onions | |
| Onion (and garlic) | Beets, strawberries, tomatoes, lettuce, summer savory, chamomile, leeks, parsley | Peas, beans |
| Parsley | Tomatoes, asparagus | |
| Peas | Carrots, turnips, radishes, cucumbers, corn, beans, most vegetables and herbs | Onions, garlic, chives, gladiola, potatoes |
| Potato | Beans corn, cabbage, horseradish, marigold, eggplant (as a lure for the Colorado potato beetle) | Pumpkin squash, cucumber, sunflowers, tomatoes, raspberry |
| Pumpkin | Corn | Potato |
| Radish | Peas, nasturtium, lettuce, cukes | |
| Soybeans | Grows/helps with everything | |
| Spinach | Strawberries | |
| Squash | Nasturtiums, corn | Potatoes |
| Strawberries | BUSH bean, spinach, borage, lettuce (as a border), onions | Cabbage |
| Sunflower | Cucumbers | Potato |
| Tomatoes | Chives, onions, parsley, asparagus, marigold, nasturtiums, carrots | Kohlrabi, potatoes, fennel, cabbage |
| Turnip | Peas |