If you want to cultivate a mixed culture in your kitchen garden, you cannot simply plant the various vegetable plants as you wish and as you wish. Instead, you should pay attention to which plants get along well with each other - and maybe even promote each other's growth and health - and put them together in a targeted manner.
Tomatoes, beans and lettuce go well together
Good neighbors in the vegetable garden - an overview
Which plants "get along" particularly well with each other often shows the experience that has grown over decades and centuries. Other vegetables, on the other hand, do not harmonize at all and only hinder each other's growth: It is therefore better to cultivate them separately. The table below gives you an idea of who is a good fit and who is not.
| vegetable plant | Good neighbors | neutral neighbors | Bad neighbors |
|---|---|---|---|
| beans | Strawberries, cucumbers, potatoes, cabbage, kohlrabi, lettuce, celery, tomatoes | Swiss chard, carrots, radishes, spinach, zucchini | Peas, fennel, garlic, leeks, onions |
| peas | Fennel, cucumber, cabbage, kohlrabi, lettuce, carrots, radishes, zucchini | Strawberries, chard, celery, spinach | Beans, potatoes, garlic, leeks, tomatoes, onions |
| strawberries | Beans, garlic, lettuce, leeks, radishes, spinach, onions | Peas, fennel, cucumbers, potatoes, kohlrabi, carrots, tomatoes, zucchini | cabbages |
| cucumbers | Beans, peas, fennel, garlic, cabbage, lettuce, leeks, celery, onions | Strawberries, potatoes, kohlrabi, carrots, spinach, zucchini | Radish, Radish, Tomato |
| potatoes | Cabbage, kohlrabi, spinach | Beans, strawberries, fennel, garlic, lettuce, leeks, radishes, spinach, onions | Peas, cucumbers, carrots, celery, tomatoes |
| garlic | Strawberries, cucumbers, carrots, beets, tomatoes | Fennel, potatoes, lettuce, kohlrabi, leeks, radishes, celery, spinach, zucchini, onions | Beans, peas, cabbage |
| cabbages | Beans, peas, potatoes, lettuce, chard, leek, beetroot, celery, spinach, tomatoes | Fennel, cucumber, cabbage, carrot, radish, radish, zucchini | Strawberries, garlic, kohlrabi, onions |
| Kohlrabi | Beans, peas, potatoes, lettuce, leeks, radishes, beets, celery, spinach, tomatoes | Strawberries, fennel, cucumber, garlic, kohlrabi, carrots, radish, zucchini | cabbages, onions |
| lettuce | Beans, peas, strawberries, fennel, cucumbers, cabbage, kohlrabi, carrots, leeks, radishes, beetroot, tomatoes, onions | Potato, garlic, lettuce, chard, radish, spinach, zucchini | celery |
| chard | Cabbage, carrots, radishes, radish | all other | none |
| carrots | Peas, garlic, chard, leeks, radishes, radishes, tomatoes, onions | Beans, strawberries, fennel, cucumber, lettuce, cabbage, kohlrabi, carrots, spinach, zucchini | potatoes |
| leek | Strawberries, cabbage, kohlrabi, lettuce, carrots, celery, tomatoes | Fennel, cucumber, potato, garlic, chard, leek, radish, radish, spinach, zucchini, onion | Beans, Peas, Beetroot |
| radish | Beans, peas, cabbage, kohlrabi, lettuce, chard, carrots, spinach, tomatoes | Strawberries, fennel, potatoes, garlic, leek, radish, radish, beetroot, celery, zucchini, onion | cucumbers |
| tomatoes | Beans, garlic, cabbage, kohlrabi, lettuce, carrots, leeks, radishes, radishes, beets, celery, spinach | Strawberries, chard, zucchini, onions | Peas, fennel, cucumber, potatoes |
| zucchini | Peas, Beetroot Onions | all other | none |
tips
Many herbs, especially from the Mediterranean region, keep pests and even fungal and bacterial pathogens away. Therefore, these also belong in the mixed vegetable patch.