| Common name |
Scientific name |
Helps |
Helped by |
Attracts |
| Alliums |
Allium |
Fruit trees, nightshades (tomatoes, capsicum peppers, potatoes), brassicas, carrots |
Carrots, tomatoes, carrots and African spider plants (Cleome gynandra) together, marigolds (Tagetesspp.), mints
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Thrips |
| Asparagus |
Asparagus officinalis |
Tomatoes, parsley |
Aster family flowers, dill, coriander, tomatoes, parsley, basil,]comfrey, marigolds, nasturtiums |
Coupled with basil seems to encourage lady bugs |
| Beans, bush |
Phaseolus vulgaris |
Cucumber, soybeans,[ strawberries[ |
Celery, strawberries, grains |
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| Beans, pole |
Phaseolus vulgaris |
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Radishes, Corn |
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| Beans, fava |
Vicia faba |
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Strawberries, Celery |
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| Beets |
Beta vulgaris |
Broccoli, bush beans, cabbage, lettuce, kohlrabi, onions, brassicas, passion fruit |
Bush beans, onions, kohlrabi, catnip, garlic, lettuce, most brassicas, mint |
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| Brassicas |
Brassica |
Beets, onions, potatoes, cereals (e.g. corn, wheat)[ |
Beets, spinach, chard, Aromatic plants or plants with many blossoms, such as celery, chamomile, and marigolds. Dill, sage, peas, peppermint, spearmint, spurrey, rosemary, rye-grass,[ garlic, onions, and potatoes, geraniums, alliums, nasturtium, borage, hyssop, tansy, tomatoes, thyme, wormwood, southernwood, beans, clover |
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| Broccoli |
Brassica oleracea |
Lettuce |
Mixture of mustard, pac choi, and rape. Beets, dill, lettuce, mustard, onions, tomato, turnip, clover |
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| Brussels sprouts |
Brassica oleracea |
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Sage, thyme, clover, malting barley |
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| Cabbage |
Brassica oleracea / Brassica chinensis |
Beans, celery |
Beans, clover, calendula/pot marigold, chamomile, larkspur, nasturtiums, dill, coriander, hyssop, onions, beets, marigolds, mint, rosemary,sage, thyme, tomatoes, lacy phacelia, Green onions with Chinese cabbage. |
Snails and slugs |
| Carrots |
Daucus carota |
Tomatoes, alliums, beans, leeks, lettuce, onions, passion fruit[23] |
Lettuce, alliums (chives, leeks, onions, shallots, etc.), rosemary, ]wormwood, sage, beans, flax |
Assassin bug, lacewing, parasitic wasp, yellow jacket and other predatory wasps |
| Cauliflower |
Brassica oleracea |
Beans, celery, spinach, peas |
Mixture of Chinese cabbage, marigolds, rape, and sunflower, ]Spinach, peas |
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| Celery |
Apium graveolens |
Bush beans, brassicas, cucumber |
Cosmos, daisies, snapdragons, leeks, tomatoes, cauliflower,]cabbage, bush beans[ |
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| Chard |
Beta vulgarisssp. cicla |
Brassicas, passion fruit |
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| Corn / Maize |
Zea mays |
Beans, cucurbits, soybeans, tomatoes |
Sunflowers, dill, legumes (beans, peas, soybeans etc.), peanuts, cucurbits, clover, amaranth, white geranium, pigweed, lamb’s quarters, morning glory, parsley, and potato, field mustard, Sudan grass |
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| Cucumber |
Cucumis sativus |
Beans, kohlrabi, lettuce |
Kohlrabi,]nasturtiums, radishes, marigolds, sunflowers, peas, beans, chamomile, beets, carrots, dill, onions, garlic, amaranth (Amaranthus cruentus), celery ]Malabar spinach |
Beneficial for ground beetles |
| Cucurbits |
Cucurbitaceae |
Corn[13] |
Corn, grain sorghum |
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| Eggplant or Aubergine |
Solanum melongena |
Beans, peppers, tomatoes, passion fruit[ |
Marigolds, catnip, dill, redroot pigweed green beans, tarragon, mints, thyme |
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| Kohlrabi |
Brassica oleracea v. gongylodes |
Onion, beets, aromatic plants, cucumbers |
Beets, cucumbers |
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| Leek |
Allium ampeloprasumv. porrum |
Carrots, celery, onions, tomato, passion fruit[ |
Carrots clover, |
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| Legumes |
Phaseolus and Vicia |
Beets, lettuce, okra, potato, spinach, dill, cabbage, carrots, chards, eggplant, peas, tomatoes, brassicas, corn, cucumbers, grapes |
Summer savory, beets, cucumbers, borage, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, corn, larkspur, lovage,marigolds, mustards, radish, potato, peppermint, ]rosemary, lettuce, onion, squash, lacy phacelia |
Snails and slugs[ |
| Lettuce |
Lactuca sativa |
Beets,,beans, okra, onions, radish, broccoli, Carrots, passion fruit |
Radish, beets, dill, kohlrabi, onions, beans, carrots, cucumbers,]strawberries, broccoli, thyme, nasturtiums, alyssum, cilantro |
Slugs and snails. |
| Mustard |
Sinapis alba |
Beans, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, fruit trees,grapes, radish, brussels sprouts, turnips |
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| Nightshades |
Solanaceae |
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Carrots, alliums, mints (basil, oregano, etc.) |
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| Okra |
Abelmoschus esculentus |
Sweet potato, tomatoes, peppers[] |
Beans, lettuce,]squash, sweet potato, peppers |
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| Onion |
Allium cepa |
Beets, beans, brassicas, cabbage, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, cucumbers, peppers, passion fruit, strawberries. Green onions with Chinese cabbage[ |
Carrots, beets, brassicas, dill, lettuce, strawberries, marigolds, mints, ]tomatoes, summer savory, chamomile, pansy |
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| Parsnip |
Pastinaca sativa |
Fruit trees |
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A variety of predatory insects |
| Peas |
Pisum sativum |
Brassicas, turnip, cauliflower, garlic, |
Turnip, cauliflower, garlic, mints |
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| Peppers |
Solanaceae, Capsicum |
Okra |
Beans, tomatoes, marjoram,[ okra, geraniums, petunias, sunflowers, onions[3] crimson clover, basil, field mustard |
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| Potato |
Solanum tuberosum |
Brassicas,]beans, ]corn,[13] peas, passion fruit |
Horseradish, beans, dead nettle, marigolds, peas, onion, garlic, thyme, clover |
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| Pumpkin |
Cucurbita pepo |
Corn,[70] beans |
Buckwheat, Jimson weed, catnip, oregano, tansy, radishes, nasturtiums |
spiders, ground beetles |
| Radish |
Raphanus sativus |
Squash[13] eggplant, cucumber, lettuce, peas,[21]beans, pole beans,[11] |
Chervil, lettuce,]nasturtiums |
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| Soybean |
Glycine max |
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Corn, snap beans,]sunflower |
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| Spinach |
Spinacia oleracea |
Brassicas, cauliflower,]passion fruit[23] |
Strawberries, peas, beans, cauliflower[39] |
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| Squash |
Cucurbita spp. |
corn, beans,]okra,[55] |
Beans, buckwheat, borage, catnip, tansy, radishes, marigolds, nasturtiums |
Spiders, ground beetles |
| Sweet potato |
Ipomoea batatas |
Okra |
Okra |
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| Tomatoes |
Solanum lycopersicum |
Brassicas, broccoli, cabbage,] celery,,roses, peppers, asparagus |
Asparagus,[14]basil, beans,[] bee balm (Monarda), oregano, parsley, marigold, alliums, garlic, leeks,]celery, geraniums, petunias, nasturtium, borage, coriander, chives, corn,]dill, mustard, fenugreek,[37] barley, carrots eggplant,]mints, okra,]sage, thyme, flower strips” |
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| Turnips and rutabagas |
Brassica rapaand Brassica napobrassica |
Peas, broccoli |
Hairy vetch, peas |
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