Bush Bean Companion Plants
The neutral to slightly acidic ph soils that nurture beans also support a variety of annual flowers.
Bush bean companion plants. Eggplant and fennel eggplant is a member of the nightshade family and fennel produces a chemical that slows nightshade growth. The herbs spearmint. Native americans are credited with creating one of the classic companion plantings for beans known as the three sisters.
Cabbage worms cucumber beetles mexican bean beetles carrot flies cabbage moths all kinds of. Bush beans can tolerate the light shade that is cast by corn plants. Additionally bush beans have a very high yield compared to other garden vegetables.
When the beans die at the end of the growing season they replace the nitrogen leached soil to make it fertile again. Corn potatoes and radishes are the best companion plants for pole beans. For bush beans the following work well grown together.
Corn provides a support for the climbing beans don t use bush beans they ll be shaded out. What to plant around beans catnip. As one of the easiest vegetables to grow bush beans have become a popular choice for many new gardeners.
Lists of recommended companions to bush beans do not always completely agree in. Planting bush beans in your garden bush beans are a warm season vegetable which also go by names like french beans haricot wax beans and more. Companion plants will either help a specific crop grow or will grow better beside a specific crop and can do many support jobs in the garden.
Plant bush beans after spring radishes cilantro or arugula with a few of the bolting plants left behind. The beans fix nitrogen for the other plants and attract beneficial insects. It should not be planted next to celery or tomatoes.
And because the roots of the bean plants. You can also interplant bush beans with onions to deter pests from both crops. Besides corn and squash there are many other suitable companion plants for beans.
Instead choose bush beans as eggplant s companion. Radish cilantro and arugula flowers attract beneficial insects and can help to confuse pests in search of beans. Corn is a companion to beans beets cucumber dill melons parsley peas potato squash and sunflower.
Cucumber eggplant and radish. Amaranth can also be planted between corn rows to increase mulching conserve soil moisture and reduce weeds. Because pole and bush beans have different habits different crops make more suitable companions.
Like the bush beans potatoes will help to deter mexican bean beetles from decimating your crop. These include corn pole beans and squash.
