Corn Companion Plants
Companion planting for sweet corn helpful herbs pungent herbs such as sage hyssop horehound rosemary mint and thyme enhance flavor encourage.
Corn companion plants. Grows well with beans. The reason for this is that corn is pollinated when a male plant contacts a female so planting corn close together allows for more contact and better pollination rates. Amaranth can also be planted between corn rows to increase mulching conserve soil moisture and reduce weeds.
Okra s plant friends with benefits. Other companion plants vines vine plants provide shade to keep the roots of the corn plants moist and also serve as a natural weed. Some of the other well known corn companion plants include.
Squash and corn are both summer staples. Good neighbor flowers a delightful colorful addition to any homestead garden nasturtiums deter garden pests add. Melons are in the same family as squash and cucumbers and can be used in place of winter squash in a 3 sister s.
Thyme nasturtiums and onion showed good resistance to cabbage worm weevil and cabbage looper. Borage is a flower that not only attracts beneficial insects but can deter pest worms from your corn. Corn is a companion to beans beets cucumber dill melons parsley peas potato squash and sunflower.
Cucumbers watermelon or different types of melon peas potatoes. Peas are another legume that fixes nitrogen. Detrimental effects can occur when plants attract the same diseases or pests require the same nutrients from the soil or interfere with another plant s growth.
I love pole beans and think it would be fun to have them growing up alongside the corn. Here s a quick companion planting guide to help you decide what to plant alongside corn from veggies to aromatic herbs to flowers. All plants okra included can have beneficial relationships with some plants but detrimental relationships with others.
Summer squash has a short shelf life and hardly any nutrition or calories while winter squash with its thick outer rind can be stored for months. The benefits can include pest protection soil enrichment and flavor enhancement. Companion plants for corn the three sisters are made up of corn winter squash and mature dry beans not summer squash or green beans.
Although the taste is a bit different for aesthetic reasons i think peas would be just as pretty as beans. It should not be planted next to celery or tomatoes. Relationships between companion plants may be mutually beneficial or extend only one way.
