COMPANION PLANTS FOR POTATOES

GROW BETTER POTATOES and improve flavour plants ~

Horseradish increases disease resistancy, repels Potato Beetle and improves potato flavour.
Peas have shown to reduce the density of Colorado and Potato Beetle.
Garlic has shown to be more effective than fungicides on potato blight.
Dead Nettle can enhance growth, improve flavour and keep villainous insects away.
Green Beans enrich soil with nitrogen, enhancing potato growth and keeping them strong.
Herbs in general attract beneficial insects that feed on the harmful ones. They can also improve flavour.
Sage controls flea beetles
Parsley
Thyme
Basil
Yarrow
Corn
Cabbage
Scallions
Lettuce
Spinach
Amaranth ~ Investigation Required for this apparent SuperFood. To Be Continu

BENFICIAL FLOWERS

Marigolds produce natural pesticides that protect potatoes from viral and bacterial infections.

Planted in close proximity or dug-in to the soil, marigolds can kill nematodes on contact.

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Petunias help protect potatoes from leaf hoppers.
Alyssum attracts beneficial, predatory wasps that eat insect pests and can be used as a living mulch.

REPEL COLORADO & POTATO BEETLE plants ~

Peas

Nasturtium
Corriander
Tansy
CatNip is loved by cats. They kill vermin. Unfortunately they stinky~poop in the beds

so no CatNip for me.

AVOID PLANTING WITH THESE plants that increase blight susceptibility ~

Tomatoes
Aubergines, or Eggplant
Sunflowers
Raspberries
Pumpkins
Squash
Cucumbers

AVOID THESE TOO ~

Carrots
Asparagus
Fennel
Atriplex
Turnip
Onions

Ensuring a crop rotation period over three years in areas that have been planted with other Solanaceous or Nightshade crops including Potatoes, Tomatoes, Aubergines or Eggplant, Sweet Peppers, Chilli Peppers etcetera, to help avoid any risks of failure from diseases or pests inherent in the reaped soil.