Table of contents
- 5 Good Vegetable Neighbors
- 5 ideal herbal neighbors
- 5 decorative flower neighbors
With the right neighbors, you can ensure healthy pumpkin plants and a good harvest. So that you can create a mixed culture productively, 15 good neighbors are presented to you in this article.
5 Good Vegetable Neighbors
amaranth(Amaranthus caudatus)
- Effects: protection against pests, possible climbing aid, protects soil from drying out
- Growth height: up to 150 cm
- Space requirement: 30 cm
- Light requirements: full sun to semi-shade
- Location and soil: sheltered from the wind, deep, loose, rich in nutrients, permeable
- Harvest time: Leaves all season (leaf vegetables), September to mid-October (seeds)
- medium eater
kidney bean(Phaseolus vulgaris)
- Effect: improves soil quality, supplies nitrogen
- Growth height: Pole beans 200 to 400 cm, French beans up to 60 cm
- Space requirement: 20 cm
- Light requirement: sunny
- Location and soil: warm, sheltered from the wind, humus, deep, loose
- Harvest time: about 10 weeks after planting
- Weak to medium eaters
Garlic(Allium sativum)
- Effect: protects against pests
- Growth height: 50 cm to 100 cm
- Space requirement: 15 cm to 20 cm
- Light requirement: sunny
- Location and soil: warm, sheltered from the wind, loose, humic, permeable
- Harvest time: from July
- medium eater
Corn(Zea mays)
- Effect: suitable as a climbing aid, improves soil quality
- Height of growth: 60 cm to 600 cm (depending on variety), mostly 150 cm to 250 cm
- Space requirement: 30 cm
- Light requirement: sunny
- Location and soil: deep, loose, rich in nutrients, permeable
- Harvest time: August to mid-October
- heavy feeder
radishes(Raphanus)
- Effect: protects against pests and weeds
- Growth height: depends on species
- Space requirement: 20 cm to 25 cm
- Light requirement: sunny
- Location and soil: moist, deep, loose, humic, well-drained, loamy
- Harvest time: 8 to 15 weeks after sowing (depending on species)
- Weak feeder or medium feeder (depending on species)
- Radishes are also included
A notice:
Pumpkins, along with corn and haricot beans, are part of the Mayan Milpa farming system. Known as the "Three Sisters", the species together have an ideal effect on each other's growth.
5 ideal herbal neighbors
lavender(lavandula)
- Effect: attracts pollinating insects
- Growth height: 30 cm to 100 cm
- Space requirement: 30 cm
- Light requirement: sunny
- Location and soil: warm, nutrient-poor, permeable
- Harvest time: July to August
- weak feeder
marjoram(Origanum majorana)
- Effect: improves pumpkin taste,
- Growth height: 50 cm to 100 cm
- Space requirement: 20 cm to 30 cm
- Light requirement: full sun
- Site and soil: humic, loose, nutritious, permeable
- Harvest time: summer to autumn
- weak feeder
oregano(Origanum vulgare)
- Effect: improves health, protects against vermin
- Growth height: 15 cm to 50 cm
- Space requirement: 20 cm to 30 cm
- Light requirements: sunny to semi-shady
- Location and soil: warm, calcareous, sandy, poor in nutrients, permeable
- Harvest time: May to the end of the season
- weak feeder
peppermint(Mentha piperita)
- Effect: protects against pests
- Growth height: up to 100 cm
- Space requirement: 30 cm
- Light requirement: light shade to semi-shade
- Site and soil: humic, loamy, sandy, nutritious, well-drained, fresh and moist
- Harvest time: mid-May to early October
- medium eater
hyssop(Hyssopus)
- Effect: attracts pollinating insects and beneficial insects, protects against pests
- Growth height: 20 cm to 80 cm
- Space requirement: 30 cm to 40 cm
- Light requirement: sunny
- Location and soil: sheltered from the wind, permeable, calcareous, dry
- Harvest time: June to August
- medium eater
Tip:
Also offers itself as tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) as a good neighbor. Wormwort is effective against numerous lice and even repels mosquitoes and other biting insects.
5 decorative flower neighbors
camomiles(matricaria)
- Effect: improve soil quality, absorbs lime from the soil, attracts pollinating insects
- Growth height: 50 cm to 60 cm
- Space requirement: 15 cm to 30 cm
- Light requirements: sunny to semi-shady
- Site and soil: deep, dry, undemanding
- flowers can be used (e.g. for tea)
- weak feeder
Nasturtiums(Tropaeolum)
- Effect: protects against pests, attracts pollinating insects
- Growth height: 20 cm (without tendrils), up to 300 cm (tendrils)
- Space requirement: depends on growth form
- Light requirements: sunny (prefers), tolerates shade
- Site and soil: sheltered, loamy, sandy, moderately humic
- Leaves, flowers and seeds usable and edible
- weak feeder
marigold(Calendula officinalis)
- Effect: growth-promoting, improves pumpkin taste
- Growth height: 30 cm to 80 cm
- Space requirement: 15 cm
- Light requirement: sunny
- Site and soil: moderately moist, nutrient-rich, calcareous, sandy, loose
- Harvest time: Leaves all season (leafy vegetables), June to mid-October (flowers)
- weak feeder
sunflower(Helianthus annuus)
- Effect: Climbing aid, attracts pollinating insects
- Growth height: 150 cm to 300 cm
- Space requirement: 50 cm
- Light requirement: full sun
- Site and soil: nutrient-rich, moderately heavy, moist, nutrient-rich
- Harvest time: from mid-September, about a week after the flowers have withered
- heavy feeder
marigold(tagetes)
- Effect: protects against pests and parasites, improves soil conditions, protects against weeds
- Growth height: 20 cm to 110 cm (depending on species)
- Required space: 15 cm to 30 cm (depending on species)
- Light requirements: sunny to semi-shady
- Location and soil: sandy, loose, loamy, humic
- Harvest time: Leaves all season (leafy vegetables), flowers (June to mid-October), seeds after flowering
- weak feeder
A notice:
Bad pumpkin neighbors include dill, cucumber, zucchini, and potato. They have a negative effect on root growth and the vitality of the pumpkin plants.
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