What can be planted next to zucchini: the best options are named - a note for the summer resident

19.05.2024 12:30

Zucchini is one of those crops that can practically "make you rich" in terms of harvest: it is a very "fruitful" plant.

If you follow the correct growing conditions, you can achieve excellent results.

For example, you can choose neighboring crops correctly, advises the expert of the online publication "BelNovosti", scientist-agronomist and landscape designer Anastasia Kovrizhnykh .

What can be planted next to zucchini

Tomatoes

If you grow tomatoes in open ground, then the vegetables can be safely placed in neighboring beds. They do not enter into special competition and they have different pests and diseases.

It is worth choosing tall varieties of tomatoes. By the way, zucchini will only benefit from such a neighborhood: it will be possible to reduce the pest population.

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Cabbage (various types)

If you calculate the distance between vegetables correctly, you can safely make them neighbors. The only difficult moment is a good root system.

In all other respects, the plants will be able to get along quite well.

Beans

If you like this legume, you can plant it next to zucchini. This will be a good solution. The plants do not compete and have no "contraindications" for the neighborhood.

However, beans should be planted in a separate bed, as they do not need any additional fertilizers.

Earlier we talked about the rules for watering tomatoes that should be followed .

Author: Marina Michalap Internet resource editor
 
Expert: Anastasia Kovrizhnykh Expert / Belnovosti

Content
  1. What can be planted next to zucchini
  2. Tomatoes
  3. Cabbage (various types)
  4. Beans