Companion plants for Komatsuna
Brassica rapa var. perviridisvegetable
36 partners scored across pest control, nitrogen, root depth, shade and spacing.
Best partners
- Excellent pair
- Blue Sage attracts Parasitic wasps and Hoverflies, which prey on the Flea beetles and Aphids and more that attack Komatsuna
- Blue Sage roots deep while Komatsuna feeds near the surface β no competition
- Komatsuna acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Blue Sage
- Excellent pair
- Chaytor's Lavender attracts Parasitic wasps and Hoverflies, which prey on the Flea beetles and Aphids and more that attack Komatsuna
- Komatsuna draws Bees and Butterflies that improve pollination for both
- Chaytor's Lavender roots deep while Komatsuna feeds near the surface β no competition
Planning a whole bed?
Build a season-long sowing and planting calendar around Komatsuna β no account needed.
Also works well
- Agastache
- Bishop's Flower
- Black-eyed Susan
- Bugloss
- Cassava
- Charentais melon
- Chickpea
- Chinese silver grass
- Christiana Lavender
- Clover
- Common bean
- Dead-nettle
- Fernleaf Lavender
- Fernleaf Lavender
- Garden Phlox
- Gingins Lavender
- Globe Artichoke
- Green lavender
- Honey Rock melon
- Jerusalem Artichoke
- Lily
- Lungwort
- New England Aster
- Peanut
Keep apart
Fennel releases compounds that inhibit Komatsuna
White Sage releases compounds that inhibit Komatsuna
