Companion plants for Parsnip
Pastinaca sativavegetable
36 partners scored across pest control, nitrogen, root depth, shade and spacing.
Best partners
- Excellent pair
- Common Vetch attracts Ladybugs and Parasitic wasps and more, which prey on the Aphids that attack Parsnip
- Common Vetch fixes nitrogen in the soil that Parsnip feeds on
- Parsnip acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Common Vetch
- Excellent pair
- Gai Lan attracts Hoverflies and Parasitic wasps and more, which prey on the Aphids and Caterpillars and more that attack Parsnip
- Gai Lan suppresses pests that trouble Parsnip
- Parsnip roots deep while Gai Lan feeds near the surface β no competition
Planning a whole bed?
Build a season-long sowing and planting calendar around Parsnip β no account needed.
Also works well
Keep apart
Fennel releases compounds that inhibit Parsnip
White Sage releases compounds that inhibit Parsnip
