Companion plants for Red Russian Kale
Brassica oleracea (Red Russian)vegetable
36 partners scored across pest control, nitrogen, root depth, shade and spacing.
Best partners
- Great pair
- Sainfoin attracts Parasitic wasps and Ladybugs and more, which prey on the Caterpillars and Aphids and more that attack Red Russian Kale
- Sainfoin fixes nitrogen in the soil that Red Russian Kale feeds on
- Red Russian Kale draws Bees and Butterflies and more that improve pollination for both
- Great pair
- Chaytor's Lavender attracts Parasitic wasps and Hoverflies, which prey on the Caterpillars and Aphids and more that attack Red Russian Kale
- Red Russian Kale draws Bees and Butterflies that improve pollination for both
- Great pair
Planning a whole bed?
Build a season-long sowing and planting calendar around Red Russian Kale β no account needed.
Also works well
- Allard's Lavender
- Buchii Lavender
- Bugloss
- Christiana Lavender
- Clover
- Fernleaf Lavender
- French lavender
- Garlic
- Moldavian dragonhead
- round leaf lavender
- Spanish lavender
- Spike lavender
- Winged bean
- Woolly Lavender
- Woolly Lavender
- Anise
- Autumn Sage
- Basil
- Bee Balm
- Berggarten Sage
- Bird's-foot Trefoil
- Bog Sage
- Borage
- Bumbleberry
Keep apart
Fennel releases compounds that inhibit Red Russian Kale
a known bad match: Heavy-feeder competition and shared soil-disease pressure β cole brassicas and potatoes compete hard and amplify clubroot/blight risk.
