Companion plants for Swede
Brassica napus subsp. rapiferavegetable
36 partners scored across pest control, nitrogen, root depth, shade and spacing.
Best partners
- Excellent pair
- Chaytor's Lavender attracts Parasitic wasps and Hoverflies, which prey on the Flea beetles and Aphids and more that attack Swede
- Swede draws Bees and Bumblebees and more that improve pollination for both
- Excellent pair
- Common Vetch attracts Ground beetles and Parasitic wasps and more, which prey on the Flea beetles and Aphids and more that attack Swede
- Common Vetch fixes nitrogen in the soil that Swede feeds on
- Swede acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Common Vetch
- Excellent pair
Planning a whole bed?
Build a season-long sowing and planting calendar around Swede β no account needed.
Also works well
- Allard's Lavender
- Bishop of Llandaff Dahlia
- Blue Sage
- Buckwheat
- Bugloss
- Catjang Pea
- Christiana Lavender
- Cleveland Sage
- Clover
- Comfrey
- Common bean
- Fernleaf Lavender
- French lavender
- French Tarragon
- Garlic
- Lovage
- Moldavian dragonhead
- Mung Bean
- Russian Sage
- Spike lavender
- Viper's Bugloss
- Woolly Lavender
- Woolly Lavender
- Yellow Lupin
Keep apart
Fennel releases compounds that inhibit Swede
White Sage releases compounds that inhibit Swede
