Companion plants for Sweet Corn
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27 partners scored across pest control, nitrogen, root depth, shade and spacing.
Best partners
- Excellent pair
- Wild Garlic attracts Hoverflies and Minute pirate bugs, which prey on the Aphids and Thrips that attack Sweet Corn
- Wild Garlic acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Sweet Corn
- Sweet Corn gives Wild Garlic sheltering shade in the heat of summer
- Great pair
- Germidour Garlic attracts Hoverflies and Minute pirate bugs, which prey on the Aphids and Thrips that attack Sweet Corn
- Germidour Garlic suppresses pests that trouble Sweet Corn
- Great pair
Planning a whole bed?
Build a season-long sowing and planting calendar around Sweet Corn β no account needed.
Also works well
Keep apart
Fennel releases compounds that inhibit Sweet Corn
White Sage releases compounds that inhibit Sweet Corn
