Finding kindred plants for melon

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Wild Garlic

Allium ursinum

Wild Garlic

Allium ursinum

🐞

☀️ Shade

💧 Moderate water

📐 15cm spacing

Soil Notes

Moist, humus-rich, woodland-like

vs melon

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Agastache

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

vs African Marigold

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ Competes for root space

vs English Lavender

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Provides welcome shade

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

Great

German Red Garlic

Allium sativum 'German Red'

German Red Garlic

Allium sativum 'German Red'

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☀️ Full sun

💧 Moderate water

📐 15cm spacing

Soil Notes

Well-drained soil; prefers fertile, loose soil with good organic matter

vs melon

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ Competes for root space

vs Agastache

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ Competes for root space

vs African Marigold

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs English Lavender

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

Great

Winged bean

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Winged bean

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

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☀️ Full sun

💧 Moderate water

📐 45cm spacing

Soil Notes

Prefers well-draining soil; tolerates a range of soil types

vs melon

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ May shade out companion

vs Agastache

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Shares pollinators

vs African Marigold

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs English Lavender

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ Competes for root space

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✨ Kinship Cluster complete!

melon · Agastache · African Marigold · English Lavender — a self-supporting ecosystem.

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✨ Kinship Cluster complete!

melon, Agastache, African Marigold, English Lavender — a self-supporting ecosystem. Plant them together.

✨ Kinship Cluster

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