Finding kindred plants for Winter Squash

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English Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia

English Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia

🛡️

☀️ Full sun

💧 Low water

📐 60cm spacing

Soil Notes

Well-drained, sandy, or rocky soils; prefers neutral to alkaline pH; tolerates acid soils but favors alkaline conditions; poor in continuously damp soil

vs Winter Squash

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ May crowd companion

vs Alsike Clover

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Bird's-foot Trefoil

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ May shade out companion

vs Lemon Balm

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ Same family — disease spread risk

Great

Fox Grape

Vitis labrusca

Fox Grape

Vitis labrusca

🐞

☀️ Full sun

💧 Moderate water

📐 150cm spacing

Soil Notes

Well-drained soil; tolerates a range of soil types

vs Winter Squash

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ May crowd companion

vs Alsike Clover

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Bird's-foot Trefoil

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ May shade out companion

vs Lemon Balm

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Shares pollinators

Great

African Marigold

Tagetes erecta

African Marigold

Tagetes erecta

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☀️ Full sun

💧 Moderate water

📐 30cm spacing

Soil Notes

Well-draining, fertile — tolerates most soils

vs Winter Squash

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Alsike Clover

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Bird's-foot Trefoil

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Lemon Balm

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

⚠ Competes for root space

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✨ Kinship Cluster complete!

Winter Squash · Alsike Clover · Bird's-foot Trefoil · Lemon Balm — a self-supporting ecosystem.

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✨ Kinship Cluster complete!

Winter Squash, Alsike Clover, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Lemon Balm — a self-supporting ecosystem. Plant them together.

✨ Kinship Cluster

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Winter Squash

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Bird's-foot Trefoil

Lemon Balm

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