Finding kindred plants for Red Kuri 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 Red Kuri squash

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ May shade out companion

⚠ Competes for root space

⚠ May crowd companion

vs Red Clover

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ May shade out companion

vs African Marigold

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Strawberry

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ May shade out companion

Great

round leaf lavender

Lavandula rotundifolia

round leaf lavender

Lavandula rotundifolia

🐝

☀️ Full sun

💧 Low water

📐 60cm spacing

Soil Notes

Prefers well-drained, rocky soil in semi-arid conditions; tolerates poor, rocky soils and can stabilize slopes.

vs Red Kuri squash

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ Competes for root space

⚠ May crowd companion

vs Red Clover

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

vs African Marigold

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Strawberry

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

Great

Comfrey

Symphytum officinale

Comfrey

Symphytum officinale

🐞

☀️ Partial shade

💧 Moderate water

📐 60cm spacing

Soil Notes

Tolerates most soils — deep taproot mines nutrients from subsoil

vs Red Kuri squash

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

⚠ Competes for root space

⚠ May crowd companion

vs Red Clover

✓ Fixes nitrogen in the soil

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

vs African Marigold

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Suppresses pests

✓ Shares pollinators

vs Strawberry

✓ Attracts beneficial predators

✓ Roots occupy different depths

✓ Shares pollinators

✓ Acts as a living mulch

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✨ Kinship Cluster complete!

Red Kuri squash · Red Clover · African Marigold · Strawberry — a self-supporting ecosystem.

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✨ Kinship Cluster complete!

Red Kuri squash, Red Clover, African Marigold, Strawberry — a self-supporting ecosystem. Plant them together.

✨ Kinship Cluster

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