Must-Have Companion Plants for Mustard Greens (and What Not to Plant Nearby)
One thing I love about gardening is the planning, with seed catalogs, soil test results, graph paper, and maybe a cup of coffee at the ready.
I find it especially gratifying to map out companion planting ahead of time. It’s like a game, deciding which plants will go where based on their potential to coexist or maybe even enhance each other’s growth.
It doesn’t make a huge difference for some vegetables or flowers, like okra, which grows well next to almost any other plant. But picking appropriate companion plants for mustard greens, one of my favorite veggies, really pays off.
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Certain flowers, herbs, and fellow vegetables help this fast-growing leafy green to be more vigorous, or to avoid certain pests and diseases.
And while there isn’t a lot of hard and fast science to back it up, generations of home gardeners swear by planting certain herbs next to mustard to enhance the taste as well.
I probably like this piece of the process so much because I can’t duplicate it in my everyday life. I mean, it’s rare for us to get to choose only neighbors who will bring out the best in us.
Nor can we easily move everyone to a more advantageous locale if it later becomes clear they’re not getting along.
Companion planting principles also allow another freedom we don’t often experience as adult human beings: It lets you ban the negative influences.
Mustard does have a few foes, in the form of plants that compete for space or nutrition, have conflicting soil and water needs, or create some other issue.
With a bit of planning, you can make sure to keep the
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