🥔 Potato Solanum tuberosum
🥬 Vegetable 🧬 Nightshades
Companion plants for Potato (Vegetable): good neighbours to grow together, plants it dislikes, and sowing tips. EkoHarita — Dünya varmış!
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Good Companions — Plant Together
Bad Neighbours — Keep Them Apart
Conflicting Neighbours
Growing & Sowing Tips
📅 SowingIn late March, plant seed tubers 10 cm deep with the sprouts facing up.
🌱 Depth10-15 cm
📏 Spacing30-35 cm (60-70 cm between rows)
🌞 SunFull sun
💧 WateringRegular watering once tuber formation begins; tubers may crack under water stress
🧺 HarvestHarvest once the leaves start to yellow; lift on a sunny day and let dry for a few hours
🪴 SoilLoose, deep, organically rich, well-draining soil; slightly acidic pH 5.0-6.5 (for scab problems, keeping the pH at ~5.2 and below, in the 4.8-5.5 range, suppresses the disease)
⭐ DifficultyEasy
🗓️ SeasonSpring/Summer
📅 Calendar is for the Northern Hemisphere; in the Southern Hemisphere shift sowing times by ~6 months.
💡 Key tip: When the shoots reach 15-20 cm, draw soil up around the base of the stems to hill them (hilling); this prevents the tubers from greening and increases yield. Rotation: return to the same plot only every 3 years; don't plant after nightshades like tomato/eggplant.
🤝 Companion logic: It is generally a good friend with bean, corn, marigold and horseradish; for same-family eggplant and tomato, as well as cucumber, squash and raspberry, most sources recommend keeping them apart (blight/shared pest risk). For onion and cauliflower, sources are contradictory (mixed).
🔬 Scientific References
- University of Minnesota Extension (2026) Growing potatoes in home gardens. Erisim adresi: https://extension.umn.edu/vegetables/growing-potatoes (Erisim: 15 Haziran 2026).
- University of Illinois Extension (t.y.) Potato (Solanum tuberosum) – Hort Answers. Erisim adresi: https://web.extension.illinois.edu/hortanswers/plantdetail.cfm?PlantID=589&PlantTypeID=9 (Erisim: 15 Haziran 2026).
- Utah State University Extension (t.y.) Potatoes in the Garden. Erisim adresi: https://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/research/potatoes-in-the-garden (Erisim: 15 Haziran 2026).
- University of Maryland Extension (t.y.) Growing Potatoes in a Home Garden. Erisim adresi: https://extension.umd.edu/resource/growing-potatoes-home-garden (Erisim: 15 Haziran 2026).
- Royal Horticultural Society (t.y.) Solanum tuberosum (potato). Erisim adresi: https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/106242/solanum-tuberosum-potato-irish-potato/details (Erisim: 15 Haziran 2026).
- North Carolina State Extension (t.y.) Solanum tuberosum – Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. Erisim adresi: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/solanum-tuberosum/ (Erisim: 15 Haziran 2026).
- West Virginia University Extension (t.y.) Companion Planting. Erisim adresi: https://extension.wvu.edu/lawn-gardening-pests/gardening/garden-management/companion-planting (Erisim: 15 Haziran 2026).
- West Coast Seeds (t.y.) Companion Planting – WCS Academy. Erisim adresi: https://www.westcoastseeds.com/blogs/wcs-academy/companion-planting (Erisim: 15 Haziran 2026).
- Chadfield, V.G.A., Hartley, S.E. ve Redeker, K.R. (2022) 'Associational resistance through intercropping reduces yield losses to soil-borne pests and diseases', New Phytologist, 235(6), s. 2393-2405. doi:10.1111/nph.18302
- Ozdemir, M. ve Arslanoglu, F. (2021) 'Samsun Ekolojik Kosullarinda Bazi Patates Cesitlerinin Yumru Verimi ve Kalite Ozelliklerinin Belirlenmesi', Uluslararasi Tarim ve Yaban Hayati Bilimleri Dergisi, 7(2), s. 286-296. doi:10.24180/ijaws.913315
- Mustafa Kemal Universitesi Tarim Bilimleri Dergisi (t.y.) Sozlesmeli patates yetistiriciligi sisteminin ureticiler acisindan degerlendirilmesi: Tomarza ilcesi ornegi. Erisim adresi: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/mkutbd/article/1429618 (Erisim: 15 Haziran 2026).
- Montana State University Extension (t.y.) Potato Growing Guide. Erisim adresi: https://www.montana.edu/extension/valley/potatoguide.html (Erisim: 15 Haziran 2026).