Tradition
Bad
avoidgood
3 chart entries: 0 recommend, 3 advise against.
0 cited, 3 uncited.
Squash & pumpkin
Cucurbita spp.
Cucurbitaceae
Potato
Solanum tuberosum
SolanaceaeCan you plant squash and potatoes together?
Charts say no. Nobody has tested squash with potatoes, as far as we could find. None of the chart entries we found cites a source.
Why we can't give a firm answer
Garden charts advise against it. 3 garden chart entries say to keep them apart. None of them cites a source. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
List of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
What to plant with squash and potatoes
No plant in our data is a good neighbour of both squash and potatoes yet.
What to keep away from squash and potatoes
The evidence in detail
For readers who want to dig in: every chart entry, study and yield trial behind the answer above, with the numbers.
Tradition, research and yield trials
Research
No papers found on this pair.
Yield trial
No intercropping yield trial.
Untested folklore
Companion plants for both squash and potatoes
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
No plant is a good neighbour of both squash and potatoes in our data yet.
The evidence, with sources
- Badadvises againstPotato: avoid pumpkinList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
- Badadvises againstPotato: avoid squashList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
- Badadvises againstPumpkin: avoid PotatoesList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of squash & pumpkin and of potato, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
Have you grown squash and potatoes together?
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