Companion Planting: Strawberry
Fragaria x ananassa
Spacing: 1 per square foot. Mature height: 6-8 in.
Plant these nearby
- Lettuce: Shallow-rooted and quick, so it uses the gaps between young strawberry plants before they knit together.
- Borage: Long-standing pairing in kitchen gardens, grown to draw pollinators to the strawberry flowers.
Keep these apart
No known antagonists recorded for Strawberry.
Common pairings, answered directly
- Can I plant strawberry next to lettuce?
- Yes. Shallow-rooted and quick, so it uses the gaps between young strawberry plants before they knit together.
- Can I plant strawberry next to borage?
- Yes. Long-standing pairing in kitchen gardens, grown to draw pollinators to the strawberry flowers.
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Companion planting for Strawberry: which plants to grow next to it, which to keep apart, and the reason behind each pairing.
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