Companion planting: When it says other plants don't like Fennel. . .

Lavender Debs wrote:I
used to garden only in large, over stuffed pots in a small herb garden
divided up into a knot shape. I always planted multiple items into the
pots. It seemed like the right thing to do when I started SFG'ning



Fennel
and butterhead lettuce. There are not many plants willing to grow close
to fennel but lettuce is. As the two grew together, the lettuce
blanched the bulb of the fennel.



Broccoli
with swiss chard. This was an early broccoli (nutri-bud). Instead of
waiting for the multiple buds that come from nutri-bud, I only let it go
for two or three rounds before cutting it off at the base. By that
time, the main crowns of my later broccoli were fixen to be ready. For
the rest of the season there was wave after wave of swiss chard (and
lasagna!)

I
have a lot of examples but I will not boar you with more than this. I
will say that there are a few symbiotic relationships I would like to
try but never have. Tomatoes, carrots and basil are supposed to be good
partners BUT in the PNW I do not want to hinder the sun from heating the
soil under tomatoes, peppers or egg plant. You might want to try that
yourself.

rhanford wrote:Thanks for showing me the lettuce and the Fennel! I haven't read anything about it before and plan on growing both!!!! Super excited now.

rhanford wrote:Yea,  in all my reading I only found that Dill was a good companion.  So I'm pretty interested to try the lettuce out!  Hopefully by this weekend I will have everything planted and I will start posting some pictures!!!

In all my reading, fennel and dill should not be grown together, or even near each other.

GWN wrote:

In all my reading, fennel and dill should not be grown together, or even near each other.

 OH dear... I have the two of them growing to seed all over the place, my volunteer garden.
I just thought I would not have to do much planting next year.