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Beans & Squash

✓ Excellent Companions

✓ Why Beans and Squash Work Well Together

✓Beans contribute nitrogen for heavy-feeding squash
✓Squash shades bean roots keeping them cool
✓Mutual pest deterrence

🔬 How It Works (Science)

  • 1.Nitrogen fixation benefits neighbor crops
  • 2.Microclimate modification
  • 3.Habitat diversification confuses pests

📋 Planting Tips

1Complete the Three Sisters with corn for maximum benefit
2Use bush beans if not growing with corn
3Ensure squash does not shade out beans

📏 Recommended Spacing

Beans 8-12" from squash hills

📚 Sources & Research

  • •Indigenous agricultural practices
  • •Permaculture research

Other Beans Companions

Corn✓ GoodCauliflower✓ GoodPotatoes✓ GoodBeets✓ Good

Other Squash Companions

Corn✓ GoodNasturtiums✓ Good

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