The Best Eggplant Companion Plants for Your Backyard Garden

Companion planting with your eggplant can help your plants grow better, taste better, and have less problems with pests.

Here are list of eggplant companion plants that you can grow alongside your eggplant plants to prevent pests and disease.

Because peas are a cool weather crop and eggplant prefers hot temperatures, it’s best to plant peas in the area first and then plant your eggplant around them.

Peas

All varieties of beans make good eggplant companions including pole beans, green beans, and bush beans.

Beans

Hot peppers are a particularly good eggplant companion plant because it can help to control Fusarium infections in the soil.

Pepper

Because they are in the same crop family, tomatoes also make a great eggplant companion plant.

Tomatoes

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