Companion Planting

My group planted our carrots and chives next to one another because of a very helpful aspect of planting called companion planting. Companion planting is when plants benefit from surrounding plants. For example in the case of our carrots and chives, the chives repel aphids, beetles, cabbage worms, Japanese beetles and slugs from the carrots. Having them both next to one another also confuses carrot flies and onion flies. Growth of carrots and the carrots' flavor improves with chives growing next to them. Carrots definitely benefit more from chives than vice-versa, nonetheless they make wonderful companions!