I'm planning to insert sweet potato slips in front and between the potatoes. Never grew sweet potatoes before but figured I'd give it a try.

Well, if you believe in the Companion Plant philosophy, potato's "friends" are:

bush bean
cabbage family
corn
horseradish
marigold
parsnip
pea

Potato's "foes" are:

cucumber
pumpkin
rutabaga
squash family
sunflower
tomato
turnip

By the way, potatoes are a "foe" of sweet potatoes.

Good luck and have a Great growing season!

Why would the vegetables listed above be foe's? I was hoping I could plant some winter squash with the potatoes. I have never planted anything with potatoes before and this is all new to me so any and all info would be greatly appreciated.

I've planted sugar snap peas around the perimeter of my potato patch. I'm mulching with straw as well, so I figured the straw would keep the ground cool for the peas. They also are planted around the same time, so I am keeping my early spring crops together. Neither ones roots will be disturbed when I cultivate for other vegetables.

Most plants engage in some sort of chemical warfare. I never quite believed all this until I saw how miserable beans and onions were together. It also goes one way only. Beans make big cabbage , due to the N, but cabbage does nothing for the beans. I think you can go ahead and plant some beans in there.

Rutabaga is in the "cabbage" family (brassica), so I don't see how one can be compatible with potatoes but not the other.

I agree that legume would be the best thing to try and integrate into a potato-patch....

I'm still wondering about some kind of vining crop. Maybe plant them along the edge of the garden and let them vine out into the garden. My garden isn't very big, just 30'X 20' ,so I'm trying to use every inch of it. Thanks for all of replies!

Pole beans will vine to 8 feet. Runner beans will go higher.