Can you plant potatoes and asparagus together?

Charts say no. Nobody has tested potatoes with asparagus, as far as we could find. The chart entry we found cites no source.

Why we can't give a firm answer

Garden charts advise against it. 1 garden chart entry says to keep them apart. It cites no source. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
List of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)

What to plant with potatoes and asparagus

No plant in our data is a good neighbour of both potatoes and asparagus yet.

What to keep away from potatoes and asparagus

CarrotWith potatoes: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
CucumberWith potatoes: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
Squash & pumpkinWith potatoes: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
OnionWith asparagus: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
GarlicWith asparagus: Garden charts advise against it, not tested

The evidence in detail

For readers who want to dig in: every chart entry, study and yield trial behind the answer above, with the numbers.

Tradition, research and yield trials

Tradition

Bad

avoidgood

1 chart entry: 0 recommend, 1 advise against.

0 cited, 1 uncited.

Research

No papers found on this pair.

Yield trial

No intercropping yield trial.

Untested folklore

Companion plants for both potatoes and asparagus

Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.

No plant is a good neighbour of both potatoes and asparagus in our data yet.

The evidence, with sources

TraditionBad1 entry

Badadvises against
Asparagus: avoid potatoes
List of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)

Plan a bed with potatoes and asparagus

All neighbours of potato and of asparagus, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.

Have you grown potatoes and asparagus together?

Tell other gardeners what happened: spacing, pests, harvest, or ask a question. Reader notes are not checked by us and do not change the verdicts on this page.