Tradition
No chart mentions this pair.
Basil
Ocimum basilicum
Lamiaceae
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
MalvaceaeCan you plant basil and okra together?
Yes. Basil and okra grow well together. Basil yielded more next to okra in a field trial. That rests on a single study, so treat it as a lead, not a rule.
Why basil and okra work together
Bigger combined harvest. In a field trial, basil yielded more next to okra.
Co-cultivation of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) with food crops for efficient resource utilization and increasing the farm profits (Kaur P · 2024 · Industrial Crops & Products.)
What to plant with basil and okra
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from basil and okra
ThymeWith basil: 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
Research
Good
avoidgood
1 paper found: 1 positive, 0 negative.
yield / land use
auto-classified not reviewed by a person
Yield trial
No intercropping yield trial.
Good neighbours
What happens above and below ground
Each animation illustrates a mechanism a study reported for this pair. Pick a card to focus on it.
Everything at once.
Companion plants for both basil and okra
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With basil | With okra |
|---|---|---|
 Bean | Fewer pests21% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 3 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for basil and beans | 25% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for okra and beans |
 Cabbage | 12% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for basil and cabbage | Bigger combined harvestField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for okra and cabbage |
 Tomato | Helpful plant chemistry, fewer pests and better soil and nutrient uptake7% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 6 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for basil and tomatoes | About the same harvest as separate bedsField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for okra and tomatoes |
Harvest from the same space compares a bed with both crops against the same area split into single-crop beds, counting the harvest of both crops (the land equivalent ratio in yield trials).
The evidence, with sources
- Goodyield / land usefield trialauto-classifiedOkra helps BasilCo-cultivation of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) with food crops for efficient resource utilization and increasing the farm profitsCo-cultivation of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) with food crops for efficient resource utilization and increasing the farm profits (Kaur P · 2024 · Industrial Crops & Products.)Relevance 98% · effect confidence 49%
All neighbours of basil and of okra, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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