Can you plant beans and celery together?

Charts say yes. Nobody has tested beans with celery, as far as we could find.

Why we can't give a firm answer

Garden charts recommend it. 4 garden chart entries recommend growing them together. 1 of them cite no source. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
Companion planting: Myth or reality? (2010 · Utah Pests News)
and 1 more source

What to plant with beans and celery

Good neighbours of both, best tested first.

TomatoWith beans: 18% more harvestWith celery: Recommended by garden charts, not tested
CucumberWith beans: 14% more harvestWith celery: Fewer pests
CauliflowerWith beans: Bigger combined harvestWith celery: Recommended by garden charts, not tested
GarlicWith beans: Draws in pest-eating insectsWith celery: Recommended by garden charts, not tested

How each one was tested, with the evidence

What to keep away from beans and celery

KohlrabiWith beans: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
ChivesWith beans: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
LettuceWith celery: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
Sweet cornWith celery: 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

Good

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4 chart entries: 4 recommend, 0 advise against.

3 cited, 1 uncited.

Research

No papers found on this pair.

Yield trial

No intercropping yield trial.

Untested folklore

Companion plants for both beans and celery

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

Plant	With beans	With celery
Tomato	18% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beans and tomatoes	No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery and tomatoes
Cucumber	14% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beans and cucumbers	Fewer pestsField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery and cucumbers
Cauliflower	Bigger combined harvestField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beans and cauliflower	No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery and cauliflower
Garlic	Draws in pest-eating insectsField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for beans and garlic	No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery and garlic

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

TraditionGood4 entries

GoodCelery helps Bean
Beans, bush: helped by Celery
Companion planting: Myth or reality? (2010 · Utah Pests News)
GoodCelery helps Bean
Beans, fava: helped by Celery
The Best Time to Plant Fava Beans (Maier · SFGate)
GoodCelery helps Bean
Celery: helps Bush beans
Companion planting: Myth or reality? (2010 · Utah Pests News)
GoodBean helps Celery
Celery: helped by bush beans
List of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)

Plan a bed with beans and celery

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

Have you grown beans and celery together?

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