Tradition
Good
avoidgood
1 chart entry: 1 recommend, 0 advise against.
0 cited, 1 uncited.
Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris
Fabaceae
Cilantro
Coriandrum sativum
ApiaceaeCan you plant beans and cilantro together?
Yes. Beans and cilantro grow well together.
Why beans and cilantro work together
Garden charts recommend it. 1 garden chart entry recommends growing them together. It cites no source. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
List of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)No clear effect on pest-eating insects. In a field trial, growing them together made no clear difference to pest-eating insects.
Cascading effects of combining synthetic herbivore-induced plant volatiles with companion plants to manipulate natural enemies in an agro-ecosystem. (Salamanca J · 2018 · Pest management science)
What to plant with beans and cilantro
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
Sweet cornWith beans: 43% more harvestWith cilantro: 42% more harvest
EggplantWith beans: 13% more harvestWith cilantro: 67% more harvest
LettuceWith beans: 48% more harvestWith cilantro: Recommended by garden charts, not tested
TomatoWith beans: 18% more harvestWith cilantro: Less disease
DillWith beans: Fewer pestsWith cilantro: Draws in pest-eating insects
What to keep away from beans and cilantro
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
No effect
avoidgood
1 paper found: 0 positive, 0 negative, 1 no effect.
natural enemies
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 beans and cilantro
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With beans | With cilantro |
|---|---|---|
| Sweet corn | Draws in pest-eating insects, fewer pests and better soil and nutrient uptake43% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 22 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beans and corn | 42% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cilantro and corn |
| Eggplant | 13% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beans and eggplant | Fewer pests67% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cilantro and eggplant |
| Lettuce | 48% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beans and lettuce | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cilantro and lettuce |
| Tomato | 18% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beans and tomatoes | Less disease and fewer pestsField trial, 3 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cilantro and tomatoes |
| Dill | Fewer pests, better soil and nutrient uptake and bigger combined harvestField trial, 5 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for beans and dill | Draws in pest-eating insectsSame family (Apiaceae): shares pests and diseasesField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cilantro and dill |
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).
Recommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet
The evidence, with sources
- No effectnatural enemiesfield trialauto-classifiedCascading effects of combining synthetic herbivore-induced plant volatiles with companion plants to manipulate natural enemies in an agro-ecosystem.Cascading effects of combining synthetic herbivore-induced plant volatiles with companion plants to manipulate natural enemies in an agro-ecosystem. (Salamanca J · 2018 · Pest management science)Relevance 81% · effect confidence 31%
- GoodBean helps CilantroCilantro / Coriander: helped by BeansList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of bean and of cilantro, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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