Tradition
Bad
avoidgood
1 chart entry: 0 recommend, 1 advise against.
All entries cite a source.
Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris
Fabaceae
Kohlrabi
Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes
BrassicaceaeCan you plant beans and kohlrabi together?
Charts say no. Nobody has tested beans with kohlrabi, as far as we could find.
Why we can't give a firm answer
Garden charts advise against it. 1 garden chart entry says to keep them apart. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
Companion planting chart for home & market gardening (2013 · UCCE Master Gardeners Fresno County)
What to plant with beans and kohlrabi
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from beans and kohlrabi
ChivesWith beans: 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
No papers found on this pair.
Yield trial
No intercropping yield trial.
Untested folklore
Companion plants for both beans and kohlrabi
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With beans | With kohlrabi |
|---|---|---|
 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 kohlrabi and lettuce |
 Cucumber | 14% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beans and cucumbers | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for kohlrabi and cucumbers |
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
- Badadvises againstBeans, pole: avoid kohlrabiCompanion planting chart for home & market gardening (2013 · UCCE Master Gardeners Fresno County)
All neighbours of bean and of kohlrabi, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
Have you grown beans and kohlrabi together?
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