Tradition
No chart mentions this pair.
Beet
Beta vulgaris
Amaranthaceae
Cilantro
Coriandrum sativum
ApiaceaeCan you plant beets and cilantro together?
Yes. Beets and cilantro grow well together. A shared bed gave about 119% more harvest than separate beds in one field trial. That rests on a single study, so treat it as a lead, not a rule.
Why beets and cilantro work together
More harvest from the same bed. In one field trial, a bed with both crops gave about 119% more harvest than the same space split into a beet bed and a cilantro bed.
Avaliação agroeconômica das culturas da beterraba e coentro em função da época de estabelecimento do consórcio X1 - Agroeconomic evaluation of sugar beet and coriander depending on the time of intercropping establishment (Grangeiro · 2011)
What to plant with beets and cilantro
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from beets and cilantro
Nothing in our data is a bad neighbour of beets or 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 papers found on this pair.
Yield trial
Good
1.28
0.83
Beet gains more. Partial LER is each crop's share of the yield it would give alone.
1 field trial. Published LERs lean high.
Good neighbours
What happens above and below ground
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Everything at once.
Companion plants for both beets and cilantro
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With beets | With cilantro |
|---|---|---|
 Cabbage | 14% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 5 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beets and cabbage | Draws in pest-eating insects70% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 7 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cilantro and cabbage |
 Lettuce | 58% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beets and lettuce | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cilantro and lettuce |
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
- GoodLER 2.19field trialBrazil, 2006; Additive design; median LER 2.18 over 4 treatment(s) · partial LER Beet 1.28, Cilantro 0.83Avaliação agroeconômica das culturas da beterraba e coentro em função da época de estabelecimento do consórcio X1 - Agroeconomic evaluation of sugar beet and coriander depending on the time of intercropping establishment (Grangeiro · 2011)
All neighbours of beet and of cilantro, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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