Tradition
Good
avoidgood
2 chart entries: 2 recommend, 0 advise against.
0 cited, 2 uncited.
Cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Brassicaceae
Celery
Apium graveolens
ApiaceaeCan you plant cabbage and celery together?
Yes. Cabbage and celery grow well together. A shared bed gave about 27% 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 cabbage and celery work together
More harvest from the same bed. In one field trial, a bed with both crops gave about 27% more harvest than the same space split into a cabbage bed and a celery bed.
Garden charts recommend it. 2 garden chart entries recommend growing them together. None of them cites a source. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
List of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
What to plant with cabbage and celery
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
LeekWith cabbage: 16% more harvestWith celery: 19% more harvest
TomatoWith cabbage: 34% more harvestWith celery: Recommended by garden charts, not tested
CauliflowerRecommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet
What to keep away from cabbage and celery
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
Research
No papers found on this pair.
Yield trial
Good
No per-crop split reported in these trials.
1 field trial. Published LERs lean high.
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 cabbage and celery
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With cabbage | With celery |
|---|---|---|
| Leek | 16% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cabbage and leeks | Less competition19% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery and leeks |
| Tomato | 34% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 4 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cabbage and tomatoes | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery 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).
Recommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet
The evidence, with sources
- GoodLER 1.27field trialSlovenia, 2007-2009; Additive design; median LER 1.27 over 1 treatment(s) · partial LER Cabbage 0.8
- GoodCabbage helps CeleryCabbage: helps celeryList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
- GoodCabbage helps CeleryCelery: helped by cabbageList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of cabbage and of celery, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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