Cabbage

Brassica oleracea var. capitata

Brassicaceae

Mint

Mentha spp.

Lamiaceae

Can you plant cabbage and mint together?

Yes. Cabbage and mint grow well together. Mint drew in insects that eat the pests of cabbage in a field trial. That rests on a single study, so treat it as a lead, not a rule.

Why cabbage and mint work together

Draws in pest-eating insects. In a field trial, mint drew in insects that eat the pests of cabbage.
Conservation biological control using Australian native plants in a brassica crop system: seeking complementary ecosystem services (Pandey S · 2019 · Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment.)
Garden charts recommend it. 2 garden chart entries recommend growing them together. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
Companion Plants (Alabama Cooperative Extension System)

What to plant with cabbage and mint

Good neighbours of both, best tested first.

TomatoWith cabbage: 34% more harvestWith mint: 72% more harvest
EggplantWith cabbage: 54% more harvestWith mint: Fewer pests
PeaWith cabbage: 11% more harvestWith mint: Recommended by garden charts, not tested

How each one was tested, with the evidence

What to keep away from cabbage and mint

Nothing in our data is a bad neighbour of cabbage or mint.

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

avoidgood

2 chart entries: 2 recommend, 0 advise against.

All entries cite a source.

Research

Good

avoidgood

1 paper found: 1 positive, 0 negative.

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 cabbage and mint

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

Plant	With cabbage	With mint
Tomato	34% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 4 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cabbage and tomatoes	72% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for mint and tomatoes
Eggplant	54% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cabbage and eggplant	Fewer pestsField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for mint and eggplant
Pea	11% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 3 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cabbage and peas	No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for mint and peas

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

ResearchGood1 entry

Goodnatural enemiesfield trialauto-classified

Mint helps Cabbage
Conservation biological control using Australian native plants in a brassica crop system: seeking complementary ecosystem services
Conservation biological control using Australian native plants in a brassica crop system: seeking complementary ecosystem services (Pandey S · 2019 · Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment.)

Relevance 91% · effect confidence 88%

TraditionGood2 entries

GoodMint helps Cabbage
Peppermint: helps cabbage
Companion Plants (Alabama Cooperative Extension System)
GoodMint helps Cabbage
Spearmint: helps cabbage
Companion Plants (Alabama Cooperative Extension System)

Plan a bed with cabbage and mint

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

Have you grown cabbage and mint together?

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