Tradition
Good
avoidgood
2 chart entries: 2 recommend, 0 advise against.
All entries cite a source.
Cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Brassicaceae
Thyme
Thymus vulgaris
LamiaceaeCan you plant cabbage and thyme together?
Yes. Cabbage and thyme grow well together. Cabbage yielded more next to thyme in a field trial. That rests on a single study, so treat it as a lead, not a rule.
Why cabbage and thyme work together
Bigger combined harvest. In a field trial, cabbage yielded more next to thyme.
Effect of White Cabbage Intercropping with Aromatic Plant on Yield, Mineral and Biochemical Composition. (Morkeliūnė A · 2024 · Plants (Basel, Switzerland))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 thyme
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from cabbage and thyme
BasilWith thyme: 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
Good
avoidgood
1 paper found: 1 positive, 0 negative.
yield / land use
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 thyme
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With cabbage | With thyme |
|---|---|---|
 Eggplant | 54% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cabbage and eggplant | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for thyme and eggplant |
 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 thyme 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
- Goodyield / land usefield trialauto-classifiedThyme helps CabbageEffect of White Cabbage Intercropping with Aromatic Plant on Yield, Mineral and Biochemical Composition.Effect of White Cabbage Intercropping with Aromatic Plant on Yield, Mineral and Biochemical Composition. (Morkeliūnė A · 2024 · Plants (Basel, Switzerland))Relevance 96% · effect confidence 75%
- GoodThyme helps CabbageCabbage: helped by thymeCompanion Plants (Alabama Cooperative Extension System)
- GoodThyme helps CabbageThyme: helps cabbageCompanion Plants (Alabama Cooperative Extension System)
All neighbours of cabbage and of thyme, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
Have you grown cabbage and thyme together?
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