Tradition
Good
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3 chart entries: 3 recommend, 0 advise against.
2 cited, 1 uncited.
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Amaryllidaceae
Carrot
Daucus carota subsp. sativus
ApiaceaeCan you plant chives and carrots together?
Charts say yes. Nobody has tested chives with carrots, as far as we could find.
Why we can't give a firm answer
Garden charts recommend it. 3 garden chart entries recommend growing them together. 1 of them cite no source. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
Effect of intercropping on the population density of pests in some vegetables (Mateeva · 2002 · Acta Horticulturae)and 1 more source
What to plant with chives and carrots
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from chives and carrots
PeaWith chives: Garden charts advise against it, not testedWith carrots: Smaller combined harvest
BeanWith chives: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
ParsnipWith carrots: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
DillWith carrots: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
PotatoWith carrots: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
RadishWith carrots: 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 chives and carrots
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With chives | With carrots |
|---|---|---|
 Pepper | Fewer pestsGreenhouse or pot trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for chives and peppers | 127% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for carrots and peppers |
 Cabbage | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for chives and cabbage | 19% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for carrots and cabbage |
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
- GoodChives helps CarrotCarrots: helped by alliums (chives, leeks, onions, shallots, etc.)Effect of intercropping on the population density of pests in some vegetables (Mateeva · 2002 · Acta Horticulturae)
- GoodChives helps CarrotChives: helps carrotsCompanion Plants (Alabama Cooperative Extension System)
- GoodCarrot helps ChivesChives: helped by CarrotsList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of chives and of carrot, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
Have you grown chives and carrots together?
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