Can you plant celery and garlic together?

Charts say yes. Nobody has tested celery with garlic, as far as we could find. The chart entry we found cites no source.

Why we can't give a firm answer

Garden charts recommend it. 1 garden chart entry recommends growing them together. It cites no source. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
List of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)

What to plant with celery and garlic

Good neighbours of both, best tested first.

CucumberWith celery: Fewer pestsWith garlic: Bigger combined harvest
BeanWith celery: Recommended by garden charts, not testedWith garlic: Draws in pest-eating insects
TomatoRecommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet

How each one was tested, with the evidence

What to keep away from celery and garlic

LettuceWith celery: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
Sweet cornWith celery: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
AsparagusWith garlic: 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

Tradition

Good

avoidgood

1 chart entry: 1 recommend, 0 advise against.

0 cited, 1 uncited.

Research

No papers found on this pair.

Yield trial

No intercropping yield trial.

Untested folklore

Companion plants for both celery and garlic

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

Plant	With celery	With garlic
Cucumber	Fewer pestsField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery and cucumbers	Bigger combined harvest and better soil and nutrient uptakeChemicals that hold growth backField trial, 5 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for garlic and cucumbers
Bean	No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery and beans	Draws in pest-eating insectsField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for garlic and beans

Recommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet

Tomato

The evidence, with sources

TraditionGood1 entry

GoodGarlic helps Celery
Garlic: helps celery
List of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)

Plan a bed with celery and garlic

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

Have you grown celery and garlic together?

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