Tradition
Good
avoidgood
3 chart entries: 3 recommend, 0 advise against.
0 cited, 3 uncited.
Celery
Apium graveolens
Apiaceae
Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
SolanaceaeCan you plant celery and tomatoes together?
Charts say yes. Nobody has tested celery with tomatoes, as far as we could find. None of the chart entries we found cites a source.
Why we can't give a firm answer
Garden charts recommend it. 3 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 celery and tomatoes
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
CabbageWith celery: 27% more harvestWith tomatoes: 34% more harvest
LeekWith celery: 19% more harvestWith tomatoes: Less disease
BeanWith celery: Recommended by garden charts, not testedWith tomatoes: 18% more harvest
CucumberWith celery: Fewer pestsWith tomatoes: 17% more harvest
GarlicRecommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet
What to keep away from celery and tomatoes
LettuceWith celery: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
Sweet cornWith celery: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
RosemaryWith tomatoes: 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 celery and tomatoes
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With celery | With tomatoes |
|---|---|---|
| Cabbage | 27% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery and cabbage | 34% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 4 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for tomatoes and cabbage |
| Leek | Less competition19% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery and leeks | Less disease and better soil and nutrient uptakeGreenhouse or pot trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for tomatoes and leeks |
| Bean | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery and beans | 18% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for tomatoes and beans |
| Cucumber | Fewer pestsField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery and cucumbers | Lures pests away17% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 4 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for tomatoes and cucumbers |
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
- GoodTomato helps CeleryCelery: helped by tomatoesList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
- GoodTomato helps CeleryTomatoes: helps CeleryList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
- GoodCelery helps TomatoTomatoes: helped by celeryList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of celery and of tomato, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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