Tradition
Good
avoidgood
2 chart entries: 2 recommend, 0 advise against.
0 cited, 2 uncited.
Sweet corn
Zea mays
Poaceae
Parsley
Petroselinum crispum
ApiaceaeCan you plant corn and parsley together?
Charts say yes. Nobody has tested corn with parsley, 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. 2 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 corn and parsley
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
CarrotWith corn: 50% more harvestWith parsley: 137% more harvest
What to keep away from corn and parsley
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 corn and parsley
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With corn | With parsley |
|---|---|---|
| Carrot | 50% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for corn and carrots | 137% more harvest from the same spaceSame family (Apiaceae): shares pests and diseasesField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for parsley and carrots |
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
- GoodParsley helps Sweet cornCorn / Maize: helped by parsleyList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
- GoodParsley helps Sweet cornParsley: helps corn/maizeList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of sweet corn and of parsley, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
Have you grown corn and parsley together?
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