Tradition
No chart mentions this pair.
Eggplant
Solanum melongena
Solanaceae
Mint
Mentha spp.
LamiaceaeCan you plant eggplant and mint together?
Yes. Eggplant and mint grow well together. Mint kept pests off eggplant in a field trial. That rests on a single study, so treat it as a lead, not a rule.
Why eggplant and mint work together
Fewer pests. In a field trial, mint kept pests off eggplant.
Crop Diversification for Sustainable Insect Pest Management in Eggplant (Solanales: Solanaceae) (Sujayanand GK · 2015 · Florida Entomologist)
What to plant with eggplant and mint
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from eggplant and mint
Nothing in our data is a bad neighbour of eggplant or mint.
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.
pest suppression
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 eggplant and mint
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With eggplant | With mint |
|---|---|---|
 Tomato | 12% more harvest from the same spaceSame family (Solanaceae): shares pests and diseasesField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for eggplant and tomatoes | 72% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for mint and tomatoes |
 Cabbage | 54% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for eggplant and cabbage | Draws in pest-eating insectsField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for mint and cabbage |
 Lettuce | 16% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for eggplant and lettuce | Helpful plant chemistryGreenhouse or pot trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for mint and lettuce |
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
- Goodpest suppressionfield trialauto-classifiedMint helps EggplantCrop Diversification for Sustainable Insect Pest Management in Eggplant (Solanales: Solanaceae)Crop Diversification for Sustainable Insect Pest Management in Eggplant (Solanales: Solanaceae) (Sujayanand GK · 2015 · Florida Entomologist)Relevance 94% · effect confidence 76%
All neighbours of eggplant and of mint, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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