Tradition
No chart mentions this pair.
Fennel
Foeniculum vulgare
Apiaceae
Melon
Cucumis melo
CucurbitaceaeCan you plant fennel and melons together?
Yes. Fennel and melons grow well together. Melons yielded more next to fennel in a field trial. That rests on a single study, so treat it as a lead, not a rule.
Why fennel and melons work together
Bigger combined harvest. In a field trial, melons yielded more next to fennel.
[Effects of three intercropping species on growth, nutrition absorption, and fruit quality of oriental melon]. (Ma YJ · 2020 · Ying yong sheng tai xue bao = The journal of applied ecology)
What to plant with fennel and melons
No plant in our data is a good neighbour of both fennel and melons yet.
What to keep away from fennel and melons
Nothing in our data is a bad neighbour of fennel or melons.
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
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1 paper found: 1 positive, 0 negative.
yield / land use
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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 fennel and melons
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
No plant is a good neighbour of both fennel and melons in our data yet.
The evidence, with sources
- Goodyield / land usefield trialauto-classifiedFennel helps Melon[Effects of three intercropping species on growth, nutrition absorption, and fruit quality of oriental melon].[Effects of three intercropping species on growth, nutrition absorption, and fruit quality of oriental melon]. (Ma YJ · 2020 · Ying yong sheng tai xue bao = The journal of applied ecology)Relevance 90% · effect confidence 90%
All neighbours of fennel and of melon, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
Have you grown fennel and melons together?
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