Tradition
Good
avoidgood
4 chart entries: 4 recommend, 0 advise against.
0 cited, 4 uncited.
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
Malvaceae
Sweet potato
Ipomoea batatas
ConvolvulaceaeCan you plant okra and sweet potatoes together?
Charts say yes. Nobody has tested okra with sweet potatoes, 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. 4 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 okra and sweet potatoes
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
TomatoWith okra: About the same harvestWith sweet potatoes: Lures pests away
What to keep away from okra and sweet potatoes
Nothing in our data is a bad neighbour of okra or sweet potatoes.
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 okra and sweet potatoes
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With okra | With sweet potatoes |
|---|---|---|
| Tomato | About the same harvest as separate bedsField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for okra and tomatoes | Lures pests awayField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for sweet potatoes and tomatoes |
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
- GoodOkra helps Sweet potatoOkra: helps Sweet potatoList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
- GoodSweet potato helps OkraOkra: helped by sweet potatoList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
- GoodSweet potato helps OkraSweet potato: helps OkraList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
- GoodOkra helps Sweet potatoSweet potato: helped by OkraList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of okra and of sweet potato, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
Have you grown okra and sweet potatoes together?
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