Tradition
Good
avoidgood
2 chart entries: 2 recommend, 0 advise against.
0 cited, 2 uncited.
Potato
Solanum tuberosum
Solanaceae
Thyme
Thymus vulgaris
LamiaceaeCan you plant potatoes and thyme together?
Charts say yes. Nobody has tested potatoes with thyme, 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 potatoes and thyme
No plant in our data is a good neighbour of both potatoes and thyme yet.
What to keep away from potatoes and thyme
CarrotWith potatoes: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
CucumberWith potatoes: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
Squash & pumpkinWith potatoes: Garden charts advise against it, not tested- AsparagusWith potatoes: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
BasilWith thyme: 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 potatoes and thyme
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 potatoes and thyme in our data yet.
The evidence, with sources
- GoodThyme helps PotatoPotato: helped by thymeList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
- GoodThyme helps PotatoThyme: helps potatoList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of potato and of thyme, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
Have you grown potatoes and thyme together?
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