Tradition
Good
avoidgood
3 chart entries: 3 recommend, 0 advise against.
0 cited, 3 uncited.
Radish
Raphanus sativus
Brassicaceae
Squash & pumpkin
Cucurbita spp.
CucurbitaceaeCan you plant radishes and squash together?
Charts say yes. Nobody has tested radishes with squash, 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. 3 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 radishes and squash
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
Sweet cornWith radishes: 40% more harvestWith squash: 13% more harvest
BeanWith radishes: 21% more harvestWith squash: 17% more harvest
What to keep away from radishes and squash
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 radishes and squash
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With radishes | With squash |
|---|---|---|
| Sweet corn | 40% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for radishes and corn | 13% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 4 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for squash and corn |
| Bean | 21% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for radishes and beans | Fewer pests and better soil and nutrient uptake17% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 7 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for squash and beans |
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
- GoodRadish helps Squash & pumpkinPumpkin: helped by radishesList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
- GoodRadish helps Squash & pumpkinRadish: helps Squash eggplantList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
- GoodRadish helps Squash & pumpkinSquash: helped by radishesList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of radish and of squash & pumpkin, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
Have you grown radishes and squash together?
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