Tradition
Good
avoidgood
2 chart entries: 2 recommend, 0 advise against.
0 cited, 2 uncited.
Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Solanaceae
Sage
Salvia officinalis
LamiaceaeCan you plant tomatoes and sage together?
Charts say yes. Nobody has tested tomatoes with sage, 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 tomatoes and sage
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from tomatoes and sage
RosemaryWith tomatoes: 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 tomatoes and sage
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With tomatoes | With sage |
|---|---|---|
 Cabbage | 34% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 4 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for tomatoes and cabbage | No effect on harvestField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for sage and cabbage |
 Bean | 18% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for tomatoes and beans | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for sage 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).
Recommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet
The evidence, with sources
- GoodSage helps TomatoTomatoes: helped by sageList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
- GoodSage helps TomatoSage: helps tomatoList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of tomato and of sage, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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