Tradition
No chart mentions this pair.
Basil
Ocimum basilicum
Lamiaceae
Sweet corn
Zea mays
PoaceaeCan you plant basil and corn together?
Yes. Basil and corn grow well together. Basil yielded more next to corn in a field trial. That rests on a single study, so treat it as a lead, not a rule.
Why basil and corn work together
Bigger combined harvest. In a field trial, basil yielded more next to corn.
Co-cultivation of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) with food crops for efficient resource utilization and increasing the farm profits (Kaur P · 2024 · Industrial Crops & Products.)
What to plant with basil and corn
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from basil and corn
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
avoidgood
1 paper found: 1 positive, 0 negative.
yield / land use
auto-classified not reviewed by a person
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 basil and corn
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With basil | With corn |
|---|---|---|
 Bean | Fewer pests21% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 3 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for basil and beans | Draws in pest-eating insects, fewer pests and better soil and nutrient uptake43% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 22 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for corn and beans |
 Pepper | Fewer pests and draws in pest-eating insectsMixed results on harvestField trial, 6 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for basil and peppers | Lures pests away, better soil and nutrient uptake and less disease44% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 5 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for corn and peppers |
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
- Goodyield / land usefield trialauto-classifiedSweet corn helps BasilCo-cultivation of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) with food crops for efficient resource utilization and increasing the farm profitsCo-cultivation of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) with food crops for efficient resource utilization and increasing the farm profits (Kaur P · 2024 · Industrial Crops & Products.)Relevance 80% · effect confidence 51%
All neighbours of basil and of sweet corn, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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