Tradition
Good
avoidgood
1 chart entry: 1 recommend, 0 advise against.
0 cited, 1 uncited.
Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris
Fabaceae
Cauliflower
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis
BrassicaceaeCan you plant beans and cauliflower together?
Yes. Beans and cauliflower grow well together. Growing them together gave a bigger combined harvest in a field trial. That rests on a single study, so treat it as a lead, not a rule.
Why beans and cauliflower work together
Bigger combined harvest. In a field trial, growing them together gave a bigger combined harvest.
Garden charts recommend it. 1 garden chart entry recommends growing them together. It cites no source. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
List of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
What to plant with beans and cauliflower
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from beans and cauliflower
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 beans and cauliflower
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With beans | With cauliflower |
|---|---|---|
 Okra | 25% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beans and okra | Less diseaseGreenhouse or pot trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cauliflower and okra |
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
- Goodyield / land usefield trialauto-classifiedIntercropping based on cauliflower: more productive, profitable and highly sustainableIntercropping based on cauliflower: More productive, profitable and highly sustainable (Yildirim · 2005)Relevance 94% · effect confidence 82%
- GoodCauliflower helps BeanCauliflower: helps BeansList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of bean and of cauliflower, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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