Tradition
No chart mentions this pair.
Garlic
Allium sativum
Amaryllidaceae
Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris
FabaceaeCan you plant garlic and beans together?
Yes. Garlic and beans grow well together. Garlic drew in insects that eat the pests of beans in a field trial. That rests on a single study, so treat it as a lead, not a rule.
Why garlic and beans work together
Draws in pest-eating insects. In a field trial, garlic drew in insects that eat the pests of beans.
Evaluation of the effect of strip intercropping green bean/garlic on the control of Tetranychus urticae in the field. (Mohammadi K · 2021 · Experimental & applied acarology)
What to plant with garlic and beans
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
Sweet cornWith garlic: 33% more harvestWith beans: 43% more harvest
LettuceWith garlic: Recommended by garden charts, not testedWith beans: 48% more harvest
EggplantWith garlic: 25% more harvestWith beans: 13% more harvest
TomatoWith garlic: Recommended by garden charts, not testedWith beans: 18% more harvest
CucumberWith garlic: Bigger combined harvestWith beans: 14% more harvest
What to keep away from garlic and beans
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.
natural enemies
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 garlic and beans
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With garlic | With beans |
|---|---|---|
| Sweet corn | 33% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for garlic and corn | 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 beans and corn |
| Lettuce | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for garlic and lettuce | 48% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beans and lettuce |
| Eggplant | Fewer pests and better soil and nutrient uptake25% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 3 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for garlic and eggplant | 13% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beans and eggplant |
| Tomato | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for garlic and tomatoes | 18% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beans and tomatoes |
| Cucumber | Bigger combined harvest and better soil and nutrient uptakeChemicals that hold growth backField trial, 5 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for garlic and cucumbers | 14% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beans and cucumbers |
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
- Goodnatural enemiesfield trialauto-classifiedGarlic helps BeanEvaluation of the effect of strip intercropping green bean/garlic on the control of Tetranychus urticae in the field.Evaluation of the effect of strip intercropping green bean/garlic on the control of Tetranychus urticae in the field. (Mohammadi K · 2021 · Experimental & applied acarology)Relevance 96% · effect confidence 92%
All neighbours of garlic and of bean, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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