Tradition
Good
avoidgood
1 chart entry: 1 recommend, 0 advise against.
0 cited, 1 uncited.
Beet
Beta vulgaris
Amaranthaceae
Broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italica
BrassicaceaeCan you plant beets and broccoli together?
Charts say yes. Nobody has tested beets with broccoli, as far as we could find. The chart entry we found cites no source.
Why we can't give a firm answer
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 beets and broccoli
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from beets and broccoli
Nothing in our data is a bad neighbour of beets or broccoli.
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 beets and broccoli
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With beets | With broccoli |
|---|---|---|
 Onion | 64% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beets and onions | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for broccoli and onions |
 Cabbage | 14% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 5 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for beets and cabbage | Lures pests awaySame family (Brassicaceae): shares pests and diseasesField trial, 3 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for broccoli and cabbage |
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
- GoodBeet helps BroccoliBroccoli: helped by BeetsList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of beet and of broccoli, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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