Tradition
No chart mentions this pair.
Broccoli
Brassica oleracea var. italica
Brassicaceae
Fava bean
Vicia faba
FabaceaeCan you plant broccoli and fava beans together?
Yes. Broccoli and fava beans grow well together. One crop lured pests away from the other in a field trial. That rests on a single study, so treat it as a lead, not a rule.
Why broccoli and fava beans work together
Lures pests away. In a field trial, one crop lured pests away from the other.
Trait-based cropping of brassicaceous plants: Effects on ecosystem services and crop yield (Ruhanen HM · 2023 · Biological control : theory and applications in pest management)
What to plant with broccoli and fava beans
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from broccoli and fava beans
Nothing in our data is a bad neighbour of broccoli or fava 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
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1 paper found: 1 positive, 0 negative.
trap crop
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 broccoli and fava beans
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With broccoli | With fava beans |
|---|---|---|
 Cabbage | Lures pests awaySame family (Brassicaceae): shares pests and diseasesField trial, 3 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for broccoli and cabbage | 117% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 5 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for fava beans and cabbage |
 Potato | Bigger combined harvestField trial, 2 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for broccoli and potatoes | Less diseaseField trial, 3 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for fava beans and potatoes |
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
- Goodtrap cropfield trialauto-classifiedTrait-based cropping of brassicaceous plants: Effects on ecosystem services and crop yieldTrait-based cropping of brassicaceous plants: Effects on ecosystem services and crop yield (Ruhanen HM · 2023 · Biological control : theory and applications in pest management)Relevance 94% · effect confidence 58%
All neighbours of broccoli and of fava bean, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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