Tradition
Good
avoidgood
2 chart entries: 2 recommend, 0 advise against.
All entries cite a source.
Cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Brassicaceae
Dill
Anethum graveolens
ApiaceaeCan you plant cabbage and dill together?
Yes. Cabbage and dill grow well together. A shared bed gave about 55% more harvest than separate beds in one field trial, and dill drew in insects that eat the pests of cabbage in a field trial.
Why cabbage and dill work together
More harvest from the same bed. In one field trial, a bed with both crops gave about 55% more harvest than the same space split into a cabbage bed and a dill bed.
Draws in pest-eating insects. In a field trial, dill drew in insects that eat the pests of cabbage.
Herbivore response to habitat manipulation with floral resources: a study of the cabbage root fly (Nilsson U · 2012 · Journal of Applied Entomology)Lures pests away. In a field trial, dill lured pests away from cabbage.
Management of Flea Beetles Using Ecological Engineering in Vegetable Agroecosystem of Kashmir (Maqsood S · 2024 · Research Square)Garden charts recommend it. 2 garden chart entries recommend growing them together. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
Companion Plants (Alabama Cooperative Extension System)and 1 more source
What to plant with cabbage and dill
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from cabbage and dill
CarrotWith dill: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
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
2 papers found: 2 positive, 0 negative.
natural enemiestrap crop
auto-classified not reviewed by a person
Yield trial
Good
0.95
0.60
Cabbage gains more. Partial LER is each crop's share of the yield it would give alone.
1 field trial. Published LERs lean high.
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 cabbage and dill
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With cabbage | With dill |
|---|---|---|
 Cilantro | Draws in pest-eating insects70% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 7 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cabbage and cilantro | Draws in pest-eating insectsSame family (Apiaceae): shares pests and diseasesField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for dill and cilantro |
 Onion | Fewer pests and draws in pest-eating insects8% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 8 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cabbage and onions | Draws in pest-eating insectsField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for dill and onions |
 Broccoli | Lures pests awaySame family (Brassicaceae): shares pests and diseasesField trial, 3 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cabbage and broccoli | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for dill and broccoli |
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
- Goodnatural enemiesfield trialauto-classifiedDill helps CabbageHerbivore response to habitat manipulation with floral resources: a study of the cabbage root flyHerbivore response to habitat manipulation with floral resources: a study of the cabbage root fly (Nilsson U · 2012 · Journal of Applied Entomology)Relevance 88% · effect confidence 27%
- Goodtrap cropfield trialauto-classifiedDill helps CabbageManagement of Flea Beetles Using Ecological Engineering in Vegetable Agroecosystem of KashmirManagement of Flea Beetles Using Ecological Engineering in Vegetable Agroecosystem of Kashmir (Maqsood S · 2024 · Research Square)Relevance 92% · effect confidence 82%
- GoodLER 1.55field trialIndia, 1995-2002; NA design; median LER 1.55 over 1 treatment(s) · partial LER Cabbage 0.95, Dill 0.6
- GoodDill helps CabbageCabbage: helped by dillCompanion Plants (Alabama Cooperative Extension System)Effects of an intercrop on the insect pests, yield, and quality of cabbage (Kenny · 1988 · New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture)
- GoodDill helps CabbageDill: helps cabbageCompanion Plants (Alabama Cooperative Extension System)Effects of an intercrop on the insect pests, yield, and quality of cabbage (Kenny · 1988 · New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture)
All neighbours of cabbage and of dill, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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