Tradition
No chart mentions this pair.
Cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Brassicaceae
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
MalvaceaeCan you plant cabbage and okra together?
Yes. Cabbage and okra 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 cabbage and okra work together
Bigger combined harvest. In a field trial, growing them together gave a bigger combined harvest.
Soil Moisture Partitioning and Water Productivity in Pomegranate-Based Agroforestry Systems in Semi-Arid Agro ecosystems (mohamed MN · 2026 · Research Square)
What to plant with cabbage and okra
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
TomatoWith cabbage: 34% more harvestWith okra: About the same harvest
BasilWith cabbage: 12% more harvestWith okra: Bigger combined harvest
CauliflowerWith cabbage: Recommended by garden charts, not testedWith okra: Less disease
What to keep away from cabbage and okra
Nothing in our data is a bad neighbour of cabbage or okra.
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
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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 cabbage and okra
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With cabbage | With okra |
|---|---|---|
| Tomato | 34% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 4 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cabbage and tomatoes | About the same harvest as separate bedsField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for okra and tomatoes |
| Basil | 12% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cabbage and basil | Bigger combined harvestField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for okra and basil |
| Cauliflower | No trial foundSame family (Brassicaceae): shares pests and diseasesNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cabbage and cauliflower | Less diseaseGreenhouse or pot trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for okra and cauliflower |
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
- Goodyield / land usefield trialauto-classifiedSoil Moisture Partitioning and Water Productivity in Pomegranate-Based Agroforestry Systems in Semi-Arid Agro ecosystemsSoil Moisture Partitioning and Water Productivity in Pomegranate-Based Agroforestry Systems in Semi-Arid Agro ecosystems (mohamed MN · 2026 · Research Square)Relevance 85% · effect confidence 34%
All neighbours of cabbage and of okra, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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