Tradition
No chart mentions this pair.
Cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Brassicaceae
Parsley
Petroselinum crispum
ApiaceaeCan you plant cabbage and parsley together?
Yes. Cabbage and parsley grow well together. A shared bed gave about 181% more harvest than separate beds in one field trial. That rests on a single study, so treat it as a lead, not a rule.
Why cabbage and parsley work together
More harvest from the same bed. In one field trial, a bed with both crops gave about 181% more harvest than the same space split into a cabbage bed and a parsley bed.
Agronomic performance and biological efficiency of kale intercropped with spice species (Alves De Araujo Hendges · 2019)
What to plant with cabbage and parsley
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from cabbage and parsley
LettuceWith parsley: 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
No papers found on this pair.
Yield trial
Good
1.78
1.03
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 parsley
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With cabbage | With parsley |
|---|---|---|
 Carrot | 19% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cabbage and carrots | 137% more harvest from the same spaceSame family (Apiaceae): shares pests and diseasesField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for parsley and carrots |
 Tomato | 34% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 4 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cabbage and tomatoes | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for parsley and tomatoes |
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
- GoodLER 2.81field trialBrazil, 2015; Additive design; median LER 2.81 over 1 treatment(s) · partial LER Cabbage 1.78, Parsley 1.03Agronomic performance and biological efficiency of kale intercropped with spice species (Alves De Araujo Hendges · 2019)
All neighbours of cabbage and of parsley, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
Have you grown cabbage and parsley together?
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