Tradition
Good
avoidgood
2 chart entries: 2 recommend, 0 advise against.
All entries cite a source.
Cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
Brassicaceae
Sage
Salvia officinalis
LamiaceaeCan you plant cabbage and sage together?
Yes. Cabbage and sage grow well together.
Why cabbage and sage work together
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)No clear effect on harvest. In a field trial, growing them together made no clear difference to harvest.
Effect of White Cabbage Intercropping with Aromatic Plant on Yield, Mineral and Biochemical Composition. (Morkeliūnė A · 2024 · Plants (Basel, Switzerland))
What to plant with cabbage and sage
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from cabbage and sage
Nothing in our data is a bad neighbour of cabbage or sage.
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 effect
avoidgood
1 paper found: 0 positive, 0 negative, 1 no effect.
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 sage
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With cabbage | With sage |
|---|---|---|
 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 sage and tomatoes |
 Carrot | 19% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cabbage and carrots | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for sage and carrots |
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).
Recommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet
The evidence, with sources
- No effectyield / land usefield trialauto-classifiedEffect of White Cabbage Intercropping with Aromatic Plant on Yield, Mineral and Biochemical Composition.Effect of White Cabbage Intercropping with Aromatic Plant on Yield, Mineral and Biochemical Composition. (Morkeliūnė A · 2024 · Plants (Basel, Switzerland))Relevance 96% · effect confidence 73%
- GoodSage helps CabbageCabbage: helped by sageCompanion Plants (Alabama Cooperative Extension System)
- GoodSage helps CabbageSage: helps cabbageCompanion Plants (Alabama Cooperative Extension System)
All neighbours of cabbage and of sage, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
Have you grown cabbage and sage together?
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