Tradition
No chart mentions this pair.
Carrot
Daucus carota subsp. sativus
Apiaceae
Fava bean
Vicia faba
FabaceaeCan you plant carrots and fava beans together?
Yes. Carrots and fava beans 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 carrots and fava beans work together
Bigger combined harvest. In a field trial, growing them together gave a bigger combined harvest.
Evaluation of vegetable–faba bean (Vicia faba L.) intercropping under Latvian agro‐ecological conditions (Lepse L · 2017 · Journal of the science of food and agriculture.)
What to plant with carrots and fava beans
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from carrots and 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
avoidgood
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 carrots 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 carrots | With fava beans |
|---|---|---|
 Cabbage | 19% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for carrots and cabbage | 117% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 5 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for fava beans and cabbage |
 Lettuce | 78% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for carrots and lettuce | 28% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for fava beans and lettuce |
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-classifiedEvaluation of vegetable–faba bean (Vicia faba L.) intercropping under Latvian agro‐ecological conditionsEvaluation of vegetable–faba bean (Vicia faba L.) intercropping under Latvian agro‐ecological conditions (Lepse L · 2017 · Journal of the science of food and agriculture.)Relevance 96% · effect confidence 73%
All neighbours of carrot and of fava bean, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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