Tradition
Good
avoidgood
2 chart entries: 2 recommend, 0 advise against.
0 cited, 2 uncited.
Cauliflower
Brassica oleracea var. botrytis
Brassicaceae
Celery
Apium graveolens
ApiaceaeCan you plant cauliflower and celery together?
Charts say yes. Nobody has tested cauliflower with celery, as far as we could find. None of the chart entries we found cites a source.
Why we can't give a firm answer
Garden charts recommend it. 2 garden chart entries recommend growing them together. None of them cites a source. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
List of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
What to plant with cauliflower and celery
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from cauliflower and celery
LettuceWith celery: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
Sweet cornWith celery: 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
No intercropping yield trial.
Untested folklore
Companion plants for both cauliflower and celery
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With cauliflower | With celery |
|---|---|---|
 Cabbage | No trial foundSame family (Brassicaceae): shares pests and diseasesNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cauliflower and cabbage | 27% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery and cabbage |
 Bean | Bigger combined harvestField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cauliflower and beans | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery and beans |
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
- GoodCauliflower helps CeleryCauliflower: helps celeryList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
- GoodCauliflower helps CeleryCelery: helped by cauliflowerList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of cauliflower and of celery, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
Have you grown cauliflower and celery together?
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