Tradition
Good
avoidgood
2 chart entries: 2 recommend, 0 advise against.
All entries cite a source.
Celery
Apium graveolens
Apiaceae
Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
CucurbitaceaeCan you plant celery and cucumbers together?
Yes. Celery and cucumbers grow well together. Celery kept pests off cucumbers in 2 studies. That rests on two studies, so treat it as a lead, not a rule.
Why celery and cucumbers work together
Fewer pests. In 2 studies, celery kept pests off cucumbers.
Repellent Effects of Different Celery Varieties in Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Biotype Q. (Tu H · 2017 · Journal of economic entomology)and 1 more sourceGarden charts recommend it. 2 garden chart entries recommend growing them together. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
Reducing whiteflies on cucumber using intercropping with less preferred vegetables (Zhao · 2014 · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata)
What to plant with celery and cucumbers
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from celery and cucumbers
LettuceWith celery: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
Sweet cornWith celery: Garden charts advise against it, not tested
PotatoWith cucumbers: 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
Good
avoidgood
2 papers found: 2 positive, 0 negative.
pest suppression x2
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 celery and cucumbers
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With celery | With cucumbers |
|---|---|---|
 Tomato | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery and tomatoes | Lures pests away17% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 4 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cucumbers and tomatoes |
 Bean | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery and beans | 14% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cucumbers and beans |
 Garlic | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for celery and garlic | Bigger combined harvest and better soil and nutrient uptakeChemicals that hold growth backField trial, 5 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cucumbers and garlic |
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
- Goodpest suppressionlab bioassayauto-classifiedCelery helps CucumberRepellent Effects of Different Celery Varieties in Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Biotype Q.Repellent Effects of Different Celery Varieties in Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Biotype Q. (Tu H · 2017 · Journal of economic entomology)Relevance 89% · effect confidence 90%
- Goodpest suppressionfield trialauto-classifiedCelery helps CucumberReducing whiteflies on cucumber using intercropping with less preferred vegetablesReducing whiteflies on cucumber using intercropping with less preferred vegetables (Zhao · 2014 · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata)Relevance 94% · effect confidence 92%
- GoodCelery helps CucumberCelery: helps cucumberReducing whiteflies on cucumber using intercropping with less preferred vegetables (Zhao · 2014 · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata)
- GoodCelery helps CucumberCucumber: helped by celeryReducing whiteflies on cucumber using intercropping with less preferred vegetables (Zhao · 2014 · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata)
All neighbours of celery and of cucumber, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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