Tradition
Good
avoidgood
1 chart entry: 1 recommend, 0 advise against.
0 cited, 1 uncited.
Cilantro
Coriandrum sativum
Apiaceae
Spinach
Spinacia oleracea
AmaranthaceaeCan you plant cilantro and spinach together?
Charts say yes. Nobody has tested cilantro with spinach, as far as we could find. The chart entry we found cites no source.
Why we can't give a firm answer
Garden charts recommend it. 1 garden chart entry recommends growing them together. It cites no source. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
List of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
What to plant with cilantro and spinach
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
CabbageWith cilantro: 70% more harvestWith spinach: 46% more harvest
Sweet cornWith cilantro: 42% more harvestWith spinach: 57% more harvest
BeanWith cilantro: Recommended by garden chartsWith spinach: Recommended by garden charts, not tested
LettuceWith cilantro: Recommended by garden charts, not testedWith spinach: Bigger combined harvest
PeaRecommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet
What to keep away from cilantro and spinach
Nothing in our data is a bad neighbour of cilantro or spinach.
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 cilantro and spinach
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With cilantro | With spinach |
|---|---|---|
| Cabbage | Draws in pest-eating insects70% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 7 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cilantro and cabbage | 46% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 3 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for spinach and cabbage |
| Sweet corn | 42% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cilantro and corn | 57% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for spinach and corn |
| Bean | No effect on pest-eating insectsField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cilantro and beans | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for spinach and beans |
| Lettuce | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cilantro and lettuce | Bigger combined harvestGreenhouse or pot trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for spinach 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).
Recommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet
The evidence, with sources
- GoodCilantro helps SpinachCilantro / Coriander: helps spinachList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of cilantro and of spinach, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
Have you grown cilantro and spinach together?
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