Tradition
Good
avoidgood
2 chart entries: 2 recommend, 0 advise against.
All entries cite a source.
Cilantro
Coriandrum sativum
Apiaceae
Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
SolanaceaeCan you plant cilantro and tomatoes together?
Yes. Cilantro and tomatoes grow well together. Cilantro kept pests off tomatoes in 2 studies, and tomatoes had less disease next to cilantro in a field trial.
Why cilantro and tomatoes work together
Fewer pests. In 2 studies, cilantro kept pests off tomatoes.
Integrated cultural practices for whitefly management in organic tomato (Togni PHB · 2018 · Journal of Applied Entomology)and 1 more sourceLess disease. In a field trial, tomatoes had less disease next to cilantro.
Intercropping with aromatic plants enhances tomato productivity and disease resilience through elevating soil nutrients and enzyme activities. (Yu Y · 2026 · Pest management science)Garden charts recommend it. 2 garden chart entries recommend growing them together. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
Effect of intercropping of spices, cereal and root crops on the incidence of Helicoverpa armigera (Hub.) in tomato (Ram · 2010 · Vegetable Science)and 1 more source
What to plant with cilantro and tomatoes
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from cilantro and tomatoes
RosemaryWith tomatoes: 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
3 papers found: 3 positive, 0 negative.
pest suppression x2disease suppression
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 cilantro and tomatoes
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With cilantro | With tomatoes |
|---|---|---|
 Cabbage | Draws in pest-eating insects70% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 7 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cilantro and cabbage | 34% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 4 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for tomatoes and cabbage |
 Eggplant | Fewer pests67% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cilantro and eggplant | 12% more harvest from the same spaceSame family (Solanaceae): shares pests and diseasesField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for tomatoes and eggplant |
 Bean | No effect on pest-eating insectsField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cilantro and beans | 18% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for tomatoes 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).
Recommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet
The evidence, with sources
- Gooddisease suppressionfield trialauto-classifiedCilantro helps TomatoIntercropping with aromatic plants enhances tomato productivity and disease resilience through elevating soil nutrients and enzyme activities.Intercropping with aromatic plants enhances tomato productivity and disease resilience through elevating soil nutrients and enzyme activities. (Yu Y · 2026 · Pest management science)Relevance 92% · effect confidence 96%
- Goodpest suppressionfield trialauto-classifiedCilantro helps TomatoIntegrated cultural practices for whitefly management in organic tomatoIntegrated cultural practices for whitefly management in organic tomato (Togni PHB · 2018 · Journal of Applied Entomology)Relevance 91% · effect confidence 86%
- Goodpest suppressiongreenhouse / pot trialauto-classifiedCilantro helps TomatoAromatic plants affect the selection of host tomato plants by Bemisia tabaci biotype BAromatic plants affect the selection of host tomato plants by Bemisia tabaci biotype B (Carvalho MG · 2017 · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata.)Relevance 88% · effect confidence 91%
- GoodCilantro helps TomatoTomatoes: helped by corianderEffect of intercropping of spices, cereal and root crops on the incidence of Helicoverpa armigera (Hub.) in tomato (Ram · 2010 · Vegetable Science)Odour masking of tomato volatiles by coriander volatiles in host plant selection of Bemisia tabaci biotype B (Togni · 2010 · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata)
- GoodCilantro helps TomatoCilantro / Coriander: helps tomatoEffect of intercropping of spices, cereal and root crops on the incidence of Helicoverpa armigera (Hub.) in tomato (Ram · 2010 · Vegetable Science)Odour masking of tomato volatiles by coriander volatiles in host plant selection of Bemisia tabaci biotype B (Togni · 2010 · Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata)
All neighbours of cilantro and of tomato, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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