Tradition
Good
avoidgood
2 chart entries: 2 recommend, 0 advise against.
0 cited, 2 uncited.
Radish
Raphanus sativus
Brassicaceae
Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
CucurbitaceaeCan you plant radishes and cucumbers together?
Charts say yes. Nobody has tested radishes with cucumbers, 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 radishes and cucumbers
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
Sweet cornWith radishes: 40% more harvestWith cucumbers: Fewer pests
BeanWith radishes: 21% more harvestWith cucumbers: 14% more harvest
What to keep away from radishes and cucumbers
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 radishes and cucumbers
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With radishes | With cucumbers |
|---|---|---|
| Sweet corn | 40% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 2 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for radishes and corn | Fewer pestsField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for cucumbers and corn |
| Bean | 21% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for radishes and beans | 14% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: recommend.Evidence for cucumbers 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
- GoodRadish helps CucumberCucumber: helped by radishesList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
- GoodRadish helps CucumberRadish: helps cucumberList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of radish and of cucumber, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
Have you grown radishes and cucumbers together?
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