Tradition
No chart mentions this pair.
Fava bean
Vicia faba
Fabaceae
Radish
Raphanus sativus
BrassicaceaeCan you plant fava beans and radishes together?
Yes. Fava beans and radishes grow well together. Growing them together improved the soil and nutrient uptake in a field trial. That rests on a single study, so treat it as a lead, not a rule.
Why fava beans and radishes work together
Better soil and nutrient uptake. In a field trial, growing them together improved the soil and nutrient uptake.
Cover crop crucifer-legume mixtures provide effective nitrate catch crop and nitrogen green manure ecosystem services (Couëdel A · 2018 · Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment.)
What to plant with fava beans and radishes
No plant in our data is a good neighbour of both fava beans and radishes yet.
What to keep away from fava beans and radishes
CarrotWith radishes: 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
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1 paper found: 1 positive, 0 negative.
nutrients / soil
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 fava beans and radishes
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
No plant is a good neighbour of both fava beans and radishes in our data yet.
The evidence, with sources
- Goodnutrients / soilfield trialauto-classifiedCover crop crucifer-legume mixtures provide effective nitrate catch crop and nitrogen green manure ecosystem servicesCover crop crucifer-legume mixtures provide effective nitrate catch crop and nitrogen green manure ecosystem services (Couëdel A · 2018 · Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment.)Relevance 89% · effect confidence 75%
All neighbours of fava bean and of radish, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
Have you grown fava beans and radishes together?
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