Tradition
Good
avoidgood
2 chart entries: 2 recommend, 0 advise against.
0 cited, 2 uncited.
Pea
Pisum sativum
Fabaceae
Spinach
Spinacia oleracea
AmaranthaceaeCan you plant peas and spinach together?
Charts say yes. Nobody has tested peas with spinach, 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 peas and spinach
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
Sweet cornWith peas: 40% more harvestWith spinach: 57% more harvest
CabbageWith peas: 11% more harvestWith spinach: 46% more harvest
LettuceWith peas: 19% more harvestWith spinach: Bigger combined harvest
CauliflowerRecommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet
CilantroRecommended by garden charts for both, not tested yet
What to keep away from peas and 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 peas and spinach
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With peas | With spinach |
|---|---|---|
| Sweet corn | Better soil and nutrient uptake40% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 11 studies. Charts: recommend.Evidence for peas and corn | 57% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for spinach and corn |
| Cabbage | 11% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 3 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for peas and cabbage | 46% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 3 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for spinach and cabbage |
| Lettuce | 19% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 1 study. Charts: not listed.Evidence for peas 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
- GoodPea helps SpinachSpinach: helped by peasList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
- GoodPea helps SpinachSweet pea: helps spinachList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of pea and of spinach, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
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