Tradition
Bad
avoidgood
1 chart entry: 0 recommend, 1 advise against.
0 cited, 1 uncited.
Rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus
Lamiaceae
Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
SolanaceaeCan you plant rosemary and tomatoes together?
Charts say no. Nobody has tested rosemary with tomatoes, as far as we could find. The chart entry we found cites no source.
Why we can't give a firm answer
Garden charts advise against it. 1 garden chart entry says to keep them apart. It cites no source. Charts pass on gardening tradition; they are not tests.
List of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
What to plant with rosemary and tomatoes
Good neighbours of both, best tested first.
What to keep away from rosemary and tomatoes
Nothing in our data is a bad neighbour of rosemary or tomatoes.
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 rosemary and tomatoes
Plants that are good neighbours of each. Biggest harvest gain first; each cell links to the evidence for that pair.
| Plant | With rosemary | With tomatoes |
|---|---|---|
 Cabbage | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for rosemary and cabbage | 34% more harvest from the same spaceField trial, 4 studies. Charts: not listed.Evidence for tomatoes and cabbage |
 Bean | No trial foundNot tested. Charts: recommend.Evidence for rosemary 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
- Badadvises againstTomatoes: avoid rosemaryList of companion plants (uncited entry) (Wikipedia)
All neighbours of rosemary and of tomato, or every pair at once in the companion planting chart.
Have you grown rosemary and tomatoes together?
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