Companion plants for Cabbage
Brassica oleracea var. capitatavegetable
36 partners scored across pest control, nitrogen, root depth, shade and spacing.
Best partners
- Excellent pair
- Hairy Vetch attracts Parasitic wasps and Ladybugs and more, which prey on the Caterpillars and Aphids and more that attack Cabbage
- Hairy Vetch fixes nitrogen in the soil that Cabbage feeds on
- Cabbage acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Hairy Vetch
- Great pair
- Sainfoin attracts Parasitic wasps and Ladybugs and more, which prey on the Caterpillars and Aphids and more that attack Cabbage
- Sainfoin fixes nitrogen in the soil that Cabbage feeds on
- Cabbage draws Bees and Butterflies and more that improve pollination for both
Planning a whole bed?
Build a season-long sowing and planting calendar around Cabbage β no account needed.
Also works well
- Allard's Lavender
- Bishop of Llandaff Dahlia
- Blue Sage
- Bugloss
- Christiana Lavender
- Cleveland Sage
- Clover
- Comfrey
- Fernleaf Lavender
- French lavender
- French Tarragon
- Garlic
- Lovage
- Moldavian dragonhead
- Mung Bean
- Russian Sage
- Spanish lavender
- Spike lavender
- Viper's Bugloss
- Woolly Lavender
- Woolly Lavender
- Anise
- Arum Lily, Calla Lily
- Basil
Keep apart
Fennel releases compounds that inhibit Cabbage
a known bad match: Heavy-feeder competition and shared soil-disease pressure β cole brassicas and potatoes compete hard and amplify clubroot/blight risk.
