Steve Yoder
I'm Steve, a 30-something urban gardener fascinated by companion planting research. Growing up surrounded by greenery sparked my passion for gardening early on. I enjoy transforming my small backyard, experimenting with companion planting techniques and eco-friendly practices. Sustainability matters—I advocate for native plants and composting.
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It is already possible to infer from celery’s overall spicy fragrance! It contains a significant number of essential oils. These are also the source of celery’s distinctive perfume. Celery also includes several beneficial components that support its status as a medicinal plant. There are also lots of celery companion plants! The reason is that celery is a very friendly plant and enjoys the presence of neighbors.
Best Celery Companion Plants
Beans as Celery Companion Plants
The first member of our list of the best celery companion plants are beans. As nitrogen-fixing plants, beans and celery both take up nitrogen from the atmosphere through their leaves. Compared to plants lacking this capacity, they develop more quickly and yield more fruits and vegetables as a result of this process. If you have difficulties watering your celery, consider growing some beans nearby because they like a lot of water.
Beans also have many other companion plants: Beans Companion Plants – Which Ones Should be Chosen?
Carrots as Celery Companion Plants
As biennials, carrots and celery will develop more like annuals if you plant them together every year to save time. Carrots are best planted as annuals, although celery may be cultivated as either an annual or a perennial.
There isn’t much more to producing celery than ensuring sure your soil is healthy and has enough supply of nutrients and water. Any kind of soil may be used for this. However, if your soil is very sandy or poor, adding compost could help improve it so that you can grow leeks in it. Before transplanting carrot seeds outside, they should be sown indoors several weeks in advance. Before bringing them outside, wait until it is at least 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Once they are planted, they will rapidly begin to grow there.
Also see: 5 Carrot Companion Plants for More Nutrients (+ 5 Bad Companions)
Cucumber and Celery
Continuing our list of the best celery companion plants, we make a stop at cucumber! The ideal approach to cultivating cucumbers1 together is to place celery seeds or transplants nearby in the same section of your garden or container garden. They will compete with one another for nutrients and water if they are planted too closely together, and they won’t receive enough light or moisture if they are placed too far apart.
Cucumbers have many other companion plants! Check them out: Cucumber Companion Plants – Great Idea?
Dill and Celery as Companions
Another perennial herb is dill. It grows to 3 feet in height. It blooms in the summer with white flowers and beautifully split leaves. Once established, this plant requires very little maintenance and is very simple to cultivate. It is an ideal companion plant2 for celery since it attracts beneficial insects and repels pests. However, you may also grow it as a single vegetable if you have lots of area for extra vegetation around your celery patch!
Dill has many other companions! Have a look at them here: Dill Companion Plants – Best 11 & Bad 2
Eggplant – Marigolds – Peppers – Radish
As the following plants require the same conditions to plant best as celery companion plants, we’ve summarized them in this section. Members of the nightshade family include radishes, eggplant, marigolds and peppers. They grow in groups and have white flesh that can be unpleasant if eaten raw. This is another similarity to eggplants. Since they prevent insect pests from consuming or harming your celery, all of these plants make excellent celery companion plants.
For more information about these plants and their companion plants follow the links below!
Eggplant: 9 Eggplant Companion Plants for Better Growth
Marigold: Marigold Companion Plants – Definition of Beauty
Pepper: Best Pepper Companion Plants – Top 10 & Flop 2
Garlic with Celery
The next member of the best celery companion plants is garlic3. Celery and garlic make excellent companions since they complement one another well. Garlic may be planted next to celery whether they are both grown in the same bed or two separate beds close to one another. Additionally, you should take care not to overcrowd your plants by growing too much garlic at once.
For more information about garlic companion plants: 5 Best Garlic Companion Plants + 5 Bad Neighbors
Tomatoes and Celery
Since both celery and tomatoes draw beneficial insects, they make excellent companion plants. Celery goes well with tomatoes because it promotes greater plant growth, which makes tomato plants stronger and disease resistant. Both plants require a lot of water over their whole growth season after being planted. Celery is a strong feeder, and as they develop, they’ll even eat up part of your soil’s moisture. Don’t stress too much about how much water is flowing into those pots; just make sure they’re receiving enough. Tomatoes need less water than most other plants do.
Turnip with Celery
The last member of the best celery companion plants on our list is turnip. This type of brassica will give your celery seedlings nitrogen-rich soil and deter weeds in your garden bed by competing with them!
For more information about turnip companion plants: 10 Amazing Turnip Companion Plants Against Harmful Insects and More
Bad Celery Companion Plants
If you don’t have the right information, celery can also be a very difficult plant. As we already mentioned and listed above, it loves companionship with the right plants. It’s better to keep celery away from plants that compete with celery for nutrition. Now we have two bad celery companion plants you must avoid when planting celery in your garden.
Avoid Onion
Celery does not do well with onions as a companion plant. When it comes to neighbors, celery may be a little finicky. If you plant it near any members of the onion family, you can experience some bad issues. Planting your celery in a location free of these plants is the best approach to avoid these issues.
On the other hand, onions have good companion plants too! You will find them here: 6 Onion Companion Plants & 5 Bad Neighbours to Avoid
Avoid Cabbage
The same is for cabbage! Also, the members of the cabbage family don’t do well with celery. As they naturally need more nutrients like water and sun, your celery will have to compete for these. As a result, they will always stand in each other’s ways, and none will grow perfectly.
Cabbage companion plants: 7 Best & 3 Worst Cabbage Companion Plants
References
- Gao, X., Li, K., Ma, Z., Zou, H., Jin, H., & Wang, J. (2020). Cucumber Fusarium wilt resistance induced by intercropping with celery differs from that induced by the cucumber genotype and is related to sulfur-containing allelochemicals. Scientia Horticulturae, 271, 109475.
- Grulichova, M., Sedlakova, V., Trojan, V., Hanacek, P., & Vyhnanek, T. (2022). Correlation of photosynthetic pigments content with indicators of seed quality in the seeds of carrot, celery, dill, parsley, and parsnip. Journal of Seed Science, 44.
- Rosa, R., & Rivai, H. (2021). Phytochemical and Antihypertensive Tests of Celery (Apium graveolens L.) and Garlic (Allium sativum L.) Formula.