🫛 Chickpea Cicer arietinum
🥬 Vegetable 🧬 Legumes (Pea & Bean family)
Companion plants for Chickpea (Vegetable): good neighbours to grow together, plants it dislikes, and sowing tips. EkoHarita — Dünya varmış!
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Good Companions — Plant Together
Bad Neighbours — Keep Them Apart
Conflicting Neighbours
Growing & Sowing Tips
📅 SowingSpring; sow directly once the soil rises above 10°C (TR: 15 March-30 April). Rows 25-35 cm apart, 5-8 cm within the row.
🌱 Depth5-8 cm (10-15 cm in dry regions)
📏 Spacing25-35 cm between rows, 5-8 cm within the row
🌞 SunFull sun
💧 WateringLow
🧺 Harvest95-120 days after sowing; once the plant and pods turn straw-yellow and the grain moisture is 15-18%.
🪴 SoilSandy loam, well-draining, near-neutral (pH 6-8). Avoid heavy/water-holding soil.
⭐ DifficultyEasy
🗓️ SeasonSpring
📅 Calendar is for the Northern Hemisphere; in the Southern Hemisphere shift sowing times by ~6 months.
💡 Key tip: Sow cilantro between the rows against the bollworm (green caterpillar); good drainage prevents Ascochyta blight. Inoculating the seed with Rhizobium increases nitrogen fixation.
🤝 Companion logic: Intercropping with cilantro and marigold reduces the bollworm. It isn't good side by side with alliums like onion/garlic and with other legumes (bean, pea); keep it away from fennel.
🔬 Scientific References
- Harvest to Table (t.y.) Mastering Chickpeas: Planting, Growing, and Harvesting Tips. Erişim adresi: https://harvesttotable.com/how_to_grow_chickpeas_garbanzo/ (Erişim: 15 Haziran 2026).
- Agronomy Journal (t.y.) Intercropping chickpea–flax for yield and disease management. doi:10.1002/agj2.21280.
- PLOS One (2022) Influence of relay intercropping of barley with chickpea on biochemical characteristics and yield under water stress. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0273272.
- Legume Research — An International Journal (t.y.) Production Potential and Economic Returns of Bed Planted Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) as Influenced by Different Intercropping Systems (LR-4287). Erişim adresi: https://arccjournals.com/journal/legume-research-an-international-journal/LR-4287 (Erişim: 15 Haziran 2026).
- Grove (t.y.) Growing Chickpea: Neighbours, Predecessors, Successors and Planting Times. Erişim adresi: https://www.grove.eco/en/plants/cicer-arietinum/ (Erişim: 15 Haziran 2026).
- Greg (t.y.) Step-by-Step Guide to Companion Planting with Chickpeas. Erişim adresi: https://greg.app/chickpeas-companion-plants/ (Erişim: 15 Haziran 2026).