Companion Planting & Garden Value: Tobacco
Nicotiana tabacum
Spacing: needs about 4 square feet per plant. Mature height: 3-10 ft.
Plant these nearby
No well-established companions.
Keep these apart
- Tomato: Tobacco mosaic virus survives for years in cured tobacco leaf and spreads by touch, not insects, so handling tobacco (or smoking) before working with tomato plants can infect them. Wash hands first, or keep the two apart. (source)
- Bell Pepper: The same tobacco-mosaic-virus risk as tomato: the virus survives in cured tobacco leaf and spreads by touch, so wash hands after tobacco (or smoking) before working with pepper plants. (source)
- Eggplant: The same tobacco-mosaic-virus risk as tomato and pepper: the virus survives in cured tobacco leaf and spreads by touch, so wash hands after tobacco (or smoking) before working with eggplant. (source)
- Tomatillo: The same tobacco-mosaic-virus risk as its nightshade relatives: wash hands after tobacco before touching tomatillo. (source)
- Ground Cherry (Husk Cherry): The same tobacco-mosaic-virus risk as its nightshade relatives: wash hands after tobacco before touching ground cherry. (source)
Common pairings, answered directly
- Can I plant tobacco next to tomato?
- Better not to. Tobacco mosaic virus survives for years in cured tobacco leaf and spreads by touch, not insects, so handling tobacco (or smoking) before working with tomato plants can infect them. Wash hands first, or keep the two apart.
- Can I plant tobacco next to bell pepper?
- Better not to. The same tobacco-mosaic-virus risk as tomato: the virus survives in cured tobacco leaf and spreads by touch, so wash hands after tobacco (or smoking) before working with pepper plants.
- Can I plant tobacco next to eggplant?
- Better not to. The same tobacco-mosaic-virus risk as tomato and pepper: the virus survives in cured tobacco leaf and spreads by touch, so wash hands after tobacco (or smoking) before working with eggplant.
- Can I plant tobacco next to tomatillo?
- Better not to. The same tobacco-mosaic-virus risk as its nightshade relatives: wash hands after tobacco before touching tomatillo.
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Companion planting for Tobacco: which plants to grow next to it, which to keep apart, and the reason behind each pairing.
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