Bok Choy Companion Planting
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
Mustard (Brassicaceae) -- cool season
Good Companions for Bok Choy
Alyssum living mulch supports conservation biological control of aphids on bok choy through hover fly and parasitoid wasp recruitment. Same mechanism as other brassica-alyssum pairings.
Bok choy is particularly susceptible to aphids in fall -- alyssum provides critical beneficial insect habitat.
- Flower power: promoting pest natural enemies of key brassica pests with sweet alyssum -- HortScience (2013)
Garlic allyl sulfide volatiles deter flea beetles (Phyllotreta spp.) and aphids that commonly attack bok choy. Garlic also shows antifungal activity against soil-borne pathogens.
Fall-planted garlic provides established volatile emission when spring bok choy is transplanted.
- Volatile compounds from Allium spp. affecting insect behavior -- Phytochemistry (2004)
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