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Ground Cherry Companion Planting
Physalis pruinosa
Nightshade (Solanaceae) -- warm season
1 beneficial companion
1 antagonistic relationship
Good Companions for Ground Cherry
BasilOcimum basilicum
BeneficialPest SuppressionSupported
Ground cherry (Physalis pruinosa) is in the Solanaceae family and benefits from basil volatile pest suppression just like tomato. Basil deters whiteflies and aphids on adjacent ground cherry plants.
Ground cherry shares pest profiles with tomato -- same companion strategies apply.
Sources
- Companion planting -- do aromatic plants disrupt host-plant finding by the tomato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) in a tomato crop? -- International Journal of Pest Management (2010)
Crops to Avoid Near Ground Cherry
Florence FennelFoeniculum vulgare var. azoricum
AntagonisticAllelopathySupported
Fennel allelopathic compounds inhibit growth of Solanaceae family members including ground cherry. Same allelopathic mechanism as fennel-tomato.
Keep fennel isolated from all Solanaceae family members.
Sources
- Allelopathic potential of fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) -- Allelopathy Journal (2007)
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