Companion plants for Cherokee Purple
Solanum lycopersicum (Cherokee Purple)vegetable
35 partners scored across pest control, nitrogen, root depth, shade and spacing.
Best partners
- Great pair
- Wild Garlic attracts Hoverflies, which prey on the Aphids that attack Cherokee Purple
- Wild Garlic acts as living mulch, keeping soil moist and weeds down around Cherokee Purple
- Cherokee Purple gives Wild Garlic sheltering shade in the heat of summer
- Great pair
- African Marigold attracts Hoverflies and Lacewings and more, which prey on the Aphids and Whitefly that attack Cherokee Purple
- African Marigold suppresses pests that trouble Cherokee Purple
- Cherokee Purple draws Bumblebees and Bees and more that improve pollination for both
Planning a whole bed?
Build a season-long sowing and planting calendar around Cherokee Purple β no account needed.
Also works well
Keep apart
Fennel releases compounds that inhibit Cherokee Purple
both are prone to late blight β planting them together lets it spread between them
