Companion Planting & Garden Value: Ground Cherry (Husk Cherry)
Physalis pruinosa
Spacing: needs about 2 square feet per plant. Mature height: 2-3 ft.
Plant these nearby
No well-established companions.
Keep these apart
- Tobacco: Tobacco mosaic virus survives for years in cured tobacco leaf and spreads by touch rather than insects, and ground cherry is a nightshade in the same TMV-susceptible group as tomato and pepper. Extension guidance is to wash hands after handling tobacco and before touching ground cherry, or keep the two apart in the garden. (source)
Common pairings, answered directly
- Can I plant ground cherry (husk cherry) next to tobacco?
- Better not to. Tobacco mosaic virus survives for years in cured tobacco leaf and spreads by touch rather than insects, and ground cherry is a nightshade in the same TMV-susceptible group as tomato and pepper. Extension guidance is to wash hands after handling tobacco and before touching ground cherry, or keep the two apart in the garden.
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Companion planting for Ground Cherry (Husk Cherry): which plants to grow next to it, which to keep apart, and the reason behind each pairing.
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