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Plant partners : science-based companion planting strategies for the vegetable garden
Audience Adults
Published [2020] by Storey Publishing, North Adams, MA
ISBN 9781635861334
Bib Id 2419717
Description 205 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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02576cam a22004338i 4500
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2020-029583
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9781635861334 (paperback) $24.95
1635861330
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635 W
Title
Plant partners : science-based companion planting strategies for the vegetable garden
Publication Information
[2020] by Storey Publishing, North Adams, MA :
Description
205 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-199) and index.
Contents
The Power of Plant Partnerships: How Does Modern Companion Planting Work? -- Soil Preparation & Conditioning: From Cover Crops to Living Rototillers -- Weed Management: Using Living Mulches and Allelopathy to Combat Weeds -- Support & Structure: Plants That Act as Living Trellises -- Pest Management: Luring, Trapping, Tricking, and Deterring Pest Insects -- Disease Management: Suppressing Disease Through Plant Partnerships and Interplanting -- Biological Control: Plant Partners That Attract and Support Pest-Eating Beneficial Insects -- Pollination: Bringing More Pollinators to the Garden through the Perfect Plant/Pollinator Matches.
Summary
"Plant Partners delivers a research-based rationale for companion planting, offering gardeners dozens of ways they can use scientifically tested plant partnerships to benefit the garden as a whole"--
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