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Author:

Walliser, Jessica, author.

Title:

Plant partners : science-based companion planting strategies for the vegetable garden / Jessica Walliser.

Publisher:

Storey Publishing,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

205 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Companion planting.
Vegetable gardening.

Notes:

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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1635861330
9781635861334

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1176324432

LCCN:

2020029583

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