Plant partners : science-based companion planting strategies to minimize disease, reduce pests, improve soil fertility, and support pollination in the vegetable garden / Jessica Walliser.
Material type: TextPublisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, 2020ISBN:- 1635861330
- 9781635861334
- SB453.6 .W35 2020
- Also issued in electronic format.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves | SB453.6 .W25 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800182107 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
Also issued in electronic format.