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Plant partners : science-based companion planting strategies to minimize disease, reduce pests, improve soil fertility, and support pollination in the vegetable garden / Jessica Walliser.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, 2020ISBN:
  • 1635861330
  • 9781635861334
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB453.6 .W35 2020
Available additional physical forms:
  • Also issued in electronic format.
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"--
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB453.6 .W25 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800182107
Total holds: 0

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.

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