Plant partners : science-based companion planting strategies for the vegetable garden

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"--

Item details

ISBN: 9781635861334
ISBN: 1635861330
ISBN: 9781635861341
Physical Description: print
205 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2020]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-199) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.