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Plant Partners
Science-Based Companion Planting Strategies for the Vegetable Garden
Taschenbuch von Jessica Walliser
Sprache: Englisch

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Companion planting gets a science-based reboot!

Intentionally growing certain plants together to benefit the whole garden now has science to explain its success. Jessica Walliser’s new vision of an old tradition is built around a modern understanding of the marvelous web of connections happening in the garden and how to use them to create real and measurable results.

Discover dozens of well-studied partnerships that offer fresh strategies to:
- Break up heavy soils
- Combat weeds and disease
- Lure pests away
- Attract specific beneficial insects
- Improve pollination
Companion planting gets a science-based reboot!

Intentionally growing certain plants together to benefit the whole garden now has science to explain its success. Jessica Walliser’s new vision of an old tradition is built around a modern understanding of the marvelous web of connections happening in the garden and how to use them to create real and measurable results.

Discover dozens of well-studied partnerships that offer fresh strategies to:
- Break up heavy soils
- Combat weeds and disease
- Lure pests away
- Attract specific beneficial insects
- Improve pollination
Über den Autor

Jessica Walliser is a horticulturalist and the author of several gardening books, including Plant Partners and Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden. In addition to cohosting The Organic Gardeners, an award-winning radio program in Pennsylvania, she is the co-owner of the popular gardening website [...] and a regular contributor to Fine Gardening, Urban Farm, and Hobby Farms, and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Walliser is the recipient of an American Horticultural Society Book Award.


Jeff Gillman, PhD is director of the UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens and best-selling author of The Truth about Garden Remedies and Decoding Gardening Advice.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword by Jeff Gillman, PhD
Introduction
1 The Power of Plant Partnerships: How Does Modern Companion Planting Work?
2 Soil Preparation & Conditioning: From Cover Crops to Living Rototillers
3 Weed Management: Using Living Mulches and Allelopathy to Combat Weeds
4 Support & Structure: Plants That Act as Living Trellises
5 Pest Management: Luring, Tricking, Trapping, and Deterring Pest Insects
6 Disease Management: Suppressing Disease through Plant Partnerships and Interplanting
7 Improved Biological Control: Plant Partners That Attract and Support Pest-Eating Beneficial Insects
8 Improved Pollination: Bringing More Pollinators to the Garden through the Perfect Plant/Pollinator Matches
Epilogue: The Companion Planting Journey
Acknowledgments
Resources
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Garten & Natur
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781635861334
ISBN-10: 1635861330
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Walliser, Jessica
Hersteller: Storey Publishing
Maße: 225 x 204 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Jessica Walliser
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.12.2020
Gewicht: 0,618 kg
Artikel-ID: 117915621
Über den Autor

Jessica Walliser is a horticulturalist and the author of several gardening books, including Plant Partners and Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden. In addition to cohosting The Organic Gardeners, an award-winning radio program in Pennsylvania, she is the co-owner of the popular gardening website [...] and a regular contributor to Fine Gardening, Urban Farm, and Hobby Farms, and the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Walliser is the recipient of an American Horticultural Society Book Award.


Jeff Gillman, PhD is director of the UNC Charlotte Botanical Gardens and best-selling author of The Truth about Garden Remedies and Decoding Gardening Advice.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword by Jeff Gillman, PhD
Introduction
1 The Power of Plant Partnerships: How Does Modern Companion Planting Work?
2 Soil Preparation & Conditioning: From Cover Crops to Living Rototillers
3 Weed Management: Using Living Mulches and Allelopathy to Combat Weeds
4 Support & Structure: Plants That Act as Living Trellises
5 Pest Management: Luring, Tricking, Trapping, and Deterring Pest Insects
6 Disease Management: Suppressing Disease through Plant Partnerships and Interplanting
7 Improved Biological Control: Plant Partners That Attract and Support Pest-Eating Beneficial Insects
8 Improved Pollination: Bringing More Pollinators to the Garden through the Perfect Plant/Pollinator Matches
Epilogue: The Companion Planting Journey
Acknowledgments
Resources
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Garten & Natur
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781635861334
ISBN-10: 1635861330
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Walliser, Jessica
Hersteller: Storey Publishing
Maße: 225 x 204 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Jessica Walliser
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.12.2020
Gewicht: 0,618 kg
Artikel-ID: 117915621
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