Reflecting the latest research on how plants influence and communicate with each other, Jessica Walliser offers a research-based guide to companion plantingâ a gardening method that uses strategic plant partnerships to improve crop yields and outsmart pests.
Reflecting the latest research on how plants influence and communicate with each other, Jessica Walliser offers a research-based guide to companion plantingâ a gardening method that uses strategic plant partnerships to improve crop yields and outsmart pests.
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 SavvyGardening.com 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.
Inhaltsangabe
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
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
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