COMPANION
PLANTING
COMPANION PLANTING
THE THREE SISTERS
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SECTION 1
COMPANION
PLANTING
Companion planting in gardening and agriculture is the planting of
different crops in proximity for pest control, pollination, providing
habitat for beneficial creatures, maximizing use of space, and to
otherwise increase crop productivity. Companion planting is a form
of polyculture.
Companion planting is used by farmers and gardeners in both industrialized
and developing countries for many reasons. Many of the modern principles
of companion planting were present many centuries ago in cottage gardens in
England and forest gardens in Asia, and thousands of years ago in Mesoamerica.
Companion plant categories
The use of companion planting can be of benefit to the grower in a number
of different ways, including:
Hedged investment
The growing of different crops in the same space increases the odds of some
yield being given, even if one crop fails.
Increased level interaction
When crops are grown on different levels in the same space, such as providing
ground cover or one crop working as a trellis for another, the overall yield
of a plot may be increased.
Protective shelter
Is when one type of plant may serve as a wind break or provide shade for another.
Pest suppression
Some companion plants may help prevent pest insects or pathogenic fungi from
damaging the crop, through chemical means.
Predator recruitment and positive hosting
The use of companion plants that produce copious nectar or pollen in a vegetable
garden (insectary plants) may help encourage higher populations of beneficial
insects that control pests, as some beneficial predatory insects only consume
pests in their larval form and are nectar or pollen feeders in their adult form.
Trap cropping
Some companion plants are claimed to attract pests away from others.
Pattern disruption
In a monoculture pests spread easily from one crop plant to the next, whereas such
easy progress may be disrupted by surrounding companion plants of a different type.
Companion planting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companion_planting
List of
Companion
Plants
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companion_plants
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Growth in Gardening:
Companion Gardening
https://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/growth-gardening-companion-gardening
Companion Planting
With Vegetables
and Flowers
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/gardening-techniques/companion-planting-zm0z11zhun
Companion
Planting
Guide
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/companion-planting-guide-zmaz81mjzraw
Proven
Companion Planting
Combos
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/gardening-techniques/companion-planting-chart-zm0z11zhun
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SECTION 2
THE
THREE
SISTERS
An important traditional form of agriculture is the use of intercropping
strategies, sometimes called mixed cropping or milpa agriculture, where
different crops are planted together, rather than in big monoculture
fields as farmers do today.
The Three Sisters (maize, beans, and squash) is what Native American
farmers called a classic form of mixed cropping, and archaeological
evidence has shown that these three American domesticates have been
grown together for perhaps 5,000 years.
Growing maize (a tall grass), beans (a nitrogen-fixing legume) and squash
(a low-lying creeper plant) together was a stroke of environmental genius,
the benefits of which practice have been studied by crop scientists for
decades.
The Three Sisters - Ancient Cornerstone of American Farming
https://www.thoughtco.com/three-sisters-american-farming-173034
3
SISTERS
CROPS
http://peprimer.com/3-sisters-crops.html
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SECTION 3
COMPANION
PLANTING
LINKS
26 Plants You Should Always Grow Side-By-Side
http://www.rodalesorganiclife.com/garden/26-plants-you-should-always-grow-side-by-side
An In-Depth Companion Planting Guide
http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/companion-planting-guide-zmaz81mjzraw
Companion Planting
http://www.howtogardenadvice.com/garden_info/companion_gardening.html
Companion Planting
http://www.heirloom-organics.com/guide/companionplanting.html
Companion Planting
http://www.mysquarefootgarden.net/companion-planting/
Companion Planting
https://www.maximumyield.com/definition/763/companion-planting
Companion Planting Chart & Guide
https://insteading.com/gardening/companion-planting/
Companion Planting Charts for Vegetables
http://www.vegetablegardeninglife.com/companion-planting-charts.html
Companion Planting Chart, Map and Guide
http://www.heirloom-organics.com/guide/companionplanting.html
Companion Planting for Dummies
https://letsdofarm.com/companion-planting-for-dummies/
Companion Planting Guide
http://www.burpee.com/gardenadvicecenter/areas-of-interest/flower-gardening/companion-planting-guide/article10888.html
Companion Planting Guide
https://www.tipsbulletin.com/companion-planting/
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Companion Planting Guide: Companion Plants
http://www.almanac.com/content/companion-planting-guide-companion-plants
Companion Planting Overview for Vegetable,
Herb, Fruit and Flower Gardening
http://www.howtogardenadvice.com/garden_info/companion_gardening.html
Companion Planting Vegetable List for your next garden
http://www.sustainable-gardening-tips.com/companion-planting-vegetable-list.html
Gardening Tips on Companion Planting, Intercropping & Crop Rotation
http://www.thepreparedpage.com/gardening-tips-on-companion-planting-intercropping-crop-rotation/
Growth in Gardening: Companion Gardening
https://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/growth-gardening-companion-gardening
Planning A Companion Vegetable Garden
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/vgen/companion-vegetable-garden.htm
Roots of Change
http://www.rootsofchange.org/
Vegetable Companion Planting Chart
http://www.ufseeds.com/Vegetable-Companion-Planting-Chart.html
Vegetable Garden Companion Plants
https://www.gardenguides.com/92242-vegetable-garden-companion-plants.html
What Is Companion Planting?
https://www.veggiegardener.com/what-is-companion-planting/
What is ‘companion planting’?
https://www.gardenista.com/posts/garden-decoder-what-is-companion-planting-gardening-best-vegetable-companions/
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Readers Digest
https://www.rd.com/
Farmers Almanac
http://www.almanac.com/
Modern Farmer
http://modernfarmer.com/
The Encyclopedia of Life
http://eol.org/
PLANETKIDS.BIZ
http://www.planetkids.biz/
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