Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful GardeningEmploys a dictionary format to furnish information on the characteristics and uses of plants that promote the growth of other varieties, offering descriptions of helpful weeds and insect-repellent plants. |
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Page 75
... increase in the number of harmless free - living eelworms . As a further result a greater number of predaceous fungi occurred , causing a reduction in the population of the harmful eelworms or nematodes . Green manures are cover crops ...
... increase in the number of harmless free - living eelworms . As a further result a greater number of predaceous fungi occurred , causing a reduction in the population of the harmful eelworms or nematodes . Green manures are cover crops ...
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... increase water absorption of roots , others that the fungi promote the absorption of certain organic nitrogenous ... increases quickly and conspicuously , indicating a condition of mutual benefit . i 1 Nasturtiums 113 N Narcissus ...
... increase water absorption of roots , others that the fungi promote the absorption of certain organic nitrogenous ... increases quickly and conspicuously , indicating a condition of mutual benefit . i 1 Nasturtiums 113 N Narcissus ...
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... increasing the humidity of the air increase the yield of crops grown under the protective influences . ( See HEDGES and VERTICAL GARDENING . ) Witch Hazel ( Hamamelis virginiana ) . The witch hazel is a stout , many - stemmed shrub or ...
... increasing the humidity of the air increase the yield of crops grown under the protective influences . ( See HEDGES and VERTICAL GARDENING . ) Witch Hazel ( Hamamelis virginiana ) . The witch hazel is a stout , many - stemmed shrub or ...
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