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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... pumpkin and squash . Research has shown that to remove corn suckers is a waste of time as well as being detrimental ... pumpkins and cucumbers like the shade provided by corn . In turn they benefit the corn , protecting it from 44 ...
... pumpkin and squash . Research has shown that to remove corn suckers is a waste of time as well as being detrimental ... pumpkins and cucumbers like the shade provided by corn . In turn they benefit the corn , protecting it from 44 ...
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... Pumpkin ( Cucurbita pepo ) . Pumpkins grow well when jimson weed ( datura ) , sometimes called thorn apple , is in the vicinity . ( See Poison Plants chapter . ) Pumpkins grow well with corn , a Pyrethrum 135 practice followed by ...
... Pumpkin ( Cucurbita pepo ) . Pumpkins grow well when jimson weed ( datura ) , sometimes called thorn apple , is in the vicinity . ( See Poison Plants chapter . ) Pumpkins grow well with corn , a Pyrethrum 135 practice followed by ...
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... pumpkins and corn together for centuries to discourage raccoons . Put the pumpkin seeds about four feet apart , and as the corn approaches maturity the big , wide pumpkin leaves grow around the stalks . It is believed that the coons ...
... pumpkins and corn together for centuries to discourage raccoons . Put the pumpkin seeds about four feet apart , and as the corn approaches maturity the big , wide pumpkin leaves grow around the stalks . It is believed that the coons ...
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