Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful GardeningPlant parsley and asparagus together and you’ll have more of each, but keep broccoli and tomato plants far apart if you want them to thrive. Utilize the natural properties of plants to nourish the soil, repel pests, and secure a greater harvest. With plenty of insightful advice and suggestions for planting schemes, Louise Riotte will inspire you to turn your garden into a naturally nurturing ecosystem. |
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... give off small amounts of ethylene gas , which sometimes limits the height of nearby plants but causes their flowers or fruit to mature earlier than normal . • Oats may have an inhibitory effect on the growth of young apricot trees ...
... give off small amounts of ethylene gas , which sometimes limits the height of nearby plants but causes their flowers or fruit to mature earlier than normal . • Oats may have an inhibitory effect on the growth of young apricot trees ...
Page 129
... give the lettuce just enough shade to keep it coming on crisp and sweet right into hot weather . If you interplant early beets with late potatoes , the shade of the growing potatoes will benefit the beets , keeping them tender and ...
... give the lettuce just enough shade to keep it coming on crisp and sweet right into hot weather . If you interplant early beets with late potatoes , the shade of the growing potatoes will benefit the beets , keeping them tender and ...
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... give more and richer milk when fed on stinging nettle hay or members of the Umbelliferae family . We always saved ... gives protection against the Japanese beetle by producing a fatal disease in the grub . Because it brings about an ...
... give more and richer milk when fed on stinging nettle hay or members of the Umbelliferae family . We always saved ... gives protection against the Japanese beetle by producing a fatal disease in the grub . Because it brings about an ...
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