COMPANION
PLANTING




COMPANION PLANTING

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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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