companion planting

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companion
noun[C]
uk
/kəmˈpæn.jən/us
/kəmˈpæn.jən/
a person you spend a lot of time with often because you are friends or because you are ...
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planting
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈplɑːn.tɪŋ/us
/ˈplæn.t̬ɪŋ/
the activity of putting plants into the ground or into a container of soil so that they ...
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In one technique known ascompanionplanting, the three crops are planted close together.
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Companionplantingis used by farmers and gardeners in both industrialized and developing countries for many reasons.
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This form of gardening is compatible with square foot gardening andcompanionplanting.
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It includes multi-cropping, intercropping,companionplanting, beneficial weeds, and alley cropping.
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They practiced small-scale agriculture (companionplanting), such as growing corn and pole beans together and squash.
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Making use ofcompanionplanting, these can be intermixed to grow in a succession of layers, to build a woodland habitat.
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Techniques such as crop rotation,companionplanting(also known as intercropping or mixed cropping), and the selective breeding of pest-resistant cultivars have a long history.
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This form ofcompanionplantingcan save the main crop from decimation by pests without the use of pesticides.
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A related practice,companionplanting, is sometimes used in gardening and intensive cultivation of vegetables and fruits.
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They may be used incompanionplantingfor pest control in agricultural and garden situations, and in households.
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This is a method ofcompanionplanting.
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Sustainable gardening uses organic horticulture methods, such as organic fertilizers, biological pest control, beneficial insects, andcompanionplanting, among other methods, to sustain an attractive lawn in a safe garden.
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A healthy soil full of active fungi and microbial life, combined with a diverse crop (making use ofcompanionplanting), suppresses weeds and pests naturally and retains rainwater.
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Companionplantingis a form of polyculture.
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