companion_planting

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Companion Planting

Companion Planting in a nutshell is the use of a combination of plants to:

  1. keep pests and disease away from the plants without the use of artificial chemicals
  2. improve the taste of the crops grown (eg tomato & basil combination)
  3. maximising use of space by having plants that grow underground, low on the ground and tall - providing ground cover to prevent top soil from drying out
  4. improve the soil quality by having both plants that need a lot of nutrients and those that put nutrients into the soil
  5. attract beneficial insects/pollinators

This is based on the understanding that different plants attract different kind of insects and diseases which can be deterred by having different plants that attract competing insects.

Examples of companion planting can be found here

We are working on a companion planting database that is easy to use for garden planning.

If you would like to contribute you can add to the database or make suggestions on how we can improve it.

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