Biological Benefits of Combining Plants

There are specific biological effects of combining plants, such as:

Fixation - plants that increase nitrogen in the soil

control - plants that repel "bad" pests or attract in "good" insects to the
garden
flavors - the plants that can subtly enhance the flavors of other plants
interaction - plants that grow on different levels to provide ground cover
or work as a climbing trellis
trapping - plants that can attract certain pests in order to keep them
away from other plants
plants - plants that provide windbreaks, shade, and prevent soil
erosion
rotation - plants can be grown and tilled into the ground to provide
nutrients for the next crops or rotated from bed to bed to minimize
problems

Most people group beds by classification; others group them with "like"
qualities. For example, you could divide crops by the nutritional
requirements:
Leafy plants that thrive on oxygen - lettuces and salad greens, broccoli,
cabbage, cauliflower, and kale
Fruits that need phosphorus - squash, melon, pumpkin, tomatoes,
peppers, and cucumbers
Roots that love potassium - onions, shallots, garlic, leeks, carrots,
turnips, and radishes
Soil replenishers - legumes, corn, potatoes, beans, and peas
Another way to divide crops is by these classifications:
• Cultivated row crops corn and potatoes
• Close-growing grains wheat and oats
0 Cover crops - clover and grasses
There have been many studies showing that certain crops should (or should
not) follow others for the best yield. Beets will yield best when they follow
barley or wheat; soybeans should follow beets; and potatoes should never
follow tomatoes.

Books:
1. (Simple Living) Mel Jeffreys - A Beginners Guide to Companion Planting_
Companion Gardening with Flowers, Herbs & Vegetables (2013)
2. Alway, Sara - Soil mates _ companion planting for your vegetable garden-Quirk
Books (2014)
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4. Bob-Flowerdew-Companion-Planting
5. Brian-Lowell-Companion-Planting
6. David Sewak, Kristin Sewak - Mycelial Mayhem_ Growing Mushrooms for Fun,
Profit and Companion Planting-New Society Publishers (2016)
7. Dean Simpson - Companion Gardening_ A Beginner's Guide To Companion
Planting-Dean Simpson (2017)
8. Greer, Allison - Companion Planting for the Kitchen Gardener_ Tips, Advice, and
Garden Plans for a Healthy Organic Garden-Skyhorse Publishing (2014_2013)
9. Louise Riotte - Carrots Love Tomatoes_ Secrets of Companion Planting for
Successful Gardening-Storey Publishing, LLC (1998)
10. Louise Riotte - Roses Love Garlic_ Companion Planting and Other Secrets of
Flowers-Storey Publishing, LLC (1998)
11. Michael Hoag - Beauty in Abundance_ Designs and Projects for Beautiful, Resilient
Food Gardens, Farms, Home Landscapes and Permaculture-Transformative
Adventures (2023) (1)
12. Paris, James_ Stone, Norman J - Square Foot Gardening_ How To Grow Healthy
Organic Vegetables The Easy Way_ Including Companion Planting & Intensive
Vegetable Growing Methods (2014)
13. Perennial Publishing - Permaculture Gardening Made Easy_ A 7 Step Beginner's
Guide to Companion Planting, Organic Farming, and Building a Food Forest in Your
Backyard (1)
14. Riotte, Louise - Carrots love tomatoes_ secrets of companion planting for successful
gardening-Storey Publishing (1998)
15. Shepperd, Peter - Beginners Guide to Companion Planting_ Gardening Methods using
Plant Partners to Grow Organic Vegetables-Wryting Ltd (2021)
Priority
16. Toshio Kijima - Japanese Style Companion Planting_ Organic Gardening
Techniques for Optimal Growth and Flavor-Tuttle Publishing (2020)
17. Willem C. Beets (Author) - Multiple Cropping And Tropical Farming Systems-CRC
Press (1982)

Laboratory Manual

1. Cappuccino James, Sherman Natalie - Microbiology. A Laboratory Manual-Pearson

Education (2014)
2. Cappuccino, James G._ Welsh, Chad T - Microbiology_ A Laboratory Manual,
Global Edition-Pearson Education Limited _ Pearson (2017)
3. Ian L. Pepper - University of Birmingham B.Sc. in Chemistry 1970 - Environmental
Microbiology, _ A Laboratory Manual-Academic Press (2004)
4. James B. Sinclair (Author)_ Onkar Dev Dhingra (Author) - Basic Plant Pathology
Methods-CRC Press (1995)
5. Marylynn V. Yates, Cindy H. Nakatsu, Robert V. Miller & Suresh D. Pillai - Manual
of Environmental Microbiology-ASM Press (2016)
6. (12) James G. Cappuccino_ Chad T. Welsh - Microbiology_ A Laboratory Manual-
Pearson (2019)
7. Ian L. Pepper - University of Birmingham B.Sc. in Chemistry 1970 -
Environmental Microbiology, _ A Laboratory Manual-Academic Press (2004) (1)
8. Ownley, Bonnie H._ Trigiano, Robert Nicholas - Plant pathology concepts and
laboratory exercises-CRC Press (2017)
9. Ronald M. Atlas - Handbook of Media for Environmental Microbiology-Taylor
& Francis (2005)
 10. Subhash Chand - Terminology of soil fertility, fertilizer and organics-Daya Pub.
House (2014)
11. Torresetal.isolationoffungalendophytes
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Composting

1. (Organic Principles and Practices Handbook Series) Grace Gershuny - Compost,

Vermicompost and Compost Tea_ Feeding the Soil on the Organic Farm-Chelsea
Green Publishing (2011)

Biopesticides

1. (Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 89) Nick Birch, Travis Glare -
Biopesticides for Sustainable Agriculture-Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing (2020)