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B46 - Intercropping: Insights into a common Gardening practice
In many gardening circles, some of the more seasoned practitioners will recommend to novice gardeners the technique of intercropping their plants to assist their primary plant in staying alive and healthy.
B46 - Intercropping: Insights into a common Gardening practice
Mentor: Deidra Jacobsen, Ph.D.
In many gardening circles, some of the more seasoned practitioners will recommend to novice gardeners the technique of intercropping their plants to assist their primary plant in staying alive and healthy. Intercropping entails combining the desired plant and planting them alongside an herbaceous plant, which act as the ‘sacrificial’ plant (They are sometimes referred to as companion plants), which either deter or attract insects towards these plants instead. This technique is relatively easy to implement too, allowing any novice gardening practitioner a relatively simple and natural way to deter pests from their gardens.