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2. Horticulture Netting or Vegetable Support Net - Wikipedia

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   It is advisable to install the netting before transplanting plants from the nursery trays or just a few days after the seed went in the ground so that plants are not damaged during installation of the support net. Depending on the type of crop and plant to be trellised one can use netting of many different heights (these vary from 50 cm to up ...

3. List of pest-repelling plants - Wikipedia

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   Plant Image Pests Artemisias: repels insects, [2] including ants, cabbage looper, cabbage maggot, carrot fly, codling moth, flea beetles, whiteflies, the Cabbage White, and the Small White, as well as mice [3] Basil: repels flies, including mosquitoes [2] [4] the carrot fly, asparagus beetles and whiteflies [3] Borage: repels tomato hornworm ...

4. Flower box - Wikipedia

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   Fiberglass has the advantage of being lightweight and insect proof. PVC is a plastic that is a rot proof alternative to wood, and is often used on homes to prevent rot or siding damage. Sometimes, a box is placed inside a kitchen window in order to grow herbs or other supplies for a chef as an easily accessed miniature kitchen garden .

5. Pollination bag - Wikipedia

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   Micro-mesh or micro-perforated fabric: Polypropylene non-woven melted and pressed materials which is breathable and water resistant. These bags have micro-perforations to allow the plant to breathe and are available in varying sizes and hole patterns. The pore size may vary according to the density of the pressed fibres.

6. Mosquito net - Wikipedia

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   A mosquito net in a beach lodge in Mozambique Ceiling-hung mosquito netting Frame-hung mosquito netting Tent made of mosquito netting Window with mosquito netting. A mosquito net is a type of meshed curtain that is circumferentially draped over a bed or a sleeping area to offer the sleeper barrier protection against bites and stings from mosquitos, [1] flies, and other pest insects, and thus ...

7. Reginald Henry Painter - Wikipedia

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   His landmark text on plant resistance to insects was Insect Resistance in Crop Plants (1951). In this book he identified three ways in which plants avoided insect damage by not being preferred, through anti-biosis (e.g. through toxicity to the insect) and by tolerating the damage caused by insects.