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Great Garden Companions: A companion planting system for a beautiful, chemical-free vegetable garden. 1998. ISBN 0-87596-847-3; Hylton, W. The Rodale Herb Book, Eighth Printing. Rodale Press. 1974. ISBN 0-87857-076-4
Tomato plants need a mild nitrogen deficit to set fruit Clover, like most legumes, hosts bacteria that fix nitrogen in the soil, helping fertilize nearby plants. Clover also provides ground cover, helping retain water in the soil as a "living mulch", and protecting nearby crops from predation by insect pests.
List of plant genus names with etymologies (D–K) List of plant genus names with etymologies (L–P) List of plant genus names with etymologies (Q–Z) List of plant orders; List of descriptive plant species epithets (A–H) List of descriptive plant species epithets (I–Z) List of garden plants in North America; List of plants used in herbalism
Fertilize cauliflower plants at planting time with a complete vegetable garden fertilizer, such as 5-5-5. Fertilize again one month later with a high-nitrogen fertilizer such as 15-5-5.
Cabbage plants. Cruciferous vegetables are vegetables of the family Brassicaceae (also called Cruciferae) with many genera, species, and cultivars being raised for food production such as cauliflower, cabbage, kale, garden cress, bok choy, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, mustard plant and similar green leaf vegetables.
Cauliflower plants growing in a nursery. Cauliflower is one of several vegetables cultivated from the species Brassica oleracea in the genus Brassica, which is in the Brassicaceae (or mustard) family. An annual plant that reproduces by seed, the cauliflower head is composed of a (generally) white inflorescence meristem.
Kohlrabi has been created by artificial selection for lateral meristem growth (a swollen, nearly spherical shape); its origin in nature is the same as that of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale, collard greens, and Brussels sprouts: they are all bred from, and are the same species as, the wild cabbage plant (Brassica oleracea).
List of garden plants to feed honey bees in Canada; List of plant genera named for people (A–C) List of plant genera named for people (D–J) List of plant genera named for people (K–P) List of plant genera named for people (Q–Z) List of plant genus names with etymologies (A–C) List of plant genus names with etymologies (D–K)