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"Three Sisters" polyculture refers to growing corn, beans and squash together in the same plot. It was used extensively throughout mesoamerica and was the basis of the Aztec and Mayan civilizations.
In a Three Sisters plot, the corn provides a trellis for the beans to climb on, and the squash fills in the space below the plants with dense foliage that shades out weeds. The spiky leaves and stems of the squash also discourage rodents and raccoons from eating the corn.
Interplanting or intercropping vegetables is another way of using a crop to shade out weeds. When you set out main crop seedlings of tomatoes, peppers, squash, or broccoli, plant seedlings of short-season crops like lettuce, spinach, or cilantro in close spacing in the gaps between the main-crop plants. The short-season plants will grow and create a "living mulch" canopy of leaves that shades out weeds. It also protects the soil surface from pounding by rain, or the drying effects of sun or wind.
By the time the short-season crops are mature (6-8 weeks) and ready to harvest, the main-crop plants are ready to take over the bed. Weeds that managed to germinate are usually small, spindly, and easy to remove when you harvest the short-season crop.
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How do you get rid of rutherglen bugs?
There various methods you can use to get rid of rutherglen bugs. The best and most effective method is getting rid of the weeds that they use as the host.
In viva pinata trouble in paradise how do you get rid of weeds?
Hire a weedling or hit the weeds
Who can you hire to get rid of weeds on animal crossing wild worl?
Actually you can't hire anyone to get rid of the weeds. You'll need to pull them out yourself I think.
When you wish for no weeds on animal crossing from the genie is it perminit?
No, it just gets rid of all the weeds that you have in your town.
Why do gardeners get rid of weed in their garden or farm?
They get rid of weeds cause weeds take over the plants space were they can't grow at all. You should never leave the weeds with plants cause the plants will never grow and will die.
Will horse manure get rid of weeds?
No, if anything, it'll help them grow.
Can a weed plant still grow even if it is broken in half?
Oh yes, weeds can certainly grow even if they are broken in half. A weed can often grow back even if nothing is left of it but the root. That is why gardeners prefer to uproot weeds, to be sure of getting rid of them.
Why was Andrew Carnegies favorite method to getting rid of surplus money Donating It To Public Services?
It was his favorite method because he enjoyed giving to people, and out of the three methods, this method gave the most to society.
How do you get rid of weeds in seconds on acww?
You would need to use an Action Replay code.
How do you get rid of wild tomatoes?
If you don't want them they are weeds. Pull them up and put them on the compost heap.
What do you need to do to eliminate the weeds in your hay pasture?
Herbicide may be the best use if you don't want to go the route of putting some goats or cattle on it to eat them up and trample them down. Another effective way of getting rid of those weeds is to mow or cut the field before the weeds start to bloom. Theoretically, the sooner you hit them the more likely they will get choked out by the grass that comes up soon after.
On your city folk animal crossing Wii game there is a weird big red plant growing what is it?
That means you have too many weeds in your town. To get rid of it, pluck weeds. To pluck weeds you go in front of a weed and press the B button.
