Companion Planting 2 Flashcards
After properly prepping soil _ are planted
Heavy feeders
Heavy feeders followed by
Heavy givers
Heavy givers followed by
Light feeders
Feeder and giver rotation cycle (3)
Heavy feeders
Heavy givers
Light feeders
Heavy feeders include (2)
Corn
Tomatoes
Squash, lettuce, cabbage are (feeders,givers hl)
Heavy feeders
Heavy feeders take large amounts of _ from soil
Nutrients, especially nitrogen
After harvesting heavy feeders, you can return _ to soil in the form of compost (2)
Phosphorus
Potassium
To return nitrogen to soil, grow _
Heavy givers
Heavy givers are _ plants
Nitrogen giving
Apart from bringing large amounts of nitrogen to soil, heavy givers _
Excrete substances to help eradicate tomato wilt-causing organisms
Light feeders are _ crops
Every root crop
Light feeder purpose
Give soil a rest before next heavy feeder
A heavy feeder on nutrients other than nitrogen _
Green pepper
To determine spacing of different plants grown together
Add their spacing together and divide by 2