文档介绍:R O Y A L T A S M A N I A N B O T A N I C A L G A R D E N S F A C T S H E E T
Organic Gardening
Organic gardening involves the use of natural fertilisers such as
animal manures, compost, seaweed and blood and bone as well as
beneficial planting instead of chemically based fertilisers and pest
controls.
By improving the soil structure and have the ability to retain PANION PLANTING
increasing the anisms, you until they are released to the plant
develop healthy plants and have roots. Heavy soils do not retain air The panion planting
fewer pests and diseases bat. and are slow to drain. They also usually refers to grouping different
e sticky or gluey when wet plants together in order to
When good soil preparation is
and hard and cracked when dry. discourage pests and diseases and to
combined panion planting encourage plant growth and yields.
and crop rotation, results anic panion planting is the growing
particularly beneficial. of binations of plants
Organic matter or humus is dead or
to the benefit of one or both.
Soils decaying plant or animal material
that is the source of food for soil In natural conditions, plants
For vegetables to grow satisfactorily,
anisms. It is gained by grow in munities with a
they must be grown in a soil that
post. The addition of number of different species existing
provides food, moist