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Multiple cropping
- Multiple cropping is the practice of growing two or more crops in the same piece of land in same growing seasons instead of one crop
- It is a form of poly culture
- It can take the form of double-cropping, in which a second crop is planted after the first has been harvested, or relay cropping, in which the second crop is started amidst the first crop before it has been harvested
- A related practice, companion planting, is sometimes used in gardening and intensive cultivation of vegetables and fruits
- One example of multi-cropping is tomatoes + onions + marigold; the marigolds repel some tomato pests