In computer science, there is the notion of the edit distance between two strings. 1  For example, the words dog and dot, which vary by only one letter, are closer than dog and cat, which differ by three letters. This idea is used in spell checkers and in coding theory, and is mathematically formalized in several different ways, such as: 1  Levenshtein distance. 2  Hamming distance. 3  Lee distance. 4  JaroâWinkler distance. 5  N-gram distance.
These companion plants can add elements to the soil, keep pests away, help with pollination or act as bait to draw pests to it instead of your vegetable plants. To companion plant bush and pole beans, you'll want to plan your garden in advance to allow room for all of your plants, not just the beans. Decide if you want to interplant your beans with other vegetables, flowers, herbs or a mixture of all three.
Companion Planting Guide. Companion planting is all about creating plant communities which have mutual benefits to each other. It can be an organic way to protect your crops from pests or it could help improve pollination of fruit and vegetable crops. Although there is limited scientific research surrounding companion gardening, many gardeners find it extremely beneficial to their plantâs performance.