#$%^&*AU2011235926A120120426.pdf#####18 Abstract A method for group cultivation of crop plants according to organic principles, the method including the steps of preparing a field in substantially parallel 5 rows of no more than 7m spacings between adjacent rows and with each plant in a row separated by no more than 6 m, mounding about at least each plant to no more than 600 mm in height, providing groundcover between adjacent rows, planting crop plants in the rows at predetermined locations with fungal control of pests concurrently, and providing periodic organic input into the soil adjacent plants at or 10 inside a drip line of a canopy of each plant.1/2 10 15 Figure 1 20 21 20 Figure 2 13 14 11 1 . Figure 3