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Hydroponics for the Home Grower - Softcover

Resh, Howard M., Ph.D.

 
9781482239256: Hydroponics for the Home Grower
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1482239256 ISBN 13: 9781482239256
Verlag: CRC Press, 2015

Inhaltsangabe

Hydroponics offers many advantages to traditional soil-based horticulture. These include greater control over many of the limiting factors, such as light, temperature, and pests, as well as the ability to grow plants in all seasons. With instruction from one of the top recognized authorities worldwide, Hydroponics for the Home Grower gives you step-by-step guidance on how to grow tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, eggplant, lettuce, arugula, bok choy, and various herbs year-round within your home or in a backyard greenhouse.

Read an Interview with Dr. Resh here

With Dr. Howard Resh’s help, you’ll learn:

  • Background information on how hydroponics evolved
  • The nutritional and environmental demands of plants and how to control these factors
  • How to provide formulations of nutrients optimal to the plants you wish to grow
  • The many different hydroponic systems you can purchase or build for yourself
  • Designs for different types of greenhouses with components to fit your personal taste and budget
  • Crop selection and step-by-step procedures, including seeding, transplanting, training, pest and disease control, and harvesting—along with when to plant and when to change crops
  • How you can grow microgreens on your kitchen counter

The book includes an appendix with sources of seeds and other supplies, along with helpful websites and lists of books, articles, and conferences on growing hydroponically and caring for your crops. By following the guidelines in this book, you’ll understand everything you need to know to get your home-growing operation up and running in no time.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Howard M. Resh has a doctorate degree in horticulture and is a recognized authority worldwide on hydroponics. He has written five books on hydroponic culture for both commercial and hobby growers and his website (www.howardresh.com) presents information on hydroponic cultures of various vegetable crops. Dr. Resh is the hydroponic greenhouse farm manager for the first hydroponic farm associated with a high-end resort-CuisinArt Golf Resort and Spa in Anguilla, British West Indies. He is a consultant for many unique hydroponic greenhouse operations, including Lufa Farms in Montreal, Canada.

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Hydroponics offers many advantages to traditional soil-based horticulture. These include greater control over many of the limiting factors such as light, temperature, and pests, as well as the ability to grow plants in all seasons. With instruction from one of the top recognized authorities worldwide, this book gives you step-by-step guidance on how to grow tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, lettuce, arugula, bok choy, and various herbs year-round within your home or in a backyard greenhouse. The book includes an appendix with sources of seeds and other supplies, along with helpful websites and other material on home-growing and caring for your crops.

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Verlag
CRC Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2015
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1482239256
ISBN 13 
9781482239256
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
326
Kontakt zum Hersteller
CRC Press
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