Ellen Zachos

Growing Healthy Houseplants (eBook, ePUB)

Choose the Right Plant, Water Wisely, and Control Pests. A Storey BASICS® Title

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Keeping houseplants is easy with this fool-proof guide to selecting and caring for the right plants for any room and every growing condition.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612124414
• Artikelnr.: 42015655

Autorenporträt

Ellen Zachos teaches foraged mixology workshops to bartenders in partnership with Rémy Cointreau USA, and is a regular contributor to several Edible magazines. A longtime instructor at the New York Botanic Garden, Zachos is the author of six books, including The Wildcrafted Cocktail and Backyard Foraging. She shares wild, seasonal recipes at backyardforager.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Learn to Speak Plant
Part One:  Essentials
* Light: How Much is Enough?
* Water and Humidity: Getting It Right
* The Growing Medium
* Fertilization: More Isn't Always Better
Part Two:  Daily Care
* Cool Tools You'll Need
* Repotting: It Has to Happen Sometime
* Good Grooming
* Propagation: Making More Plants
* Vacation for You, Vacation for Your Plants
* Managing Pests
* Diseases
Part Three:  Designing the Indoor Garden
* It's All in the Display
* Foilage
* Flowering Plants
* Trees
* Cacti
Index