Howard M. Resh

Hydroponics for the Home Grower (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781482239263
• Artikelnr.: 42368502

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

History and Background of Hydroponics. How Hydroponics Started: Its Present
and Future Applications. The Popularity and Benefits of Hydroponic
Gardening. Why You Should Garden Hydroponically. Understanding Hydroponics
and How Plants Grow. Why Hydroponics Is Not Just Chemistry. Plant Growth:
The Environment and Its Effects on Plants. Water Needs, Management, and
Irrigation Practices. Nutrients Essential to Plants and Their Sources.
Essential Nutrients to Plants and Their Functions. Sources of Nutrients for
Plants in Soil versus Hydroponics. Nutrient Formulations and Solutions.
Signs of Plant Nutritional and Physiological Disorders and Their Remedies.
Hydroponic Systems. Substrates to Use and Their Sources for Hydroponics.
Small Indoor Hydroponic Units: Types and Construction. Large Indoor
Hydroponic Units: Designs and Construction. How to Start Your Plants.
Choosing Hydroponic Systems for Specific Crops. Environmental Control
Components for Hydroponic Systems. Year-Round Growing in Greenhouses. The
Greenhouse Environment for Plants. Benefits of a Greenhouse to the
Homeowner. Design, Layout, and Construction of Backyard Greenhouses.
Hydroponic Systems for Backyard Greenhouses. Sources of Supplies and
Components for Backyard Greenhouses. Vegetable Crops and Their Cultural
Techniques. Most Suitable Crops and Varieties. Seeding, Transplanting of
Vegetable Crops. Training of Vegetable Crops. Pest and Disease Control.
Sprouts and Microgreens. Sprouts versus Microgreens. Growing Techniques for
Microgreens. Final Advice on How to Get Started. Appendix: Sources of
Supplies and Information. Index.