| Edition |
4th ed. completely rev. |
| Description |
100 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Foreword -- Plants For Food & Pharmacy -- You are what you eat -- Hydroponics to the rescue -- It starts with a seed -- What Is Hydroponics? -- Brief history of hydroponics -- Current research -- What all gardeners can learn from NASA -- It's all about the roots -- Hydroponic Mediums -- Coconut coir -- Perlite -- LECA -- Perfect starts -- Rockwool -- Hydroponics Technology -- Sand and gravel culture -- Dutch bucket method -- Rockwool slab drip system -- Nutrient film technique (NFT) -- Raft system -- Ein Gedi system -- Aeroponics -- Autopot -- Vertical gardening -- Plant Nutrition -- Organic composition of plants -- Macro nutrients -- Micro nutrients -- Selecting a hydroponic nutrient -- Making your own nutrients -- Maintaining nutrient concentration and pH -- Nutrient solution microbiology -- Supercharge your garden with CO2 -- CO2 and you -- Do-it-yourself CO2 -- Let There Be Light -- High intensity discharge (HID) lighting -- Intensity -- Duration (photoperiod) -- Color (photosynthetic spectrum) -- Choosing a grow light -- Hydroponics As A Business -- Making a market for your garden -- Investigate your local market -- Product quality considerations -- Approaching prospective customers -- Let's Get Growing! -- Growers guide to popular plants -- Getting started with seeds -- Successful seed starting -- Making clones of your favorite plants -- Stocking your hydroponic system -- Stages of growth -- Problems In The Garden -- First line of defense -- Fungi, algae and disease -- Problem pests -- Integrated pest management Web sites -- Build Your Own Systems -- Planning your hydroponic garden -- Eight hydroponic systems you can build -- Hydroponic system plans quicklist -- Hydroponic Planter -- Parts list -- Tools you'll need -- Lettuce Raft System -- Parts list -- Tools you'll need -- Aerospring System -- Parts list -- Tools you'll need -- Aerospring growers guide -- Dutch Bucket System -- Parts list -- Tools you'll need -- Dutch bucket garden growers guide -- Dutch Bucket Fogger -- Parts list -- Dutch Bucket fogger growers guide -- PVC Pipe Gardens -- Parts list -- Tools you'll need -- PVC pipe gardens-growers guide -- Autopot -- Gardening Indoors -- Spare closet garden -- Do-it-yourself greenhouse -- Prefabricated greenhouse -- Professional greenhouse -- Conclusion -- Index. |
| Summary |
Product description: How-To Hydroponics, 4th edition, has been completely revised to share with you the incredible benefits of hydroponic gardening in a hands-on, easy to follow format that anyone can understand. Hydroponics is healthy, safe and fun for the whole family, as a hobby, or means of additional income. Learn Hands-On At Your Own Pace, which plants to grow, how to start from seeds and how to take cuttings to preserve, and propagate your favorite plants. Learn what makes plants grow and how to create the perfect garden environment indoors and out, even how to grow year round! How-To Hydroponics can help anyone overcome a brown thumb! Step-By-Step Plans And Photographs. Learn to build and operate eight types of hydroponic systems from inexpensive materials and save hundreds, even thousands of dollars doing so. How-To Hydroponics covers everything from practical theory to hands-on applications and includes everything you need to know to start growing with this exciting technology today! The Latest Tips, Techniques & Technology. How-To Hydroponics, 4th edition, has been completely revised which means more of the latest tips, techniques and technology including Aeroponics, which takes hydroponics to the next level to achieve even greater results from your hydroponic gardening efforts! |
| Subject |
Hydroponics.
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Hydroponics. (OCoLC)fst00965257
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| ISBN |
0967202612 |
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9780967202617 |
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