The new seed-starters handbook /
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- 0878577475
- 9780878577477
- 0878577521
- 9780878577521
- 635/.0421 19
- SB121 .B83 1988
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Chamberlin Free Public Library | Nonfiction | 635 BUB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | SB121 | Available | 34517000186380 |
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634 HIL Fruits and berries for the home garden / | 635 BAR Square foot gardening / | 635 BAR Ca$h from square foot gardening / | 635 BUB The new seed-starters handbook / | 635 CAR Rodale's color handbook of garden insects / | 635 CRE The complete book of edible landscaping / | 635 DEN If you like my apples : |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-371) and index.
Section One: Starting Seeds Indoors -- Why start your own? -- First the seeds -- Choose your medium -- Containers -- Sowing seeds early indoors -- Germination -- What seedlings need -- Transplanting into new containers -- Growing on -- Light -- Problems -- Section Two: Moving Plants Outdoors -- Soil preparation -- Mapping out the garden -- Hardening off -- The art of planting out -- Cold frames, hotbeds, and cloches -- Care of the young transplant -- Direct seeding -- Treating plants with seaweed extract -- The fall garden -- Insect and animal pests -- The young seed-planter -- Section Three: Special Techniques and Situations -- Starting seeds in the greenhouse -- Growing vegetables in the greenhouse -- Starting wildflowers from seed -- Starting trees and shrubs from seed -- Section Four: Saving Seeds and Making Further Plans -- Why save seeds? -- How seeds are formed -- Choosing seeds to save -- Collecting and preparing seeds -- Storing seeds -- Viability of seeds -- Seed-saving tips for specific plants -- Further challenges -- The garden diary -- . Seed catalogs -- Seed exchanges -- Seed banks.
Describes the advantages of starting seeds indoors, discusses containers, growing media, light, and water, and tells how to transplant young plants into the garden.
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