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Books & Magazines
The Growing Edge Magazine
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The Growing Edge magazine is the only resource of it's kind on the planet. We focus on hydroponics, aeroponics, aquaponics, greenhouses, and other innovative growing techniques. Since 1989, The Growing Edge has provided the most comprehensive, accurate information available to growers of all levels—from commercial growers and home hobbyists to educators and researchers.
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Hydroponic Basics
by George Van Patten
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This new pocket size book is packed full of information, Plants Sciences, nutrient management, lighting applications, organic gardening, and a must for any avid or beginner gardener.
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| Hydro-Basics |
Hydroponic Basics |
4.95 |
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Gardening Indoors
by George Van Patten
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This book will give you a simple and complete description of both basic and advanced indoor gardening techniques that gardeners worldwide employ to achieve garden fresh produce and ornamentals year-round.
Packed full of pictures, illustrations and explanations on such topics as lighting, soil, nutrients, hydroponics, and atmospheric control. Plant section includes seedlings, vegetative and flowering, seasons, plant selection and troubleshooting.
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| GIN |
Gardening Indoors |
19.95 |
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Gardening Indoors with Cuttings
By George F. Van Patten and Alyssa F. Bust
(5.5x8.5", 96 pages, illustrated, index)
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Cuttings are the fastest , most efficient way of reproducing a plant. By following a few easy steps you can enjoy many generations of a favorite plant. Included in the book is everything you'll need to know. How to control the enviroment for the cuttings, how to avoid diseases, choosing the right hormones and solutions, and even how to build a misting chamber. You can achieve 100% success rates, don't settle for less. Propagating plants can be very very inexpensive, only pennies per cutting. You will need to know the basics though. This book is for everyone, and is written in an easy to read way anyone can understand. Written to save you time and money.
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| GI-CUT |
Gardening Indoors with Cuttings |
14.95 |
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Gardening Indoors with H.I.D. LIGHTS
By George F. Van Patten and Alyssa F. Bust
(5.5x8.5", 128 pages, illustrated, index)
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H.I.D. (High Intensity Discharge) lighting makes indoor gardening possible. Metal Halide and High Pressure Sodium lighting systems are designed to replicate sunlight for use by plants. Tens of thousands of people have already discovered the enhanced benefits of artificial lighting. Gardening Indoors with HID Lights is the only book of it's kind for learning all you'll need to know to put these lights to work for you. Inside this book you'll find info. on:
- Getting the most from your light system
- Choosing the right light for your plants
- Understanding how it all works
- Troubleshooting
- A study, with a light graph analysis, of light systems being sold
- Specifications on H.I.D. lamps
Whether you're a beginner, novice, or expert, there's something in this book for you. This book was also edited by garden experts from around the world, helping make a great book even better. Order your copy today!!
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| GI-HID |
Gardening Indoors with H.I.D. LIGHTS |
14.95 |
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Gardening Indoors with Rockwool
By George F. Van Patten and Alyssa F. Bust
(5.5x8.5", 128 pages, illustrated, index)
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If you haven't heard about rockwool, it's a very popular growing medium that is ideal for use in hydroponic systems, or as a general growing medium you could use for a potted plant. It's sterile, inert, porous, and can't be overwatered when good drainage exists. Most of Europe's fruit and vegetable crops are grown in rockwool, and it's used by commercial and hobby growers worldwide.
Included in the book are step by step instuctions on:
- Learning to achieve 20-50% higher yields
- Setting up and maintaining a rockwool garden
- Choosing the right garden to meet your specific needs
- The latest tools to make using rockwool even easier
- Picking the right nutrients to feed your plants
- How to grow the absolute biggest flowers using rockwool
This is the one-stop hobby resource guide for using rockwool. Start getting your taste of the the good life!
Whether you're a beginner, novice, or expert, there's something in this book for you. This book was also edited by garden experts from around the world, helping make a great book even better. Order your copy today!!
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| GI-ROC |
Gardening Indoors with Rockwool |
14.95 |
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Gardening Indoors with CO2
By George F. Van Patten and Alyssa F. Bust
(5.5x8.5", 128 pages, illustrated, index)
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This is the book to have if you've ever wondered about unlocking your plant's maximum potential with Carbon Dioxide. If you're not familiar with it, here's the basic rundown on it. There is about 300 PPM's (Parts Per Millionth) of Carbon Dioxide in the regular air we breathe day to day. If you add 3 to 5 times the CO2 to the controlled enviroment in an indoor garden, (around 900-1200 ppm's), most plants will benefit greatly. Greenhouses worldwide report 30-40% better yields from fruit and vegetable crops by increasing the CO2 levels. It's the reason talking to plants is so good for them, we exhale Carbon Dioxide. There are many ways to introduce it into your growroom, and there are things to know to get the most for your gas. It can be quickly wasted if your room is leaky, have inadequate ventilation, or add CO2 at the wrong times. That's why this book was written, to help guide you quickly and easily through the info. you'll need to save you time and money, and maximize your plant growth.
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| GI-CO2 |
Gardening Indoors with CO2 |
14.95 |
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