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Grubbycup's Simple Hydroponics

Potential hydroponic gardeners can easily become overwhelmed by the complex processes involved with soilless cultivation. Understanding the basics prior to venturing into advanced gardening manuals can help prevent frustration and confusion. An informed gardener is more likely to succeed, and a successful gardener is more likely to continue to garden. Written by international gardening author Grubbycup Stash, Grubbycup's Simple Hydroponics is a starter primer on hydroponic growing. The booklet is motivating and interesting, filled with informative pictures and easy to read text. Written in conversational English, Grubbycup breaks down hydroponic concepts, and simplifies the technical information. This book quickly delivers information to the reader without talking down to them. Forty beautiful color pages illustrate concepts including artificial lighting, media choices, and basic nutrition. Grubbycup is obviously passionate about gardening, and helping gardeners improve. This booklet is informative enough to understand the differences between the most common types of hydroponic methods without being overwhelming. Grubbycup's Simple Hydroponics also outlines more advanced hydro systems, but the main thrust is for the beginner, the person a little hesitant to take that leap of faith and try hydroponic gardening. The booklet also touches on environments, lighting, growing mediums, humidity, and temperature, it is a book even the most beginning gardener can follow. Grubbycup's Simple Hydroponics is available at hydroponic stores and online sites.

	Item Description Retail GCUP Grubbycup's Simple Hydroponics $8.95

Teaming with Microbes:
A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web
by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis

Should be required reading for all serious gardeners. Smart gardeners know that soil is anything but an inert substance. Healthy soil is teeming with life not just earthworms and insects, but a staggering multitude of bacteria, fungi, and other microorganisms. When we use chemical fertilizers, we injure the microbial life that sustains healthy plants, and thus become increasingly dependent on an arsenal of artifi cial substances, many of them toxic to humans as well as other forms of life. But there is an alternative to this vicious circle: to garden in a way that strengthens, rather than destroys, the soil food web the complex world of soil-dwelling organisms whose interactions create a nurturing environment for plants. By eschewing jargon and overly technical language, the authors make the benefi ts of cultivating the soil food web available to a wide audience, from devotees of organic gardening techniques to weekend gardeners who simply want to grow healthy, vigorous plants without resorting to chemicals.

	Item Description Retail BTWM Teaming with Microbes $24.95

Hydroponic Basics
by George Van Patten

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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Gardening Indoors with Soil & Hydroponics
by George Van Patten

More than 670 full-color photos, drawings, charts and graphs illustrate every detail of this authoritative easy-to-understand book. Numerous simple cultivation solutions make it appealing to novice gardeners. Seasoned gardeners are also able to fi nd answers to all their questions. Discover how to achieve the biggest best yields "For over twenty years, Gardening Indoors has been considered ‘The Bible’ of indoor growing. It is literally a one stop gardening encyclopedia of information for both the beginner to the very experienced gardener. If I were to buy only one book on indoor gardening, this would be the one." - Tom Alexander Growing Edge magazine

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Gardening Indoors with Cuttings
By George F. Van Patten and Alyssa F. Bust
(5.5x8.5", 96 pages, illustrated, index)

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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Gardening Indoors with H.I.D. LIGHTS
By George F. Van Patten and Alyssa F. Bust
(5.5x8.5", 128 pages, illustrated, index)

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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Gardening Indoors with Rockwool
By George F. Van Patten and Alyssa F. Bust
(5.5x8.5", 128 pages, illustrated, index)

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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Gardening Indoors with CO₂
By George F. Van Patten and Alyssa F. Bust
(5.5x8.5", 128 pages, illustrated, index)

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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