Verdantis press (201 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Zucchini and Summer Squash Growing Guide is a practical, beginner-friendly guide for gardeners who want a reliable harvest without guessing their way through the season.Learn how to grow zucchini and summer squash from seed, when to plant after frost, how far apart to space plants, and how to prepare fertile, well-drained soil for strong growth. This guide covers open ground, raised beds, containers, and small-space gardens, with clear advice for watering, mulching, feeding, pollination, and harvesting.Inside, you'll find practical help for the questions gardeners actually search for: growing zucchini in containers, how to grow zucchini vertically, why a zucchini plant is not producing fruit, how male and female flowers work, when to harvest zucchini, and how to prevent common problems before they ruin the crop.The guide also explains how to recognize and manage powdery mildew on zucchini leaves, squash bugs, squash vine borers, blossom end rot, poor fruit set, misshapen fruits, and stressed plants in hot weather.This book is written for beginners and practical home growers who want clear steps, not vague garden theory.Includes: - growing zucchini and summer squash from seed- when to plant zucchini and summer squash- spacing, soil preparation, watering, and feeding- raised bed, container, and small-garden growing tips- vertical growing and compact-space methods- pollination, male and female flowers, and fruit-set problems- powdery mildew, squash bugs, vine borers, and blossom end rot- harvesting zucchini, yellow squash, crookneck squash, and pattypan squashA clear hands-on guide for growing productive zucchini and summer squash with fewer mistakes and better results.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Want to know how to grow peppers and eggplants with stronger plants, better fruit set, and a more reliable harvest Peppers and Eggplants: A Practical Growing Guide brings together sweet peppers, hot and semi-hot peppers, and eggplants in one practical reference for home gardeners. Whether you are growing peppers from seed, learning bell pepper plant care, trying to improve hot pepper growing, or working out how to grow eggplant from seed, this book explains the crop-specific decisions that matter from the first seedlings to the final harvest.Inside, you will learn how to: - choose pepper and eggplant varieties for your climate, growing space, and intended use;- manage seed starting, germination, seedling care, hardening off, and transplanting;- prepare soil and growing sites for garden beds, raised beds, greenhouses, and containers;- set practical spacing, watering, mulching, feeding, support, pruning, and fruit-load routines;- improve flowering and fruit set and understand common causes of blossom drop and weak development;- harvest sweet peppers, hot peppers, and eggplants at the right stage for quality and use;- recognize common pepper and eggplant pests and diseases and choose appropriate prevention and control measures.The guide also covers growing peppers in containers and growing eggplant in containers, with attention to pot size, root-zone conditions, watering, feeding, and heat management. Separate guidance for sweet peppers, hot peppers, and eggplants helps you avoid treating all three crops as if their needs were identical.The book includes 8 practical illustrations that make key growing and care techniques easier to understand.Written for beginners and practical home growers, this guide gives you a clear seasonal framework for pepper plant care and eggplant plant care, while helping you diagnose problems before they reduce plant health or harvest quality. Use it as a working reference for seed starting, transplanting, everyday care, pest and disease management, and harvest decisions.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Want to grow larger, healthier garlic bulbs and keep them firm in storage Garlic Growing Guide gives home growers a complete, practical system for growing garlic from planting stock to harvest.The book explains how to choose hardneck or softneck garlic, when to plant garlic in fall or spring, how to select and plant garlic cloves, and how to prepare soil for strong rooting and bulb development. You will find clear guidance on planting depth and spacing, watering, feeding, scape removal, bulb formation, and crop maturation.You will also learn how to work with garlic scapes and bulbils, grow single-clove bulbs, and renew planting stock over a two- or three-year cycle. Separate chapters cover garlic diseases and pests, with practical symptom tables, prevention measures, biological options, and guidance on the responsible use of approved plant protection products.Harvest and storage are treated as part of the growing system, not an afterthought. The guide explains when garlic is ready to harvest, how to lift bulbs without damage, how to cure garlic, how to sort planting stock, and how to store different garlic types with fewer losses.Inside the guide you will find practical tables, seasonal checklists, quick diagnostic references, step-by-step procedures, and 10 useful illustrations. The book also covers crop rotation, pH, companion planting, container growing, common mistakes, and 'what to do if.' scenarios for problems such as poor emergence, early yellowing, small bulbs, rot, pest damage, and storage failure.Designed for beginners and practical home growers, this guide helps you make better decisions at every stage-from choosing the first clove to selecting the best bulbs for the next season.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Grow cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and kohlrabi from seed to harvest with one practical guide built around the decisions that make brassicas succeed: timing, temperature, soil, moisture, nutrition, crop rotation, pest prevention, and harvest. These five cool-season vegetables belong to the same brassica family, but they do not grow exactly the same way. Cauliflower can form small or loose curds after stress; broccoli heads lose quality in prolonged heat; Brussels sprouts need a long season and cool finishing weather; kohlrabi becomes coarse if harvest is delayed; and cabbage heading, maturity, and storage depend heavily on cultivar and timing. This book explains those differences clearly so you can plan each crop for the conditions in your garden. Learn how to grow cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and kohlrabi from seed, including seed starting indoors, direct sowing, hardening off, transplanting, plant spacing, soil preparation, soil pH, watering, fertilizing, mulching, succession sowing, and spring and fall planting schedules. Seasonal timing guidance shows how to work backward from harvest and use frost dates, days to maturity, and temperature windows more effectively. Detailed crop-protection chapters cover cabbage worms and other caterpillars, cabbage root fly and cabbage maggots, aphids, flea beetles, slugs, clubroot, downy mildew, Alternaria, bacterial diseases, and common physiological disorders. Diagnostic guidance helps you tell pest damage, disease, nutrient imbalance, heat stress, cold injury, and watering problems apart before choosing a response. Crop-specific sections show what to look for when forming firm cabbage heads, compact cauliflower curds, tight broccoli heads with productive side shoots, firm Brussels sprouts, and tender kohlrabi stems. Harvest, postharvest handling, storage, and freezing guidance helps you protect quality after picking. Inside you will find practical tables, planting and spacing references, maturity guidelines, troubleshooting checklists, and 21 black-and-white illustrations. Designed for home gardeners and beginning growers, this is a practical seed-to-harvest reference for five major brassica crops - useful for spring gardens, fall vegetable gardens, and anyone who wants more reliable cool-season harvests.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Grow healthy, productive tomato plants from the first seed to the final harvest-even if this is your first growing season.Growing Tomatoes is a complete practical guide for gardeners who want clear answers to the questions that matter most: how to grow tomatoes from seed, how to choose the right varieties, how to raise sturdy seedlings, when and how to transplant, how to support and prune plants, how often to water tomato plants, and how to select the best fertilizer for tomatoes at each stage of growth.The book covers tomatoes grown in garden beds, raised beds, greenhouses, pots, grow bags, patios, and balconies. You will learn how determinate, indeterminate, dwarf, open-pollinated, and F1 hybrid tomatoes differ-and how those differences affect spacing, pruning, support, feeding, and harvest.Inside, you will find practical guidance on: - choosing varieties for short seasons, hot summers, greenhouses, containers, and small spaces- growing tomatoes from seed and preventing weak, stretched, or overgrown seedlings- hardening off, transplanting, spacing, staking, caging, tying, and pruning tomato plants- growing tomatoes in pots, including container size, drainage, soil mix, root-zone heat, watering, feeding, and wind protection- improving flowering, pollination, fruit set, and fruit retention- diagnosing tomato plant problems by visible symptoms- identifying tomato diseases and pests before damage becomes severe- understanding blossom-end rot, fruit cracking, uneven ripening, sunscald, leaf curl, nutrient deficiencies, and environmental stress- harvesting, ripening tomatoes off the vine, storing fruit, processing the crop, and saving seedsClear diagnostic tables help distinguish between disease, nutrient imbalance, watering problems, heat stress, root damage, and pest injury-conditions that can look similar but require different responses.The guide includes 20 detailed illustrations showing tomato plant structure, growth habits, transplant quality, planting methods, container systems, training techniques, watering patterns, pollination, nutrient symptoms, physiological disorders, diseases, pests, harvest stages, and seed selection.Seasonal calendars, quick-reference values, step-by-step instructions, and practical checklists help you decide what to do, when to do it, and which signs should guide the next action.Whether you are learning how to grow tomatoes for the first time or want a more organized approach to tomato plant care, this book provides one reliable reference for healthier plants, stronger fruit set, and a more successful harvest.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Do you want to grow cucumbers with fewer mistakes, stronger plants, and a more reliable harvest Cucumbers: A Practical Growing Guide to Growing Cucumbers in Open Ground, Greenhouses, Containers, and on Trellises is a clear, practical guide for home gardeners who want to understand the whole cucumber growing process - from choosing seeds to harvesting clean, healthy fruit.This book explains how to grow cucumbers in open ground, in a greenhouse, under temporary cover, in containers, and on a trellis. It is written for beginners, but it also includes enough detail for gardeners who want to improve their results and understand why cucumber plants succeed or fail.Inside, you will learn how to: - choose the right cucumber type for fresh eating, pickling, gherkins, mini cucumbers, containers, or greenhouse growing;- prepare soil, compost, beds, spacing, crop rotation, and trellis systems;- sow cucumber seeds directly or grow strong seedlings for an earlier crop;- water cucumbers correctly without waterlogging the root zone;- feed cucumber plants by growth stage instead of overfeeding them with nitrogen;- manage greenhouse cucumbers, ventilation, humidity, pruning, and plant training;- understand male and female flowers, pollination, parthenocarpic hybrids, and poor fruit set;- diagnose yellow leaves, wilting, bitter fruits, curved cucumbers, weak growth, and fruit drop;- prevent and manage common cucumber pests and diseases;- harvest cucumbers at the right size for fresh use, pickling, and longer production.A special section of the book is dedicated to cucumber grafting onto squash rootstock. This is an advanced but useful technique for gardeners who want stronger root systems and more resilient plants. The guide explains the purpose of grafting and gives step-by-step instructions for two practical methods, including approach grafting and splice grafting.The book also includes tables, checklists, practical reminders, and troubleshooting sections, so you can quickly find what to check when something goes wrong.This is not a decorative gardening book or a collection of vague tips. It is a structured growing guide for practical home growers who want to understand cucumber care clearly and apply it in real garden conditions.If you are looking for a cucumber growing guide for beginners, greenhouse cucumber growing, growing cucumbers in containers, cucumber trellis training, watering and feeding advice, pest and disease help, or a deeper look at cucumber grafting, this book gives you a complete practical system in one place.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - >Pruning Fruit Trees is a practical, step-by-step guide for home gardeners who want healthier trees, stronger structure, manageable crowns, and more productive fruiting wood. Instead of giving one pruning formula for every tree, it explains how fruit trees grow, how they respond to different cuts, and how pruning decisions change with species, age, season, vigor, and tree condition. Whether you are pruning apple trees for the first time, trying to understand when to prune fruit trees, or restoring an old backyard orchard, this guide gives you a clear system for deciding what to keep, what to remove, what to shorten, and when to stop. It covers heading cuts, branch removal cuts, reduction cuts, crown thinning, height control, young tree training, maintenance pruning, rejuvenation pruning, and the restoration of neglected fruit trees. Crop-specific chapters explain apple tree pruning and the pruning of pears, quince, plums, cherry plums, sour cherries, sweet cherries, apricots, peaches, and nectarines. You will also learn the practical differences between winter pruning and summer pruning, how to manage watersprouts and fruiting wood, how to choose and use pruning tools safely, how to avoid common pruning mistakes, and what to do after pruning. The book also includes a seasonal pruning calendar, pre-pruning diagnosis, practical tables, checklists, and 49 black-and-white illustrations that clarify branch structure, pruning cuts, crown forms, renewal decisions, and species-specific techniques. If you have been searching for a fruit tree pruning guide that explains not only where to cut but why, this book is designed to help you prune with a plan, protect the tree from unnecessary stress, and build a healthier, more productive orchard over time.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Learn how to grow green beans and other garden beans from seed with a practical plan for planting, support, care, troubleshooting, and harvest.Growing Beans is a season-long guide for beginners and home growers who want reliable results with bush beans, pole beans, runner beans, snap and string beans, shelling beans, and dry beans. It covers garden rows, raised beds, and containers, with clear guidance from the first sowing decision through harvest and seed saving.Common questions are answered directly: When should bean seeds be planted What soil temperature is warm enough How deep should beans be planted, and how far apart should they be spaced What is the difference between bush beans and pole beans What kind of trellis do climbing beans need How do you grow beans in containers Why do bean plants develop yellow leaves, drop flowers, or fail to set pods How should common bean pests and diseases be handled Inside, you will learn how to: - choose varieties for short seasons, hot summers, humid conditions, windy sites, patios, raised beds, and small gardens;- prepare well-drained soil and plant beans at the right time, depth, and spacing for even emergence;- build practical supports for pole beans, climbing beans, and runner beans before vines become tangled;- manage watering, mulch, weeds, and fertility without encouraging excessive leafy growth;- grow beans in containers while managing drainage, root-zone heat, moisture, and stability;- diagnose yellow leaves, flower drop, poor pod set, weather stress, nutrient problems, common pests, and bean diseases;- harvest green beans, shelling beans, and dry beans at the proper stage, then dry, store, and save healthy seed.Includes 11 black-and-white illustrations.The illustrations clarify growth habits, direct sowing, soil and drainage, support systems, watering, root nodules, container planting, harvest stages, pest symptoms, disease symptoms, and seed selection.Practical tables, seasonal checklists, and diagnostic guides help you compare visible signs, identify likely causes, and choose an appropriate response before changing the care routine.For beginners and practical home growers, Growing Beans provides a reliable reference from planting through harvest, storage, and seed saving.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Grow better white, red, and savoy cabbages with a practical guide built for real home gardeners. This book shows you how to grow cabbage from seed, when to plant cabbage, how to raise strong seedlings, prepare fertile soil, transplant correctly, water evenly, and harvest firm healthy heads. It also explains how to grow red cabbage and how to grow savoy cabbage, with clear step-by-step guidance on spacing, feeding, direct sowing, storage, and the most common growing mistakes. If you want a cabbage growing guide that is practical, detailed, and easy to follow from sowing to harvest, this book is designed to help you grow reliable crops through the whole season. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Onions: A Practical Growing Guide is a clear, beginner-friendly guide for anyone who wants to grow reliable onions at home without guesswork.This book explains how to grow onions, how to plant onions, and how to choose the right method for your garden: growing onions from seed, growing onions from sets, or using young transplants. It covers the practical details that matter most: when to plant onions, how deep to plant onion sets, how to prepare soil, how much spacing to leave, how to water and feed correctly, and how to avoid weak growth or small bulbs.Inside, you will learn how to grow bulb onions, shallots, leeks, chives, and other useful onion crops in open ground, raised beds, and containers. The guide also explains the difference between short-day, intermediate-day, and long-day onions, so you can choose varieties that actually match your climate instead of fighting the season.The book includes practical advice on onion care through the growing season, common mistakes, pests and diseases, bolting, yellowing leaves, poor bulb formation, and what to do when onions are not sizing up. You will also find clear guidance on when to harvest onions, how to cure onions properly, and how to store onions for longer use after harvest.Written for practical home growers, this guide is designed to help beginners move from planting to harvest with fewer mistakes and better results.A useful guide for gardeners who want straightforward answers on how to grow onions from seed, how to grow onions from sets, growing onions in containers, growing onions in raised beds, and harvesting, curing, and storing onions successfully. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Are you trying to work out how to grow olive trees, how often to water an olive tree, when and how to prune olive trees, what fertilizer to use, or why an olive tree has yellow leaves or is dropping them Olive Trees is a practical olive tree care guide built around the decisions that actually affect tree health and fruiting. It explains how to choose cultivars and compatible pollinizers, select a sunny, well-drained site, plant at the correct depth, establish young trees, manage olive tree watering, and choose and apply olive tree fertilizer without pushing weak, overly soft growth.Detailed chapters cover olive tree pruning for fruit and canopy health, flowering, pollination and fruit set, growing olive trees in pots, repotting and root-ball problems, winter care and overwintering, yellow leaves and leaf drop, root rot, olive tree diseases and pests, root stress and drainage problems, restoration of old or neglected trees, and diagnosis of common problems. The harvest section explains maturity, picking, sorting, rapid handling for oil, and safe home curing and brining of table olives.Seasonal calendars, diagnostic tables, practical checklists, and step-by-step decision guides help you diagnose problems and choose the right action before reaching for water, fertilizer, or pruning tools.The paperback edition includes 18 black-and-white illustrations that support the practical instructions.Whether you are planting your first olive tree, caring for a potted olive, restoring an older tree, or trying to improve flowering and harvest, this book gives you a practical system for healthier trees, better fruiting, and fewer avoidable mistakes.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Growing a truly sweet watermelon or aromatic melon is not about one secret fertilizer or a lucky summer. It is about getting a series of decisions right: variety, season length, warm soil, watering, pollination, fruit load, and the exact moment of harvest.Melons and Watermelons gives home growers a practical system for turning those decisions into ripe fruit. It explains how to choose seeded and seedless watermelons, cantaloupes, muskmelons, honeydew and storage melons for the conditions you actually have; when to sow or transplant; how to prepare soil and beds; how to water and feed without pushing excessive vine growth; and how to use low tunnels, greenhouses, trellises, raised beds, and large containers without creating new problems.If you have searched for how to grow watermelon, growing watermelon from seed, when to plant watermelon, how to grow cantaloupe, how to grow melons, growing watermelon in containers, or how to tell when a watermelon is ripe, this book brings those scattered questions together into one clear, season-long method. You will also learn how to manage pollination-including seedless watermelon pollenizers-control fruit load, recognize ripeness by reliable crop-specific signs, and troubleshoot weak growth, poor fruit set, cracking, temperature stress, pests, and diseases before they cost you the harvest.One of the guide's distinctive sections is a step-by-step chapter on grafting melons and watermelons onto compatible squash rootstocks. It covers rootstock selection, matching seedling size, grafting methods, healing-chamber conditions, the critical first 48-72 hours, hardening, planting, and aftercare-so the technique is explained as a complete process rather than a single cut.With detailed tables, practical checklists, diagnostic tools, and 18 black-and-white illustrations, the book is designed to be used in the garden throughout the season. Whether you grow in a warm climate, a short season, open ground, a greenhouse, or a small sunny space, the goal is the same: less guesswork, better-timed decisions, and more fully ripe fruit with the flavor the cultivar is capable of producing.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Keep your vegetable garden healthy through the most difficult part of the growing season.Summer is when vegetable plants grow fast, set fruit, and produce the main harvest. It is also when many problems appear at once: aphids, spider mites, whiteflies, thrips, caterpillars, beetles, squash bugs, slugs, powdery mildew, leaf spots, tomato blight, root rot, weeds, heat stress, watering problems, and fruit disorders.Summer Vegetable Garden Care is a practical guide for home growers who want clear, usable advice without guesswork. It explains how to inspect plants, identify early warning signs, separate pest damage from disease and growing mistakes, and choose the right first response before small problems spread.Inside, you will learn how to: - recognize common summer garden pests before they spread- manage aphids, spider mites, whiteflies, thrips, caterpillars, beetles, squash bugs, slugs, and hidden feeders- identify powdery mildew, downy mildew, leaf spots, tomato blight, bacterial problems, root rot, stem rot, and wilting diseases- understand fruit problems such as blossom-end rot, sunscald, tomato cracking, poor pollination, and misshapen cucumbers- improve watering, fertilizing, airflow, mulching, sanitation, and weed control- use organic, biological, and low-impact control options responsibly- know when stronger treatment is justified and when plant removal is the better decision- follow emergency action plans for common midsummer garden problems- clean up at the end of the season to reduce next year's pest and disease pressureThe guide covers tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, eggplants, squash, pumpkins, beans, peas, cabbage-family crops, lettuce, leafy greens, onions, garlic, carrots, beets, radishes, potatoes, and other common vegetables.Written for beginners and practical home gardeners, this book focuses on observation, prevention, correct diagnosis, and calm, targeted action. It does not promise a garden without insects or damaged leaves. It shows how to protect the harvest by noticing problems early and responding wisely. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Zucchini and Summer Squash Growing Guide is a practical, beginner-friendly guide for gardeners who want a reliable harvest without guessing their way through the season.Learn how to grow zucchini and summer squash from seed, when to plant after frost, how far apart to space plants, and how to prepare fertile, well-drained soil for strong growth. This guide covers open ground, raised beds, containers, and small-space gardens, with clear advice for watering, mulching, feeding, pollination, and harvesting.Inside, you'll find practical help for the questions gardeners actually search for: growing zucchini in containers, how to grow zucchini vertically, why a zucchini plant is not producing fruit, how male and female flowers work, when to harvest zucchini, and how to prevent common problems before they ruin the crop.The guide also explains how to recognize and manage powdery mildew on zucchini leaves, squash bugs, squash vine borers, blossom end rot, poor fruit set, misshapen fruits, and stressed plants in hot weather.This book is written for beginners and practical home growers who want clear steps, not vague garden theory.Includes: growing zucchini and summer squash from seedwhen to plant zucchini and summer squashspacing, soil preparation, watering, and feedingraised bed, container, and small-garden growing tipsvertical growing and compact-space methodspollination, male and female flowers, and fruit-set problemspowdery mildew, squash bugs, vine borers, and blossom end rotharvesting zucchini, yellow squash, crookneck squash, and pattypan squashA clear hands-on guide for growing productive zucchini and summer squash with fewer mistakes and better results. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Learn how to grow strawberries successfully in garden beds, raised beds, containers, and pots with clear, practical steps for beginners.Strawberries: A Practical Guide is a straightforward growing guide for home gardeners who want healthy plants, better harvests, and fewer common mistakes. It explains when to plant strawberries, how to plant them correctly, how to choose healthy planting stock, and how to care for strawberry plants through the whole season.Inside, you will learn how to choose the right site, prepare the soil, plant strawberries at the correct depth, water and mulch properly, feed plants without overdoing nitrogen, protect flowers from frost, manage runners, renew an old bed, and harvest berries at the right time.The guide also covers growing strawberries in containers and pots, using raised beds, working with low tunnels and protected systems, and understanding the main problems that reduce yield. Separate chapters explain strawberry pests and diseases, including how to recognize early warning signs and how to reduce problems through prevention, sanitation, spacing, mulch, and timely bed renewal.This book is written for beginners and practical home growers. It avoids unnecessary theory and focuses on what matters in the garden: healthy crowns, strong roots, clean mulch, steady moisture, runner control, disease prevention, and regular renewal of the planting.Whether you are starting your first strawberry bed, growing strawberries in containers, planting strawberries in pots on a patio, or trying to understand why your plants produce small, misshapen, or rotten berries, this guide gives you a clear system to follow.A practical strawberry growing guide for beginners who want better plants, cleaner berries, and a more reliable harvest. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Want to learn how to grow asparagus and build a productive bed that can reward you with fresh spears for years Growing asparagus is different from growing most annual vegetables. The decisions made before planting - choosing the right site, preparing the soil, selecting planting material, and establishing the bed correctly - affect the crop for many seasons.Growing Asparagus: A Practical Growing Guide takes you step by step through the complete process of planting asparagus, caring for young plants, harvesting mature beds, and maintaining an established planting over the long term.Whether you are wondering how to plant asparagus crowns, considering growing asparagus from seed, or trying to improve an older bed, this practical guide explains what to do, when to do it, and what signs to watch for.Inside the book, you will learn how to: - choose suitable asparagus varieties and planting material;- select the right location and prepare well-drained, fertile soil;- plant asparagus crowns and grow asparagus from seed;- establish traditional beds and raised beds;- choose correct spacing and planting depth;- manage watering, feeding, weeds, and mulch;- understand fern growth and its role in future harvests;- know when and how to harvest asparagus without weakening the bed;- grow green, white, and purple asparagus;- recognize common growing problems, pests, and diseases;- restore and manage an aging or neglected asparagus bed;- maintain a productive planting through the seasons.The book also includes 8 practical illustrations that help explain asparagus plant structure, planting methods, bed preparation, harvesting, and other important stages of cultivation.Written for beginners and practical home gardeners, this asparagus growing guide combines clear explanations with useful numbers, seasonal tasks, troubleshooting advice, and step-by-step guidance. It is designed to help you understand not only how to grow asparagus, but also how to care for the bed after planting and keep it productive year after year.Build the bed correctly, give the plants time to establish, and learn how to manage each stage with confidence - from planting asparagus to harvesting your own fresh spears. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Want to know how to grow peppers and eggplants with stronger plants, better fruit set, and a more reliable harvest?Peppers and Eggplants: A Practical Growing Guide brings together sweet peppers, hot and semi-hot peppers, and eggplants in one practical reference for home gardeners. Whether you are growing peppers from seed, learning bell pepper plant care, trying to improve hot pepper growing, or working out how to grow eggplant from seed, this book explains the crop-specific decisions that matter from the first seedlings to the final harvest.Inside, you will learn how to: - choose pepper and eggplant varieties for your climate, growing space, and intended use;- manage seed starting, germination, seedling care, hardening off, and transplanting;- prepare soil and growing sites for garden beds, raised beds, greenhouses, and containers;- set practical spacing, watering, mulching, feeding, support, pruning, and fruit-load routines;- improve flowering and fruit set and understand common causes of blossom drop and weak development;- harvest sweet peppers, hot peppers, and eggplants at the right stage for quality and use;- recognize common pepper and eggplant pests and diseases and choose appropriate prevention and control measures.The guide also covers growing peppers in containers and growing eggplant in containers, with attention to pot size, root-zone conditions, watering, feeding, and heat management. Separate guidance for sweet peppers, hot peppers, and eggplants helps you avoid treating all three crops as if their needs were identical.The book includes 8 practical illustrations that make key growing and care techniques easier to understand.Written for beginners and practical home growers, this guide gives you a clear seasonal framework for pepper plant care and eggplant plant care, while helping you diagnose problems before they reduce plant health or harvest quality. Use it as a working reference for seed starting, transplanting, everyday care, pest and disease management, and harvest decisions. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Want to grow larger, healthier garlic bulbs and keep them firm in storage? Garlic Growing Guide gives home growers a complete, practical system for growing garlic from planting stock to harvest.The book explains how to choose hardneck or softneck garlic, when to plant garlic in fall or spring, how to select and plant garlic cloves, and how to prepare soil for strong rooting and bulb development. You will find clear guidance on planting depth and spacing, watering, feeding, scape removal, bulb formation, and crop maturation.You will also learn how to work with garlic scapes and bulbils, grow single-clove bulbs, and renew planting stock over a two- or three-year cycle. Separate chapters cover garlic diseases and pests, with practical symptom tables, prevention measures, biological options, and guidance on the responsible use of approved plant protection products.Harvest and storage are treated as part of the growing system, not an afterthought. The guide explains when garlic is ready to harvest, how to lift bulbs without damage, how to cure garlic, how to sort planting stock, and how to store different garlic types with fewer losses.Inside the guide you will find practical tables, seasonal checklists, quick diagnostic references, step-by-step procedures, and 10 useful illustrations. The book also covers crop rotation, pH, companion planting, container growing, common mistakes, and "what to do if." scenarios for problems such as poor emergence, early yellowing, small bulbs, rot, pest damage, and storage failure.Designed for beginners and practical home growers, this guide helps you make better decisions at every stage-from choosing the first clove to selecting the best bulbs for the next season. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Want fresh culinary herbs from pots on a balcony, patio, windowsill, or other small-space growing area This practical guide is designed for home growers who want a reliable system for growing herbs in containers-not a collection of disconnected tips.You will learn how to choose the right pot size and material, build a well-structured growing medium, improve drainage, manage watering and feeding, use natural light or supplemental light, and adjust care for heat, wind, cool weather, indoor conditions, and seasonal changes. The book also explains how to plan a container herb garden, which herbs can share a pot, which vigorous growers need their own container, and how to keep fresh harvests coming with succession sowing, cutting, division, and replacement plants.Clear crop-by-crop guidance covers basil, parsley, cilantro/coriander, dill, mint, lemon balm, chives, rosemary, thyme, oregano, marjoram, sage, lavender, tarragon, bay laurel, lemongrass, and other useful culinary herbs. You will also find practical help with overwintering, pests, diseases, physiological problems, diagnosis, seasonal renewal, and planning systems with 4, 8, or 12 containers.Whether you are searching for how to grow herbs in pots, the best herbs to grow in pots, a balcony herb garden for beginners, an indoor kitchen herb garden, or herbs that grow well together in containers, this guide brings the essential decisions into one structured growing system.Includes 34 black-and-white illustrations to make key setups, techniques, and growing decisions easier to understand.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Do you want to grow cucumbers with fewer mistakes, stronger plants, and a more reliable harvest?Cucumbers: A Practical Growing Guide to Growing Cucumbers in Open Ground, Greenhouses, Containers, and on Trellises is a clear, practical guide for home gardeners who want to understand the whole cucumber growing process - from choosing seeds to harvesting clean, healthy fruit.This book explains how to grow cucumbers in open ground, in a greenhouse, under temporary cover, in containers, and on a trellis. It is written for beginners, but it also includes enough detail for gardeners who want to improve their results and understand why cucumber plants succeed or fail.Inside, you will learn how to: choose the right cucumber type for fresh eating, pickling, gherkins, mini cucumbers, containers, or greenhouse growing;prepare soil, compost, beds, spacing, crop rotation, and trellis systems;sow cucumber seeds directly or grow strong seedlings for an earlier crop;water cucumbers correctly without waterlogging the root zone;feed cucumber plants by growth stage instead of overfeeding them with nitrogen;manage greenhouse cucumbers, ventilation, humidity, pruning, and plant training;understand male and female flowers, pollination, parthenocarpic hybrids, and poor fruit set;diagnose yellow leaves, wilting, bitter fruits, curved cucumbers, weak growth, and fruit drop;prevent and manage common cucumber pests and diseases;harvest cucumbers at the right size for fresh use, pickling, and longer production.A special section of the book is dedicated to cucumber grafting onto squash rootstock. This is an advanced but useful technique for gardeners who want stronger root systems and more resilient plants. The guide explains the purpose of grafting and gives step-by-step instructions for two practical methods, including approach grafting and splice grafting.The book also includes tables, checklists, practical reminders, and troubleshooting sections, so you can quickly find what to check when something goes wrong.This is not a decorative gardening book or a collection of vague tips. It is a structured growing guide for practical home growers who want to understand cucumber care clearly and apply it in real garden conditions.If you are looking for a cucumber growing guide for beginners, greenhouse cucumber growing, growing cucumbers in containers, cucumber trellis training, watering and feeding advice, pest and disease help, or a deeper look at cucumber grafting, this book gives you a complete practical system in one place. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - Cómo cultivar pimientos y berenjenas es una guía práctica para quienes quieren obtener mejores cosechas en el huerto, el invernadero, los túneles, los bancales elevados o los contenedores.Este libro explica paso a paso cómo cultivar pimientos dulces, chiles de picor suave y picantes, y berenjenas desde la semilla hasta la cosecha. Encontrarás instrucciones claras sobre preparación del suelo, siembra, producción de plántulas fuertes, trasplante, riego, fertilización, formación de las plantas, manejo de la carga de frutos, cosecha, conservación y procesamiento.La guía está escrita para jardineros principiantes y cultivadores domésticos que necesitan respuestas prácticas, no teoría complicada. Aprenderás qué lugar elegir, cuándo sembrar pimientos y berenjenas, cómo evitar el suelo frío, cómo regar sin encharcar, qué variedades elegir para exterior, invernadero o maceta, y cómo reconocer los problemas más comunes antes de que arruinen la cosecha.También incluye capítulos específicos sobre pimientos dulces, chiles y berenjenas, con consejos para variedades, cultivo al aire libre, cultivo protegido, cosecha y almacenamiento. La sección final está dedicada a plagas y enfermedades frecuentes: pulgones, trips, mosca blanca, araña roja, escarabajo de la patata, podredumbres, marchitez, Phytophthora, Alternaria, virus, bacteriosis y problemas fisiológicos como la pudrición apical.En esta guía encontrarás: - cómo preparar el suelo para pimientos y berenjenas;- cuándo sembrar y trasplantar;- cómo cultivar pimientos en maceta, huerto, túnel o invernadero;- cómo cultivar berenjenas en exterior y cultivo protegido;- cómo regar y fertilizar según la etapa de crecimiento;- cómo formar las plantas y regular la carga de frutos;- cómo cosechar, conservar, secar y procesar la producción;- cómo identificar plagas, enfermedades y errores de manejo.Una guía directa, clara y práctica para cultivar pimientos y berenjenas con menos errores y mejores resultados.…

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware.