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Growing Media For Ornamental Plants And Turf
Kevin Handreck
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Description for Growing Media For Ornamental Plants And Turf
Paperback. Suitable for students of horticulture, practicing horticulturists, their suppliers, green keepers, landscape gardeners and designers, this book describes various advances in horticultural production systems. It includes chapters on fertilizer practice in nurseries, managing turf soil, fertilizing turf irrigation, and drainage. Num Pages: 560 pages, 800 illustrations, tables & graphs. BIC Classification: TVS; WMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 255 x 30. Weight in Grams: 988.
For more than twenty years, Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf has been a core text for students of horticulture and an essential reference for practicing horticulturists, their suppliers, green keepers, landscape gardeners and designers. With 42 new illustrations, this fourth edition has been substantially revised and updated to include the latest advances in horticultural production systems, with significant revisions to chapters on fertilizer practice in nurseries, foundations for good turf, managing turf soil, fertilizing turf irrigation, and drainage. New additions include discussion on roof gardens and vertical gardens, and topics on recycled water for ... Read more
For more than twenty years, Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf has been a core text for students of horticulture and an essential reference for practicing horticulturists, their suppliers, green keepers, landscape gardeners and designers. With 42 new illustrations, this fourth edition has been substantially revised and updated to include the latest advances in horticultural production systems, with significant revisions to chapters on fertilizer practice in nurseries, foundations for good turf, managing turf soil, fertilizing turf irrigation, and drainage. New additions include discussion on roof gardens and vertical gardens, and topics on recycled water for ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
UNSW Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
987g
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Sydney, NSW, Australia
ISBN
9781742230825
SKU
V9781742230825
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Kevin Handreck
Kevin Handreck is the managing director of Netherwood Horticultural Consultants in Adelaide, New South Wales. He chaired the committees that set the Australian standard for potting mixes, composts, soil conditioners, mulches, and soils for landscaping and garden use. He was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 1982 and the Nursery Industry Association of Australia Award of Merit in 1990. Neil Black ... Read more
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