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Richards, Wally, 1945-

Wally's glasshouse gardening for New Zealand / Glasshouse gardening for New Zealand by Wally Richards. - 95 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Why a glasshouse? -- Growing in a glasshouse -- Locating your glasshouse -- What to grow in - containers or soil? -- How to grow using a concrete floor -- Hydroponic growing -- Matrix reloaded growing in a soil-less medium -- Container growing -- What to grow in your glasshouse -- Lighting control -- Temperature controls -- Watering -- Pest controls -- Disease controls -- Growing tomatoes: The secret tomato food -- Tomatoes and seasons -- Supertoms and grafted tomatoes -- Getting it right -- Potting up early plants -- Protecting plants -- Laterals -- Tomato diseases -- Soil-growing in glasshouses -- Other tomato problems -- Tomatoes from seed - and laterals -- Heirloom tomatoes -- Ripening fruit -- The tomato psyllid -- Humus -- More for less -- Where have all the honey bees gone? -- Glyphosate how safe is it? Neem Oil and food crops.


"If you love gardening then a glasshouse is a 'must have' as a vital extension to your activities. Whether it is to grow tomatoes and cucumbers, housing your collection of cacti or orchids, germinating seeds or striking cuttings, a glasshouse makes a world of difference." --Back cover.

ISBN: 9780473251147 : $20.00

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Greenhouse gardening--New Zealand.

Dewey Class. No.: 635.04830993