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The author addresses the most common myths and misconceptions that plague home gardeners and horticultural professionals and offers guidance on better understanding landscape and garden plants as components of a living system.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chalker-Scott, Linda (Linda K.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, c2008.
Temas:
Landscape gardening.
Jardins > Architecture.
landscape gardening.
GARDENING > Essays.
GARDENING > Reference.
GARDENING > Vegetables.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Horticulture.
SCIENCE > General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • CRITICAL THINKING
  • The Myth of Absolute Science
  • The Myth of Indisputable Information
  • The Myth of Organic Superiority, Part 1
  • The Myth of Organic Superiority, Part 2
  • UNDERSTANDING HOW PLANTS WORK
  • The Myth of Fragile Roots
  • PRUNING FLAWED WOODY ROOTS BEFORE TRANSPLANING
  • The Myth of Mighty Roots
  • The Myth of Top-pruning Transplanted Material
  • The Myth of Tree Topping
  • HOW BIG IS BIG?
  • The Myth of Hot-weather Watering
  • HOW/WHAT/WHEN/WHERE TO PLANT
  • The Myth of Instant Landscaping
  • The Myth of Native Plant Superiority.
  • GOING NATIVE? OR NOT?
  • The Myth of Well-behaved Ornamentals
  • The Myth of Plant Quality
  • CHOOSING THE BEST PLANTS AT THE NURSERY
  • The Myth of Drainage Material in Containers
  • The Myth of Collapsing Root Balls
  • The Myth of Tree Staking
  • SOIL ADDITIVES
  • The Myth of Soil Amendments, Part 1
  • The Myth of Soil Amendments, Part 2
  • The Myth of Soil Amendments, Part 3
  • The Myth of Phosphate Fertilizer, Part 1
  • The Myth of Phosphate Fertilizer, Part 2
  • The Myth of Beneficial Bonemeal
  • The Myth of Polyacrylamide Hydrogels
  • The Myth of Polyacrylamide Hydrogels Revisited.
  • The Myth of Wandering Weedkiller
  • MULCHES
  • The Myth of Landscape Fabric
  • USING ARBORIST WOOD CHIPS FOR WEED CONTROL
  • The Myth of Clean Compost
  • HOW DOES MULCHING REDUCE PESTICIDE AND FERTILIZER USE?
  • The Myth of Paper-based Sheet Mulch
  • The Myth of Pretty Mulch
  • CHARACTERISTICS OF AN IDEAL LANDSCAPE MULCH
  • MIRACLES IN A BAG/BOTTLE/BOX
  • The Myth of Compost Tea
  • The Myth of Compost Tea Revisited
  • The Myth of Mineral Magic
  • The Myth of Vitamin Shots
  • The Myth of Vitamin Stimulants
  • The Myth of Wound Dressings
  • ESSENTIAL GARDEN TOOLS AND PRODUCTS
  • Index
  • A
  • B.
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
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  • P
  • Q
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