The Best of the Growing Edge, Volume 1

by Diane Mickaelson, Tom Alexander, Sono Shinkawa, et al.

About Hydrofarm, Inc. Celebrated as the nation's oldest and largest manufacturer of hydroponic equipment and grow lights, Hydrofarm has made professional-grade equipment available to all since 1977.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0944557015
• ISBN13: 9780944557013
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: New Moon Publishing, Incorporated
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Age Range: 13 years and up

Customer Reviews

Incredible Reference

This book is an incredible reference for anyone interested the field of hydroponics. Each chapter is a dissertation in the "why and how" of very specific topics. It's awesome for the DIYer like me!!!!!

An essential reference for hyroponic gardening.

The Growing Edge is a magazine designed and published for readers with an interest in gardening, horticulture, and hydroponics. The Best of Growing Edge II: Popular Hydroponics and Gardening for Small-Commercial Growers and Hobbyists is a compilation of the best of the magazine's articles originally published between 1994 and 1999. The various articles are grouped into chapters: Introduction to Hydroponics; The Basic Elements of Hydroponics; Building Your Own System; Plants You Can Grow Hydroponically; Breeding and Propagation; Pest & Disease Control; Greenhouse Management; Organics and Hydroponics; Beyond the Basics; Small Commercial Growers; Hydroponics in Education and Public Service. The Best of Growing Edge II is an essential title for personal, professional, academic, and public library hydroponic gardening and horticultural reference collections.

COMPLETE BOOK ON HIGH TECH HYDROPONIC & GREENHOUSE GARDENING

The Best of Growing EDGE is a collection of the best articles, by twenty four different authors, from the first five years of Growing EDGE magazine. It covers hydroponics, greenhouses, nutrients, lighting, and other new and innovative techniques to use in high tech gardening and horticulture. Since the articles are from the first five years of Growing EDGE magazine, each chapter is a comprehensive compendium of cutting edge horticulture without going over the edge! New and innovative seems to be the keyword here. The mainstream gardening magazines and books cover the tried and true techniques of gardening; The Best of Growing EDGE covers the new and innovative. The information can be used by both hobby home gardeners and large commercial growers. The techinques are the same, it is just the scale of the operation that is different. Gardening is possible year round with the information contained in this book