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Polytunnels, Greenhouses and Protective Cropping: A Guide to Growing Techniques
Thady Barrett
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Description for Polytunnels, Greenhouses and Protective Cropping: A Guide to Growing Techniques
Paperback. Packed with useful information, this work covers all aspects of protected horticulture. It discusses the appropriate siting for a greenhouse enterprise, and covers greenhouse design principles and commercial glasshouses. It also considers cladding materials, the development of polythene-clad tunnel structures, and greenhouse energy sources. Num Pages: 192 pages, 86 colour photographs, graphs and drawings. BIC Classification: TVS; WMF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 494.
This comprehensive book, written by an acknowledged expert, is packed with useful information and is an invaluable reference work that covers all aspects of protected horticulture. It discusses the appropriate siting for a greenhouse enterprise, and covers greenhouse design principles and commercial glasshouses. It also considers cladding materials, the development and use of polythene-clad tunnel structures, and greenhouse energy sources. The greenhouse environment, growing rooms, irrigation, composts and other growing media are examined as well as plant nutrients, fertilizers, pest and disease control, nursery hygiene and much more.
This comprehensive book, written by an acknowledged expert, is packed with useful information and is an invaluable reference work that covers all aspects of protected horticulture. It discusses the appropriate siting for a greenhouse enterprise, and covers greenhouse design principles and commercial glasshouses. It also considers cladding materials, the development and use of polythene-clad tunnel structures, and greenhouse energy sources. The greenhouse environment, growing rooms, irrigation, composts and other growing media are examined as well as plant nutrients, fertilizers, pest and disease control, nursery hygiene and much more.
Product Details
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Ramsbury, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785001857
SKU
V9781785001857
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Thady Barrett
Thady Barrett started his career at the former ADAS Experimental Horticulture Stations at Luddington and Lee Valley in the UK while studying horticulture at Writtle College in Essex. Subsequently, he gained the Royal Horticultural Society's NDH in Commercial Horticulture [now known as the MHort (RHA)] and an MHort degree. For many years Thady has been a member of the International ... Read more
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