Teaming with Nutrients The Organic Gardener's Guide to Optimizing Plant Nutrition

Name: Teaming with Nutrients The Organic Gardener's Guide to Optimizing Plant Nutrition
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ISBN: 9781604693140

ISBN-10: 1604693142

ISBN-13: 9781604693140

Edition: 2013

Authors: Jeff Lowenfels

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Just as he demystified the soil food web in Teaming with Microbes, in this new work Jeff Lowenfels explains the basics of plant nutrition from an organic gardener’s perspective. Teaming with Nutrients explains the role of both macronutrients and micronutrients and shows gardeners how to provide these essentials through organic, easy-to-follow techniques. With this book in hand, you will be a better informed, more successful, and more environmentally responsible gardener.

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/7/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 250
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.13" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English

Jeff Lowenfels is a weekly columnist for the Anchorage Daily News. He is the founder of Plant a Row for The Hungry, a program that has created over 14 million meals to feed the hungry. A popular national garden writer and leading proponent of gardening using the concepts of the soil food web, Jeff is the former president of the Garden Writers of America and was made a GWA Fellow in 1999. In 2005, he was inducted into the GWA Hall of Fame. He lives in Anchorage, Alaska.



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction


The Plant Cell


Some Basic Chemistry


Botany for Plant Nutrition


The Nutrients


Water Movement through Plants


Nutrient Movement through Plants


The Molecules of Life


The Importance of Soil Testing


Factors Influencing Nutrient Availability


What and When to Feed Plants


Epilogue


Resources


Glossary


Index


Photo and Illustration Credits