Growing healthy houseplants : choose the right plant, water wisely, and control pests
(2014)
By:
Zachos, Ellen
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
635.9/ZACHOS,E
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, 2014
DESCRIPTION
vi, 121 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781612124407 (pbk. : alk. paper), 1612124402 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
Includes index
Light, how much is enough? -- Water and humidity, getting it right -- The growing medium -- Fertilization: more isn't always better -- Cool tools you'll need -- Repotting: it has to happen sometime -- Good grooming -- Propagation: making more plants -- Vacation for you, vacation for your plants -- Managing pests -- Diseases -- It's all in the display -- Foliage -- Flowering plants -- Trees -- Cacti