Easy Growing: The Plant Grower’s Handbook

By SandSPublishing

Start your garden the correct way to maximize results with the minimum of effort.
Not only can ‘growing your own’ become a great hobby for you now and later in life, easy growing can become a means of producing your own healthy food independent of the large growers. No more worry about where and how your vegetables are grown.
Worried about costs of growing? This ‘easygrowing’ handbook shows you how to offset the costs of growing by selling your own home grown plants locally, a real money earner. It is simple to sell fresh vegetables and flowers in your local neighborhood.
Landscaping your garden? The grower’s handbook shows you how to select the plants that are deer, drought and extreme temperature resistant. There are tables that provide data on plants and their preferred environment so that you get the right plant for the right conditions.
Patio/Deck or Rooftop planting? ‘Easy growing’ Grower’s handbook provides you with all the data you need to select the correct plants. It also shows you how to automate the growing of these plants so that you don’t need to manually water or weed.
There are some initial purchases required but after that, all the equipment purchased is re-usable year after year. So the secrets to growing plants and vegetables on auto-pilot require neither specialist skills nor a natural green thumb. Follow this simple ‘easy growing’ handbook and your enjoyment at your own success will amaze you.

If you found this book invaluable then try, by the same author;
Easy Growing Container Gardens
Greenhouse Gardening Made Easy
Both books are available on the major on-line retail book stores.

• Language: English
• Publisher: SandSPublishing
• Release date: Jan 25, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301821525

SandSPublishing

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Easy Growing - The Plant Growers Handbook:

Growing Made Simple

Author: Simon Marlow

Published by SandSPublishing at Smashwords

Copyright 2013 Simon Marlow

ISBN: 9781301821525

Easy Growing - The Plant Growers Handbook:

Growing Made Simple

By

Simon Marlow

Preface

This ‘Easy Growing’ handbook takes the mystery out of growing all plants successfully. It will overnight make you an expert on what plants grow best in whatever conditions you might find. It will make your ‘easy growing’ gardening experience enjoyable and very worthwhile. Take your time and read through it as there is invaluable information in every section. Each chapter of this plant grower’s handbook provides invaluable resources whether you are growing plants in a greenhouse, on your patio, in your yard or even growing your own kitchen garden. Start your garden the correct way to maximize results with the minimum of effort.

Not only can ‘growing your own’ become a great hobby for you now and later in life, easy growing can become a means of producing your own healthy food independent of the large growers. No more worry about where and how your vegetables are grown.

Worried about costs of growing? This ‘easy growing’ handbook shows you how to offset the costs of growing by selling your own home grown plants locally, a real money earner. It is simple to sell plants, shrubs, fresh vegetables and flowers in your local neighborhood.

Landscaping your garden? The grower’s handbook shows you how to select the plants that are deer, drought and extreme temperature resistant. There are tables that provide data on plants and their preferred environment so that you get the right plant for the right conditions.

Patio/Deck or Rooftop planting? ‘Easy growing’ Grower’s handbook provides you with all the data you need to select the correct plants. It also shows you how to automate the growing of these plants so that you don’t need to manually water or weed.

There are some initial purchases required but after that, all the equipment purchased is re-usable year after year. So the secrets to growing plants and vegetables on auto-pilot require neither specialist skills nor a natural green thumb. Follow this simple ‘easy growing’ handbook and your enjoyment at your own success will amaze you.

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First Printed October 2012

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Other Titles by Simon Marlow

Easy Growing - Container Gardens

Greenhouse Gardening Made Easy

Make Solar and Geothermal Work for You

Table Of Content

Preface

Chapter 1: Preparing The Ground For Planting

Chapter 2: Planting Tips

Chapter 3: Planting Bare Root Trees And Shrubs

Chapter 4: Post Plant Recommendations

Chapter 5: Fruit Trees

Chapter 6: Small Fruits, Berries and Kiwi

Chapter 7: House and Container Plants

Chapter 8: Colorful Bird Enticing Plants

Chapter 9: Potted Items, Bulbs and Perennials

Chapter 10: Planting Methods

Chapter 11: Vegetables/Legumes

Chapter 12: Climbing Plants

Appendix I - Plant Hardiness Zones

Appendix II: Trees Shrubs and Hedges

Appendix III: Bulbs and Tubers

Appendix IV: Perennials

Appendix V: Soil Design

Appendix VI: Growing Directly from Potting Compost Bags

Chapter 1: Preparing the Ground For Planting

Plant Hardiness Zones: Once you have selected your desired plants check that they will thrive in the zone where you live or intend to plant. You can see the zones in Appendix I for the United States but you can also get world zones also from world hardiness zones.

(http://treesandshrubs.about.com/od/treeshrubbasics/tp/worldhardinesszones.htm)

Soil Quality: Where you intend to plant ensure the soil is good quality and is loose i.e. freshly dug over. Dig a hole and work in some peat moss, manure or leaf-mold mixed in with the existing soil. This adds organic matter. If your soil contains high amounts of sand or clay, you will need to add some good black topsoil in addition to the organic matter. If the original soil is poor quality a good