Practical Science for Gardeners

Description

Informative and entertaining, this book will stimulate experimentation and encourage gardeners to review and improve their current gardening practices. Once gardeners learn how plants are constructed, it is easier to envision how they'll grow and flourish. An understanding of the structure behind good, healthy soil gives clues as to how to improve one's own garden tilth. This practical guide helps readers identify what plants need to survive and how these fundamental scientific facts are at the heart of good plant care. A chapter on seeds and germination will encourage gardeners at any level to try their hand at propagation, while discussion of soil, pests, and diseases adds to the skills of all gardeners. The final sections of the book take a closer look at biodiversity, ecology, genetic engineering, and nomenclature. For the enthusiastic beginner or the master gardener, Practical Science for Gardeners unravels the mysterious inner life of plants.

First Sentence

By painstaking observation, then putting forward hypotheses and experimenting to test these hunches, scientists have discovered that our planet is constructed of around 100 chemical elements, each occurring in the form of tiny units - atoms - indivisible by ordinary physical or chemical means.

Excerpt

By painstaking observation, then putting forward hypotheses and experimenting to test these hunches, scientists have discovered that our planet is constructed of around 100 chemical elements, each occurring in the form of tiny units - atoms - indivisible by ordinary physical or chemical means.

Description

"Practical Science for Gardeners begins by looking at what plants need to survive and how these fundamental scientific facts are at the heart of good plant care. A chapter on seeds and germination encourages keen propagators to refine their techniques while further discussion of soil, pests and diseases adds to the skills of all gardeners. The final section of the book takes a close look at biodiversity and unravels the mysteries of genetic engineering and plant naming." "Packed full of tips about how to apply science to achieve healthier plants and better gardens, this informative and entertaining book will stimulate experimentation and encourage gardeners to review their gardening practices in the light of their new-found knowledge."--Jacket.

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Other Editions

• Practical Science for GardenersHardcoverTimber Press, Incorporated2005-08-15
• Practical Science for GardenersTimber Press, Incorporated2005-01-01
• Practical Science for GardenersElectronic resourceTimber Press2010-01-01