Teaming with Nutrients: The Organic Gardener's Guide to Optimizing Plant Nutrition (Science for Gardeners)
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (995 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1604693142 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 252 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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“A breakthrough book. Lowenfels and Lewis explain an even more wonderful idea: the ‘soil food web.’ Read Teaming with Microbes and keep it or give it to the library so others may learn of this astounding way to grow vegetables, trees, lawns.” —Detroit News “Sure, it’s a gardening book, but it has all the drama and suspense of an extraterrestrial thriller. Read this book and you’ll never look at soil the same way.” —B&B Magazine “This book is a must read for any gardener looking to create a sustainable, healthy garden without chemicals.” —Virginian-Pilot “It takes readers underground to meet the critters that live if you l
In short, it will make you a better informed, more successful and more environmentally responsible gardener.. Most gardeners realize that plants need to be fed but know little or nothing about the nature of the nutrients involved or how they get into plants. It shows organic gardeners how to provide these essentials. To fully understand how plants eat, Lowenfels uses his ability to make science accessible with lessons in the biology, chemistry, and botany all gardeners need to understand how nutrients get to the plant and what they do once they're inside the plant.Teaming with Nut
"Just read it!" according to Martha. "Just read it" is Lowenfels advice in the Introduction to "Teaming with Nutrients" and I second that.Any gardener who has thought about how their plants actually eat the food we presume we are providing, will want to make time to read and think about "Teaming with Nutrients."Not to ruin the ending for you, but here's a spoiler alert: We don't provide their food. Just as they have done for millions o. "Must read for all serious gardeners and farmers!" according to Kindle Customer. Great writer, I bought this because I liked the way he makes reading about soil fun and interesting. His previous book Teaming with microbes he made a difficult subject easy to understand. You can tell he is passionate about what he is teaching you I would most definatly recommend this and Teaming with microbes as a must read for any Gardner or people interested in healthy food and soil.. Wow!!! Choked full of necessary and fascinating information. A must have.