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Gardening Under Plastic: How to Use Fleece, Films, Cloches and Polytunnels (Cloche Gardening): How to Use Fleece, Films, Cloches and Polytunnels
The low-cost alternative to the greenhouse has arrived, and it' s between these covers. Learn all the practical information you' ll need about the construction or purchase of polytunnels and cloches, methods of cultivation, plant care, propagation, and problems from pests that might occur beneath the plastic.
- GenresGardening
182 pages, Paperback
First published June 30, 2001
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April 15, 2020
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Growing plants in a polytunnel.
An excellent book for anyone about to start gardening with the help of a polytunnel, the much cheaper alternative to a greenhouse, which provides higher temperatures and better protection from winds and other weather problems. It means that some vegetables, very difficult to grow in the open garden, can be successfully attempted under cover.
This handy book contains advice on the cultivation, propagation and growing of flowers, fruit and vegetables, each section and plant family well headed, as well as different pests likely to be encounteted, with suggested solutions, and how to choose, erect and divide the polytunnel in the beginning. There is also a section on cliches and other useful coverings. Gardening Under Plastic is also attractively illustrated with photographs and occasional diagrams. The information given is basic, sufficient to give success to the reader but without overcrowding with every possible problem.
I first read this book some five years ago when I opened my own polytunnel and, although not new to gardening, the ideas helped to make better use of the new space. Rereading it again now with the experience of time, I can recommend this book to anyone considering adding a tunnel to their garden.
Growing plants in a polytunnel.
An excellent book for anyone about to start gardening with the help of a polytunnel, the much cheaper alternative to a greenhouse, which provides higher temperatures and better protection from winds and other weather problems. It means that some vegetables, very difficult to grow in the open garden, can be successfully attempted under cover.
This handy book contains advice on the cultivation, propagation and growing of flowers, fruit and vegetables, each section and plant family well headed, as well as different pests likely to be encounteted, with suggested solutions, and how to choose, erect and divide the polytunnel in the beginning. There is also a section on cliches and other useful coverings. Gardening Under Plastic is also attractively illustrated with photographs and occasional diagrams. The information given is basic, sufficient to give success to the reader but without overcrowding with every possible problem.
I first read this book some five years ago when I opened my own polytunnel and, although not new to gardening, the ideas helped to make better use of the new space. Rereading it again now with the experience of time, I can recommend this book to anyone considering adding a tunnel to their garden.
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