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Just because a vegetable is not available in your supermarket does not mean that it is not good. Most of the 279 vegetables identified are not in your market. Here are the keys to successful seed planting and growing, and good eating! A supply of seeds for growing your own food is usually included with commercial Disaster Preparedness food units. This implies that you know how to plant and grow food! For any emergency situation, success in the garden may be vitally important for survival. Success is what this book is all about. |
This book is a manual that can be studied beforehand or taken to the “potting shed” for pertinent sowing information. It presents every piece of information for successful growing, from seed, of edible vegetable plants indoors, and for their transplanting, or for direct seeding outdoors.
279 plants and over 160 color photographs for identification and instruction, plus drawings, on over 300 pages. It’s the kind of book we have wanted for serious gardening.
Local, common names, botanical names, and foreign names are given for each plant, where available. It is often the case that the identical plant is called by several names while all the people are eating the same vegetable without knowing it. Great for travel in a foreign land, or for visitors or migrants to the USA, which is their foreign land.
ISBN: 0-939656-24-8, $43.95
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At your fingertips:
Common Plant Names
Domestic and Foreign Names
Botanical names
Pronunciation
Seed Viability
Perennial/annual
Seed Planting Depth
Germination Time
Light Requirements
Soil Temperature
Soil pH
Planting Preparation
Nutrients required
Indoor/Outdoor Sowing and Growing
Geographic Adaptability
Culinary uses and recipes
Annotated Bibliography
Seed Catalog Sources
Sources for seeds
Contents:
Introduction
Botanical Names.
Seed Life.
Growth Cycle.
When To Plant Seeds.
Seed Planting Depth.
Seed Starting Mix.
Planting Mix.
Containers For Starting Seeds.
Seed Germination
Indoors and Outside Temperature To Germinate.
Germination Time.
Light.
Growing Temperature.
PH range.
Lime- Neutralizing acid Soils.
Transplanting Indoors.
The Second Transplanting.
Previous Preparation of Soil Outdoors.
Transplanting Outdoors.
Time To Plant.
Climate Zones.
USDA Hardiness Zones.
Sterization of The Soil.
Fertilizer.
Sources of Elements and Minerals.
Trace Mineral Sources.
Compost Pile Additions.
Manure.
Manufactured Fertilizers.
Hydroponics and Greenhouse Vegetables.
Special Notes.
List of Popular Vegetables For Greenhouse Growing.
Extending The Growing Season.
The Cold Frame.
Other Ways of Extending The Growing Season.
Growth Inhibitors.
A Few Things To Think About.
Guide To The Plant Directory.
Plant Directory.
Alphabetical Listing of Plants With A Reference Number. 279 plants and varieties listed.
Seed Catalog Sources.
Sources For Seeds.
Bibliography.
June 15, 2009
This page contains the copyrighted works of Fern J. Ritchie and Ralph W. Ritchie