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| Material Type: | Book |
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| Monographic Author(s): | Handreck, Kevin; Black, Neil |
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| Author Affiliation: | Handreck: BSc, MAgrSc, Managing Director, Netherwood Horticultural Consultants, Adelaide and Fellow, The Australian Institute of Horticulture; and Black: BScAgr, DipEd (Tech), Director, North Coast Institute of Technical and Further Education, New South Wales and Fellow, The Australian Institute of Horticulture |
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| Monograph Title: | Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf, 2002. |
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| Publishing Information: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: University of New South Wales Press Ltd |
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| Edition: | Third |
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| # of Pages: | 550 |
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| Collation: | viii, 542 pp. |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Soils; Establishment; Composting; Fertility; Soil testing; Irrigation
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| Abstract/Contents: | Includes: Preface; Introduction; Plants: Needs for Good Growth; The Basics; Texture and Particle Size; Some Simple Chemistry; Organic Matter - The Vital Component; Problems With Organic Materials; Clay and Humus: Soil Colloids; Structure and Pore Space; Growing Media and Water; Supply Air to Roots; pH; Composting; Choosing Materials for Potting Mixes; Plant Nutrients; Fertilizers; Fertilizer Practice in Nurseries; Foundations for Good Turf; Turf Plants; Managing Turf Soils; Fertilizing Turf; Salinity: A Growing Problem; Watering: When and How Much; Irrigation Overview; Drainage; Life in Growing Media; Soil-Borne Diseases in Nurseries; Nutrient Solution as a Medium: Hydroponics; Temperature; Soils and Landscapes; Containers; From Nursery to Landscape; Collecting Samples for Analysis; Simple Tests; Conversion Tables; Sources of Help: Analytical Services; Further Reading; Tolerance to Salinity; Australian Native Plants of Known Tolerance and Sensitivity to Phosphorus; and Index. |
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Library of Congress
Subject Headings: | Plant growing media; Plants, Ornamental -- Soils; Turfgrasses -- Soils; Growing media; Ornamental plants; Turf; Plant nutrition; Fertilizer application; Plant requirements; Chemicophysical properties; Vækstmedier; Prydplanter; Græsplæne; Planteernæring; Gødskning; Vækstkrav; Fysisk-kemiske egenskaber; vrtnarstvo -- rastni medij -- priprava -- prst -- hidroponika -- ucbeniki za visoke sole; rastlinstvo -- fiziologija rastlin -- rast -- kalitev; okrasne rastline -- nega -- vzgoja; Gespa; Plantes ornamentals; Sòls -- Composició; Sòls -- Fertilitat; Adobs |
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| ISBN: | 0868407968 |
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| ISBN-13: | 9780868407968 |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | See also original edition, Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf, 1984, R=76706. R=76706
See also "reprint with minor amendments", Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf, 1986, R=160856. R=160856
See also revision of original edition, Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf, 1989, R=118188. R=118188
See also "New updated edition", Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf, 1991, R=26054. R=26054
See also 2nd edition, Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf, 1994, R=76729. R=76729
See also 3rd revised edition, Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf, 2005, R=175373. R=175373
See also 4th edition, Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf, 2010, R=160863. R=160863 |
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| See Also: | Other items relating to: BOOKSTURF
Other items relating to: Turf Science & Management Books (Recent) |
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| Note: | "First published 1984"
"Reprinted 1986, 1989, 1991"
"Second edition 1994, reprinted 1999"
"Third edition 2002"
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| Annotation from Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf, by James B Beard, Harriet J. Beard and James C Beard: | "This revision contains updates in technology such as minimizing pollution, water conservation, and efficient plant propagation." p. 237-238 |
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| Beard Section Heading: | Bibliography of books/monographs on turfgrass culture |
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| Beard Scope of Content Note: | Identified by James B Beard in Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf (2014) as containing chapter(s) or section(s) on turfgrass but addressing a broader array of subjects than just turfgrass. |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Handreck, Kevin. 2002. Growing Media for Ornamental Plants and Turf. Third. ed. viii, 542 pp. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: University of New South Wales Press Ltd. |
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