Gardening Book for Beginners

Vegetable gardening is very good pastime, not only to make use of the land around the house, but also the gardening activities have very good impact in our health.  This book will make you much more enjoy the art of gardening, make your time worth as you will see the healthy plants grow in your back yard.  Make this book as your guide. It is very good for beginners, easy to understands as it is presented in daily language with photos in it.    

Vertical Gardening: Grow Up, Not Out, for More Vegetables and Flowers in Much Less Space

Lack of space for home gardening? This book provides solutions. Growing vegetables and flowers vertically will not only fully make use of the limited space, but also will make you enjoy more of  your home gardening.  The introduced techniques for vertical gardening in this book is very simple, but applicable to support optimal vegetable and flower growth. Have a look, and get it!, You will make your gardening activities becoming more enjoyable

The Veggie Gardener's Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem You'll Ever Face, Answers to Every Question You'll Ever Ask

Home gardening is a very good pastime and provides leisure as well as drives better healthiness. In this very easy to follow book,  gardeners will find a very elementary, yet practical, information on how gardeners should manage their crops to have successfully vegetable production in home garden. This book is presented in Q & A format, so the gardeners will have very fast solution to answer every single practical problems in home gardening for vegetables. 

Production of Vegetables, Strawberries, and Cut Flowers Using Plasticulture

Plasticulture technology has been increasingly practicing for commercial vegetable, strawberry and cut flowers in all over the world. This easy to understand book concisely discuss all aspects of micro climate modifications taking place under the plasticulture applications and how its modification affects the crop growth and yield. As a decision support literature, this book is very good for growers as well as undergraduate students and diploma students

This book is one of the classic book in horticultural practices and has been considered very applicable guidance for growers to have successfully vegetable and fruit growing.  The presentation of this book is very practically flowing, using a very  clear and easy vocabularies, as well as providing handy lists, tables and charts, so the amateur growers find gardening is an easy practices and enjoyable pastime. It is good for home gardeners as well as non-agricultural students.

Physiology of Crop Production

Maximum crop productivity is only possible to be established when a comprehensive understanding of the physiology of crops is well understood.  Crop scientists, breeders, agronomists, agronomy administrators in agro-industry, educators, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students must read this book.  This book provides fundamental aspects of crop physiology and makes easier to  develop of particular cultivar or and to cope  the dynamic environmental changes.  This valuable reference presents a wide range of information and references, provides a discussions parts in each chapter.  It is easy to understand since topic explanations are also supported by figures and tables. 

Temperate-Zone Pomology: Physiology and Culture, Third Edition

This book provides basic knowledge of how temperate fruit production should be practiced in the farm of temperate areas.  In addition, this book also gives the readers to know post harvest management to get better profits. Knowledge on storage is also presented very clearly.  Several aspects of fruit production are also separately discussed including growth regulators, dormancy and hardiness, and control of pests and diseases. 

The Physiology of Plants Under Stress, Abiotic Factors (Vol 1)

This is really great book and provide readers the basic understanding of how plants behave under less favorable conditions, particularly from the abiotic factors. I found about this book is very suitable for the students (graduate and undergraduate), researchers, as well as for the instructors.  This book is very easy to understand how stressors, i.e.,  high and low temperatures, drought and flood  influence plant growth and development, and finally  crop yields.  The structure of presentation is very flowing.. the way to describe 'under stress' is very well presented and easy to understand. 

The Physiology of Plants Under Stress, Abiotic Factors (Volume 1)

Erik T. Nilsen, David M. Orcutt (Hardcover - Nov 7, 1996)

Hardcopy will never disappear !

Conventional books are not going to disappear, though digital books or e-books are coming abundantly in the stores and on-lined. Digital books will never be able to replace the existence of conventional books. Although readers using digital books get the same information with those using conventional books, hard copy of a book will remain available and exist anywhere. It is apart of civilization anyway. Readers still enjoy the way to hold the books, readers enjoy the smell of bookshelves in the library.  So, all the writers and publishers, keep writing and keep printing the hard-copy versions.

Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers, 4th Edition

It was in 1992 I found this book in the library. I know growers also widely use this books as their handbook, but as a student I really found this book is very useful. It provided me lots of practical aspects of the way conducting vegetable production.  In addition , it also gave me better understanding of how vegetables should be properly managed to get maximum yields. Now, I still consider this book as a five star category. A book where I find many practical aspects meet the scientific perspectives.  I strongly encourage students and growers to use this books. 

Soil Penetrometer, measure compaction and hardpan

KNOW your soil well. and treat it, then you plant your crops.  We might well understand that soil compaction determine so many aspects of agronomic decisions. Hard and compacted soil lead to higher costs for crop production. Soil penetrometer  is very useful for the farmers to determine the soil compaction levels. 

Introductory Horticulture

I have never found such well-organized structures of horticultural book.  This book is  very easy to understand and provides very complete coverages of horticultural aspects; concepts and applications.  Readers; students and educators, will find everything  they need to know about  horticultural productions, including plant propagation, introduction to greenhouse production, vegetable gardening, ornamental crops, and fruit productions. This book is not only discussing the conventional aspects of horticultural business, but also the trend changes in horticultural industries.