Tropical Foliage Plants: A Grower's Guide / Edition 2

by Lynn P. Griffith

Overview

Previously illustrated with black and white photographs, this reference now provides professionals with a colorful guide to the production of commercial foliage crops. Featuring updated and expanded information, including cultural changes, new technological advances, and eight new foliage crops, the guide now covers more than 70 species of foliage appropriate to commercial environments—anthuriums, bromeliads, ferns, bamboos, birds-of-paradise, and African violets. In addition to exploring each plant’s natural habitat, varieties, and propagation, this reference also counsels growers on uses, nutrition, pests, disorders, interior care, and the most common problems affecting these types of foliage. Tables also list leaf analysis rating standards for nutrients for many of the crops discussed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2901883052514
Publisher:	Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	04/01/2007
Edition description:	Second Edition, Second edition
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)

About the Author

Lynn P. Griffith, Jr., is the author of Tropical Foliage Disorders as well as numerous technical articles for trade journals. He is president of A&L Southern Agricultural Laboratories, a company that performs laboratory testing and provides consulting services for clients throughout the Gulf Coast, the Caribbean, and Latin America. He also serves as a horticultural consultant for numerous fertilizer, chemical, and potting soil companies. He lives in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Editorial Reviews

"I have been waiting for a book like this for 20 years!"  —Steve Yates, Fancy Flora

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