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The A - Z of Vegetable Gardening in Southern Africa

ISBN 
9781868726295
Format 
Paperback
Recommended Price 
R350.00
Published 
November 2001
About the book: 
This comprehensive guide to vegetable gardening in South Africa, written especially for the home gardener, is based on vast practical experience and an intimate knowledge of local growing conditions.
 
Part 1 provides down-to-earth advice on location and layout of the vegetable gaarden; soils and nutrients; garden planning and crop rotation; tools and equipment; watering; cultivation and weed control; seed, sowing, transplanting, harvesting, and pests and their control; container growing, and the use of plastics in the vegetable garden.

In part 2 the common as well as a number of unusual vegetables are fully discused. Invaluable information on cultivars, soil preparation, propagation, sowing, transplanting, harvesting, and pests and diseases are included. This is followed by short descriptions of the more widely used culinary herbs. Finally, the appendices give information on how to grow salad sprouts, and detailed and invaluable advice on exhibiting vegetables.
 
Whether your garden is a smallholding or a townhouse patio, The A - Z of Vegetable Gardening in South Africa  is an essential handbook containing everything you need to know for the successfull production of your own top-quality vegetables throughout the year.

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