Greenhouse Management

Greenhouse Management

A Guide to Operations and Technology

  • Publisher: Apex Publishers
  • Author: Ted Goldammer
  • Publication Date: April 2019
  • Printing History: First Edition (Updated)
  • ISBN (13): 978-0-9675212-4-4
  • Page Content: 406 pages
  • Book Cover: Soft cover-nylon matte scuff resistant Layflat film lamination
  • Binding: Perfect
  • Trim size: 8 1/2" x 11"
  • Tables: 39
  • Photographs: 214
  • Illustrations: 12
  • Printed in U.S.A.

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Greenhouse Management: A Guide to Operations and Technology provides detailed, step-by-step instructions, in layman's terms for ALL aspects commercial greenhouse plant production. The text is a complete reference on greenhouse operations and technologies, and the science of growing crops. Greenhouse Management systematically starts the reader off by providing an in-depth discussion of greenhouse structures and design, environmental control systems, heating/cooling, growing media, fertilization, carbon dioxide supplementation, irrigation, pest management, and the production of container-grown crops. Finally, a series of appendices provide numerous data relevant to greenhouse management and operations. The information in this easy-to-use guide is distilled from a variety of sources, including scientific literature, extension publications, and grower experience and has the added value of numerous citations to more in-depth discussion on many topics. The book is thoughtfully organized presenting a seamless flow of topics within chapters making it easy to find specific information that interests the reader. No one concerned with greenhouse management can afford to be without this book.