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[INDOOR-GARDENING:290] Re: books was general question



>Hello, all.
>
>Anyone interested in knowing more about the light requirements of foliage
>plants might want to check out a copy of the book Foliage Plants for
>Decorating Indoors, by Virginie Fowler and George Elbert. It was published
>by Timber Press in 1989. The work is something of an interior plantscaper's
>book, so there is some information the average gardener would never use; at
>the same time it is filled with very valuable tidbits that every indoor
>gardener should know. In any case, I refer to it rather frequently to
answer
>reader questions I receive at work. The book has an excellent chapter on
>lighting for indoor plants, as well, if you're interested in what kind of
>lighting to use.
>
>--Justin Hancock
>Horticulture Editor
>Gardening How-To magazine
>
>
I have an Elbert book called The Indoor Light Gardening Book published in
1973 which got me started . In spite of all the fancy lights available now I
still get excellent results with wrecking company fluorescent light fixtures
and cool white tubes.  I bought a metal halide light but it's too hot  and
my son had the same results with  mercury vapor.

I grow everything is the gesneriad family I can get hold of. They are the
best in my opinion for indoor growing. I also have cattleya, oncidium ,
paphiopedilum,  and phalaenopsis orchids (summering outside helps them build
up food for winter bloom). On a table under four fixtures (8 tubes) hung
from the basement ceiling  I grow hibiscus, thunbergia erecta, some of the
larger chiritas and kohlerias, and baskets of columneas etc hung below the
lights.

Now if  I could just get rid of the thrips which are destroying blossoms...
Have tried sprays, drenches and biologicals with no results but some other
growers here have had good luck with biologicals, predatory mites and
nematodes, from a different supplier so I am going to order some this week.
With over 250 different varieties of plants, not counting duplicates I'll
try anything. <g>

Enough blathering. The sun is shining, I'd better get out and get the leaves
off the perennials. The tulips are growing sideways under them.

Ruth  Zavtiz
email: rzavitz@execulink.com
Freelance writer and gardening consultant, zone 5/6 southernOntario
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