Re: Starting from seed
- Subject: Re: Starting from seed
- From: R* F*
- Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 14:34:13 -0400
I AGREE!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "David King" <greenman@ucla.edu>
To: <perennials@mallorn.com>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: Starting from seed
> It just so happens that the following review will appear in the upcoming
The
> Gardener's Companion, published by Lili Singer in Los Angeles, CA. This
> particular information is applicable to anyone, however.
>
>
> The New Seed-Starters Handbook
> by Nancy Bubel
> Rodale Press, 1988, paper, $15.95 Paperback - 385 pages (April 1988)
Rodale
> Press; ISBN: 0878577521
>
> With all the books available, I have found only a couple to be
consistently
> useful when seeking horticultural advice. Kept close at hand and
frequently
> tattered, their pages smudged with soil and plant juices trailed from my
fingers,
> these references have been essential to my success in the garden. One is
Sunset's
> Western Garden Book. Another is Nancy Bubel's classic on seed starting,
one of my
> special interests.
>
> Many gardeners think seed starting is a waste of time -- too much hassle,
too
> difficult and with too little reward. After all, a trip to any nursery
will
> reveal so many already-growing plants that can be plopped in the ground
for
> instant gratification. I find this limiting. Plants that are too new, too
old,
> outside the mainstream or ones that simply do not transplant well are
often
> unavailable at nurseries. Choices expand one hundred fold or more to the
gardener
> willing to begin with a seed. And, with guidance, success is likely and
very
> gratifying.
>
> The original Seed-Starters Handbook was published in 1978, and my
hardbound copy
> was used throughout my first few years of gardening. The New Seed-Starters
> Handbook, from one decade later, was greatly enhanced and the material was
> updated. While the source lists, by now, are quite out of date, the
information
> on growing media and technique is timeless. This is one of the most
"information
> rich" manuals available on growing things from seed.
>
> I call this book indispensable. You can find it easily enough on-line, but
look
> for it at a steep discount in your local Borders or Barnes and Noble. I
bought my
> current paperback copy for $4.00. -David King
>
>
> DAVID KING IS A WEST LOS ANGELES FREELANCE WRITER AND AVID GARDENER.
>
>
>
>
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