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Media and Mixes for Container-Grown Plants

A manual on the preparation and use of growing media for pot plants

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  • © 1988

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  1. A. C. Bunt

    1. Glasshouse Research Institute, Littlehampton, Sussex, UK

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages iii-xxi
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  2. Loam or loamless media?

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    Pages 1-5

  3. Materials for loamless mixes

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    Pages 6-39

  4. Physical aspects

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    Pages 40-63

  5. Principles of nutrition

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    Pages 64-93

  6. Nitrogen

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    Pages 94-119

  7. Other macroelements

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    Pages 120-150

  8. Microelements

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    Pages 151-173

  9. Mix formulation and preparation

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    Pages 174-200

  10. Liquid feeding

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    Pages 201-228

  11. Irrigation systems

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    Pages 229-234

  12. John Innes composts

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    Pages 235-247

  13. Heat pasteurization

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    Pages 248-264

  14. Chemical sterilization

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    Pages 265-270

  15. Plant containers, modules and blocks

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    Pages 271-283

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 284-309
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The past two decades have seen rapid advances in the technology used to produce pot plants. Glasshouses designed and orientated to give maxi­ mum light transmission, fully automatic heating and ventilating systems, carbon dioxide enrichment of the atmosphere, controlled photoperiods using automatic blackouts and incandescent lamps which enable plants such as chrysanthemum to be flowered at any time of the year, mist propagation techniques, chemical growth regulators which control the height of plants, automatic watering and feeding systems, etc.: these are only some of the developments which have transformed pot plant culture. There have also been many changes in the composts and systems used to grow the plants. Mineral soils, which formed the basis of the John Innes composts, are now either too expensive or too difficult to obtain in suitable quality and sufficient quantity. Consequently the grower has been forced to seek other materials such as peat, perlite, vermiculite, plastic foam, shredded bark, etc. New types of fertilizers, new methods of heat sterilization and new chemical sterilizing agents are also being used.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Glasshouse Research Institute, Littlehampton, Sussex, UK

    A. C. Bunt

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Media and Mixes for Container-Grown Plants

  • Book Subtitle: A manual on the preparation and use of growing media for pot plants

  • Authors: A. C. Bunt

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7904-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: A. C. Bunt 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-011-7906-5Published: 23 August 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-7904-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXI, 309

  • Number of Illustrations: 47 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Forestry, Plant Physiology

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology

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