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Grow-Box Gardens

by Dr. Jacob Mittleider

Grow-Box Gardens

Paperback

ISBN: 0912800151

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Book Description

The Mittleider Method of Grow-box gardening is a synthesis of the best features of several major methods of gardening - organic, conventional, and hydroponic - giving the plant access to all available soil nutrients and microbial activity, adequate feeding and pest control, and high-density planting in a controlled environment. This book, loved by many thousands of successful gardeners around the world, is a step-by-step guidebook to Mittleider's methods for use by the home gardener. Hundreds of pictures and graphic illustrations make learning simple and pleasant. This book is a must-have for the home gardener with soil problems or space limitations.

Comments
"Abundant food now flourishing on once arid and unproductive and because of the skill and ingenuity of Jacob Mittleider is a source of great hope to the world's hungry peoples whose desperate cries have echoed around the world.

This book will be hailed by many as a practical contribution to make food production more efficient. Mittleider's demonstrations and institutes everywhere have proved that his method can be used by anyone, anywhere, to transform unproductive lands and greatly increase food crop yields. This book will transform your garden and produce beautiful gardens where now only thorns and weeds are growing."
Willis j. Hackett, VP SDA World Conference

"...Our gardens this year have been remarkable. First we planted again in Mitt boxes on the flat roof of our converted factory in Poughkeepsie New York and have again had abundant greens, collards, mizuna and swiss chard, plus cucumbers and cherry tomatoes. We even did well with sweet peas up there. "

Joschoon Beck, Poughkeepsie, NY

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Table of Contents:

  1. What is the Mittleider Method?
  2. Garden Grow-Boxes
  3. How to Make Grow-Boxes
  4. Using "Custom-made Soil"
  5. Planning Your Garden Layout
  6. Planting Your Garden Grow-box
  7. Watering and Feeding Your Plants
  8. Helping Plants Grow
  9. Greenhouse-sheltered Grow-Boxes
  10. Making a Simple Greenhouse
  11. Successful Greenhouse Gardening
  12. Coldweather Gardening
  13. Starting Seedlings for Transplanting
  14. The Mittleider Method in Open Furrow
  15. The Harvest
Appendices
  1. Questions Often Asked
  2. Mittleider Fertilizer Formulas
  3. Plant Nutrient Deficiencies
  4. Materials Lists For Grow-Boxes and Greenhouses
  5. Commercial Applications of The Mittleider Method

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What's New

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Tip of the Day

It's Spring Planting Time! For those of you in the Northern hemisphere who have winters, March and early April are the time you need to be preparing your soil and planting the hardy vegetable crops such as radishes, peas, cabbage and broccoli.

The freeze/thaw cycles of winter have broken up and loosened most soils, so as soon as it's not muddy, go in and give everything a good weeding with the 2-way hoe (see Tools). Weeding thoroughly this early gives you the upper hand, and is very important.

If you grew a Mittleider garden last year, your beds will be easy to re-make. Just apply Pre-Plant and Weekly Feed to the bed area, then till them in, place strings on your stakes, and re-make the beds.

Be sure to re-check the level of each bed accurately, since they may have changed a little. Do not be satisfied with anything more than 1" fall in a 30'-long soil-bed. Good Gardening!

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