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From taking cuttings to winning new customers, this is the definitive guide to growing beautiful organic flowers for enjoyment or profit.

The first edition of The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower’s Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers helped thousands of small growers start successful cut-flower businesses. This expanded and thoroughly revised second edition has become equally influential for backyard novices and experienced growers alike.

New sections in this edition include:• Utilizing greenhouses
• Recommendations for flower cultivars
• Post-harvest handling

Also updated is the acclaimed resource directory, complete with sources of seeds, plants and supplies, and expert information on organic production under the National Organic Program.

For the beginner and backyard gardener, there is an extensive section on the basics, including:
• Variety selection
• Soil preparation
• Planting, cultivation & harvest
• Floral design

For the commercial grower, The Flower Farmer, 2nd Edition includes information about:
• Larger-scale production
• Advice about selling to florists, wholesalers, and supermarkets
• Understanding the wedding and farmers market customers

This updated edition also includes revised profiles of successful growers, offering behind-the-scenes insight into the operation of some of the most cutting-edge flower farmers in the country. Because of the extensive revisions and enhanced content, The Flower Farmer, 2nd Edition is essential reading for those already in the flower business, as well as those who dream of growing flowers for enjoyment or profit.
From taking cuttings to winning new customers, this is the definitive guide to growing beautiful organic flowers for enjoyment or profit.

The first edition of The Flower Farmer: An Organic Grower’s Guide to Raising and Selling Cut Flowers helped thousands of small growers start successful cut-flower businesses. This expanded and thoroughly revised second edition has become equally influential for backyard novices and experienced growers alike.

New sections in this edition include:• Utilizing greenhouses
• Recommendations for flower cultivars
• Post-harvest handling

Also updated is the acclaimed resource directory, complete with sources of seeds, plants and supplies, and expert information on organic production under the National Organic Program.

For the beginner and backyard gardener, there is an extensive section on the basics, including:
• Variety selection
• Soil preparation
• Planting, cultivation & harvest
• Floral design

For the commercial grower, The Flower Farmer, 2nd Edition includes information about:
• Larger-scale production
• Advice about selling to florists, wholesalers, and supermarkets
• Understanding the wedding and farmers market customers

This updated edition also includes revised profiles of successful growers, offering behind-the-scenes insight into the operation of some of the most cutting-edge flower farmers in the country. Because of the extensive revisions and enhanced content, The Flower Farmer, 2nd Edition is essential reading for those already in the flower business, as well as those who dream of growing flowers for enjoyment or profit.
Über den Autor
LYNN BYCZYNSKI
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Garten & Natur
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781933392653
ISBN-10: 1933392657
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Byczynski, Lynn
Illustrator: Wimbiscus, Robin
Auflage: Revised and updated second edition
Hersteller: Chelsea Green Publishing Co
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 252 x 201 x 20 mm
Von/Mit: Lynn Byczynski
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.06.2013
Gewicht: 0,792 kg
Artikel-ID: 102060246

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