Garden Weeds, Diseases and Pests Books
A weed is a plant in the wrong place. Or is it? We have many aggressive weeds in the Northwest that are damaging our ecology. Know thy foe! Pests and Diseases are always in the wrong place.
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American Horticultural Society Pests and Diseases: The Complete Guide to Preventing, Identifying and Treating Plant Problems
Book Description The unrivaled practical handbook for the identification, treatment and prevention of plant problems.
Guidance from the experts in the Identification, treatment, and prevention of plant pests, diseases, and disorders. Whether you need to identify a pest, want to know how to prevent plant problems, or are looking for alternatives to pesticides, you will find the answers in AHS Pests & Diseases. How do you know if an insect is beneficial or destructive? AHS Pests & Diseases identifies valuable insects and pest predators as well as the troublemakers. Can you identify a problem if you don't know the name of a plant? The illustrated catalog of plant problems is grouped according to whether leaves, stems, flowers, roots, or fruits are attacked. Simply compare the photographs with the affected part of your plant to find out what is wrong. Is a particular plant susceptible to disease? The A-Z, plant-by-plant listing tells you which particular ailments individual plants are most likely to suffer from. Are pesticides always necessary? Many common problems can be controlled by good gardening practice and simple preventive measures. AHS Pests and Diseases provides authoritative advice on pesticide-free solutions wherever appropriate. AHS Pests & Diseases is the practical handbook gardeners have been waiting for.
Ball Pest & Disease Manual: Disease, Insect, and Mite Control on Flower and Foliage Crops
Book Description: This second edition includes all-new, updated pesticide, cultural, and environmental control information that allows you to learn about the "holistic" approach to managing plant health to save time and money. Chapters are organized in an easy-to-reference format for quick diagnosis and results.
Diseases of Annuals and Perennials
Book Description: The first in-depth book on annual and perennial diseases that emphasizes problem identification. It shows foliar diseases, root and stem diseases, and virus and mycoplasma diseases. Features 494 color photos.
Insect, Disease and Weed I.D. Guide
Book Description: Find-it-Fast Organic Solutions for Your Garden
Insect, Disease and Weed I.D. Guide is like four books in one - this thorough and colorful guide provides quick identification of the most common garden pests, diseases, and weeds, and also gives organic solutions for each.
You'll find:
- Keys and tables to help with quick identification
- Color illustrations and color photos for accurate identification
- Information on pests and diseases plaguing vegetables, fruits, ornamentals, and lawns.
IPM for Gardeners, A Guide to Integrated Pest Management
Book Description Since the publication of Silent Spring in 1962, interest in alternative pest-management strategies has increased dramatically. As a way to reduce the use of pesticides and keep plants healthy, integrated pest management (IPM) has evolved to emphasize prevention, early diagnosis (or "scouting"), and long-term control strategies — not quick fixes. Many nurseries, land-use agencies, and public gardens now require the use of IPM as an intelligent, real-world system to raise plants in an environmentally responsible manner. Despite a plethora of technical IPM training manuals, no book until now has distilled its core philosophy for the home gardener, so that he or she can learn to manage plant health as the professionals do, based on scientific principles. In IPM for Gardeners, a team of experts explains how any gardener can use IPM techniques for success at home. Authoritative, well-illustrated, and packed with case studies, this volume promises to change the way we see our gardens.
Northwest Weeds: The Ugly and Beautiful Villains of Fields, Gardens, and Roadsides
A book to help you identify the beautiful and ugly weeds in the Pacific Northwest. Illustrated with full-color photos and identifying characteristics of each weed. Also gives origin of plants, distribution and aggressiveness of each species.
The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to Keeping Your Garden & Yard Healthy Without Chemicals
Book Description End your worries about garden problems with safe, effective solutions from The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control!
* Easy-to-use problem-solving encyclopedia covers more than 200 vegetables, fruits, herbs, flowers, trees, and shrubs
* Complete directions on how, when, and where to use preventive methods, insect traps and barriers, biocontrols, homemade remedies, botanical insecticides, and more.
* More than 350 color photos for quick identification of insect pests, beneficial insects, and plant diseases
Newly revised with the latest, safest organic controls.
A New York Times Best Gardening Book
Weedless Gardening
Book Description Conventional wisdom says to garden from the bottom up, turning over the soil every spring until your back aches. Ironically, this does such a good job aerating that gardeners spend the rest of the season pulling weeds and replacing the suddenly energized (and easily used up) nutrients. Mother nature, on the other hand, gardens from the top down-layering undisturbed soil with leaves and other organic materials. In following this example and synthesizing the work of other perceptive gardeners, Lee Reich presents a compelling new system called weedless gardening.
THE WEEDLESS GARDEN is good for plants and it's good for people. It protects the soil, contributes to plant health, reduces water needs, cuts down on a gardener's labor, encourages earthworms and, of course, mitigates weed problems by keeping the seeds dormant. Four basic tenets form the system's backbone-minimize soil disruption; protect soil surface; avoid soil compaction; use drip irrigation-and the way to get there is simple. For a new bed or established garden, layering is key, and the perfect material to use is also among the most common-newspaper. Add organic mulch and compost on top, and plants are growing in rich, self-generating humus. From vegetable gardening to flower gardens to planting trees, shrubs, and vines, THE WEEDLESS GARDEN works everywhere-allowing the gardener to work quite a bit less.
Weeds of the West
Weeds of the West is an extensive (640 pages), easy-to-use guide written by seven Extension Specialists and published by the Wyoming Agricultural Extension. 900 color photographs show more than 350 weed species occurring in 12 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. The authors describe early growth stages, stages of maturity, and features for the positive identification for each weed. An invaluable reference for all serious gardeners and commercial farmers.
Western Garden Problem Solver
From Ingram Western Garden Problem Solver" is the first major reference guide that addresses the pests, plant diseases, and weeds particular to the western climate zones, soil, and topography. Approx. 600 photos & illustrations. Charts .
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