Hobby Hydroponics [Paperback]

Howard M. Resh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2003

Hydroponic means "water working". It goes as far back as the famous hanging gardens of Babylon and the floating gardens of the Aztecs. Today, there are about 1,500 acres of greenhouse Hydroponic vegetables produced in Canada and over 1,000 acres in the U

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Resh has been instrumental in defining the way that many of us approach and see hydroponics. He has helped define the game. Even though he's putting basic hydroponic concepts into hobbyist terms, the information still retains a higher-than-average level of sophistication.
—The Growing Edge

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (July 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0931231949
• ISBN-13: 978-0931231940
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very informative, March 20, 2008

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Eugene V. Sheely - See all my reviews
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I have read several books on hydroponics and have found this to be the most comprehensive and useful (this is the first book I have read by this author). There are things I would have liked to have seen included, such as what size pumps that are needed for different applications, or how to determine this, but the book is full of useful information. The education and experience level of the author seems to be much greater than that of other hydroponics authors whose books I have read. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to gain a greater knowledge of how to develop a small scale hydroponics program.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars General basic foundation for hydroponics, May 4, 2010

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Bean Slap (COLORADO) - See all my reviews

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The book gives a good overall understanding of hydroponics so that a beginner (like myself) can feel confident in a general knowledge of the subject to get started. The only complaint I had is that the author goes through a variety of hydroponic systems and describes them all. For someone that wants to try and build their own that could be a bit of a time waster.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Book on what's out there more than what hydroponics is., September 27, 2011

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I will start by saying that I don't think this book is a waste of time for everyone. If you are interesting in shelling out hundreds of dollars to get a hydroponic garden established, this book would be a good starting point because about half the book is dedicated to providing an overview of what systems are available for purchase. I was disappointed because these systems do not seem very complicated, yet the only part of the book that goes over building your own system is a half-page discussion of how some Latin American countries supported the creation and distribution of a homemade type of system. There are a lot of pictures and diagrams, but they don't tend to supplement the descriptions of the concepts in a way that improves the reader's understanding. I would have liked to see more breadth and diagrams dedicated to the fundamentals of the different types of hydroponics and how they work.