Hydroponics The Bengal System 1959

237 Pages·1959·13.76 MB·English

A project of Volunteers
in Asia

Hvdroponics:
The Bensal System

by: J. Sholto
Douglas

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S - the soilless cultivation
of plants - provides a possible solution
to
e of the vital. food pr
face
world
today. Given the
requirements
of a minimu.
. . :.upply of
water this is a science which 5in be p3ctised
successfully, producing
irnl IJL
: -5ive crqb
s on roof-tops.
in f-Sty ;;~Ams
a&
s, in vi!lage fields anil IT”~ rren
me orthodcx
soil culture
nfruitful
or uneconomic.

is the originator
of t
droponics,
and this
ctions for the setting up of
aratus, the choice of aggregate and
and the general technique
of
ss culture.
The system has proved
cessful in many countries;
and
rnateur gardener
and the large
ercial grower will
find this book of
sistance in raising crops of
es, fruits, and other food-stu
Lt also contains useful information
on the
growing
of fiowers without
soil.

The worldwide
popularity
and usefu
of this work, now in its fifth edition,
has
prompted
the author tu once more fully
revise the text and add a new chapter on
other systems of
ening and faming
‘ng interested
readers
al of the kind that they
co~forl~
to paxticullar
al conditions.
A large number of me-w
arns and photographs
illustrate
and
enliven
the text.

‘In addition
to full instructioP1s for the setting ti;s oi ei;e