The Vegetable Growers Handbook
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About The Vegetable Growers Handbook
A comprehensive gardeners guide to growing over 50 vegetables. Ideal for enthusiastic amateur gardeners, and experienced professionals alike. Covering the essentials of planting, spacing, plant care, harvesting, storing, different varieties and potential problems with each variety, this invaluable app will soon have your table full of delicious home grown vegetables!
Klaus Laitenberger - the author of this app - has written 3 books on growing vegetables - here's what other people have had to say about his work:
"Klaus Laitenberger has already written a general book on vegetable gardening and started a seed company. Now he's produced a new book called "Vegetables for the Polytunnel and Greenhouse". What makes it unusual, if not unique, is that it's firmly based on hands-on experience gained in one of the more difficult parts of the country for growing things.
The approach is strictly organic, although most of the information is also relevant to gardeners who are not as purist. It's self-published but excellently laid out and beautifully illustrated. He writes in a clear and orderly way in English that is fluent but occasionally has a turn of phrase that reminds you that it's not his first language. And, although it's aimed at beginners I learnt a lot from it, and I'm hardly a beginner at this
stage." - Dick Warner - Irish Examiner
'I was brought up short when I came across an inspiring new book this week 'Vegetables of the Polytunnel and Greenhouse' by Klaus Laitenberger. Formerly the Head Gardener at the Organic Centre at Rossinver, Co. Leitrim he has been growing vegetables organically for 20 years in the UK and Ireland. He lays out a successional growing programme, month-by-month, vegetable-by-vegetable which will almost double the productivity of the plot and really keep you in vegetables all year round.' Caroline Foley - The Guardian
Klaus Laitenberger - the author of this app - has written 3 books on growing vegetables - here's what other people have had to say about his work:
"Klaus Laitenberger has already written a general book on vegetable gardening and started a seed company. Now he's produced a new book called "Vegetables for the Polytunnel and Greenhouse". What makes it unusual, if not unique, is that it's firmly based on hands-on experience gained in one of the more difficult parts of the country for growing things.
The approach is strictly organic, although most of the information is also relevant to gardeners who are not as purist. It's self-published but excellently laid out and beautifully illustrated. He writes in a clear and orderly way in English that is fluent but occasionally has a turn of phrase that reminds you that it's not his first language. And, although it's aimed at beginners I learnt a lot from it, and I'm hardly a beginner at this
stage." - Dick Warner - Irish Examiner
'I was brought up short when I came across an inspiring new book this week 'Vegetables of the Polytunnel and Greenhouse' by Klaus Laitenberger. Formerly the Head Gardener at the Organic Centre at Rossinver, Co. Leitrim he has been growing vegetables organically for 20 years in the UK and Ireland. He lays out a successional growing programme, month-by-month, vegetable-by-vegetable which will almost double the productivity of the plot and really keep you in vegetables all year round.' Caroline Foley - The Guardian
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What are users saying about The Vegetable Growers Handbook
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I really like it, but I wish I could add my own vegetables that I was growing and have their information. Like an encyclopedia section that I can edit myself.
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Not 5 because some pretty well known vegis. Were left out . Not 4.5 because stores to dumb
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Dumbed-down instructions for growing limited species of each type of vegetable. No instructions at all on Southern region specific crops (below zone 6) so if you live South of Virginia, there's no good info you can use. Also, does NOT include alternatives to GMO fertilizers, in fact the app encourages the use of off-the-shelf fertilizers by continuously using the phrase "requires very fertile soil" without explaining what soil amendments can be used to insure fertilization is met without using GMO, mass-produced fertilizers, nor does it explain how to achieve a specialized level of fertilization, which is different for every plant. The app also never explains what a "sheltered location" is so it's very possible for people to get confused and put their corn crops (or other sun-lovers) in the shade where they think they are "sheltered" or "protected". In short, if you've never ever even tried to think about doing basic gardening for the creation of your own food (in which case you would likely not be reading this review, since you have not even had the slightest inkling of doing any gardening, much less grabbing a gardening app) this app would be slightly informative. If, however, you are like me and wish to take your organic vegetable garden to the next level, you are sadly mistaken if you believe this app will teach anything new. If you're strictly non-GMO like me, I recommend Pinterest.
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No US measurement system. I dislike the fact I have to stick with the metric system and have no way of changing that option.
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Not eveyone uses metric convert to inches in parenthesis. Get green onions they have more than one kind of onion but this is ok
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I know is called vegetable grower but it could include fruits and flowers as it is so well organised! Well done, thanks.
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The only gardening app you'll need!!
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Nice daily useable app but need updates
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Perfect guide for everything I need to grow my own veg. Love it. So much information.
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Not enough information on most plants
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No invasive permissions!
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Deadly
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I didn't find it helpful
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I received a pack of seeds today and then downloaded this. Very good app. Thanks
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All you need to know. Simple and effective. Great App to have to hand when you are down the allotment!
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Perfect guide for everything I need to grow my own veg. Love it. So much information.
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I came across this guy via the excellent tutorials he has done for Quickcrop so this is hugely helpful and very cheap for what amounts to everything you need on one app. So easy to use and very portable. Thank you.
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Great easy to use app. Gives all the basic information necessary to grow a wide variety of vegetables in a wonderful "no fuss" manner. A must have accessory for any gardener from novice to experienced. Would highly recommend.
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Extremely detailed app - great pictures and descriptions of exactly how to sow and harvest tons of vegetables, with an emphasis on how much to grow to feed a family. Very useful.
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Not helpful to me in Australia. Very basic info.