- Paperback: 210 pages
- Publisher: Collier Books (April 1986)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0020811802
- ISBN-13: 978-0020811800
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,385,955 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Accenting the negative, Pregosin delivers emphatic don'ts in her entertaining, dependable guide. Owner of Village Green, a garden shop in Brooklyn, N.Y., the author advises: don't fall for bargain plants at supermarkets or specimens hawked by street vendors; don't buy the wrong plant (for you); don't give your choices too much or too little food or water; don't suffer their enemies to live, etc. Accompanying the prohibitions are data on evidence of mishandling and instruction on breaking bad plant-care habits. The last words sum up: "How not to pay big money for a big mistake." Pictures not seen by PW.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
With a sense of humor and lots of practical information on selecting and coping with houseplants, Pregosin leads the indoor gardener through the basics of growing attractive plants. She inspires confidence in the gardener who wants to prune plants and propagate new plants from mature specimens. This handbook will be especially useful to the beginner and intermediate grower. Occasionally the references to the Brooklyn plant shop where the author works sound a bit like a repetitious TV commerical. Still, the information outweighs the commerical plugs. Recommended. Dale Luchsinger, formerly with Agnes Scott Coll. Lib., Athens, Ga.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
HOW NOT TO KILL YOUR HOUSEPLANTS,
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This review is from: How Not to Kill Your Houseplants: The Foolproof Guide to Lush, Healthy Plants (Paperback)
This amazing book contains all the information you will probably ever need to sucessfully grow houseplants. Many great tips for propagation are also included. This book, listed as 'The foolproof guide to lush, healthy plants', absolutely is the best I have come across concerning the nitty-gritty details of houseplant care. The author writes in a friendly style and includes many examples of common mistakes (which most books don't include) we all make. I heartily recomend 'How not to kill your houseplants'.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Reads like a novel,
By A Customer
This review is from: How Not to Kill Your Houseplants: The Foolproof Guide to Lush, Healthy Plants (Paperback)
This book has about three or four useful tips, but you have to read through a lot of blah blah and pointless story telling to get to them. So if you're looking for a short to the point "do this, don't do that" and "buy this plant, not that one" this is not the book for you. It has no information on how to care for specific plants, it's all general. I sent mine back.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Reads like a novel,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: How Not to Kill Your Houseplants: The Foolproof Guide to Lush, Healthy Plants (Paperback)
This book has about three or four useful tips, but you have to read through a lot of blah blah and pointless story telling to get to them. So if you're looking for a short to the point "do this, don't do that" and "buy this plant, not that one" this is not the book for you. It has no information on how to care for specific plants, it's all general. I sent mine back.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
HOW NOT TO KILL YOUR HOUSEPLANTS,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: How Not to Kill Your Houseplants: The Foolproof Guide to Lush, Healthy Plants (Paperback)
This amazing book contains all the information you will probably ever need to sucessfully grow houseplants. Many great tips for propagation are also included. This book, listed as 'The foolproof guide to lush, healthy plants', absolutely is the best I have come across concerning the nitty-gritty details of houseplant care. The author writes in a friendly style and includes many examples of common mistakes (which most books don't include) we all make. I heartily recomend 'How not to kill your houseplants'.
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