Electro-Horticulture: The Secret to Faster Growth, Larger Yields & More... Using Electricity!
The definitive beginner's guide to electroculture — written by Electric Fertilizer founder David Wechsler. Covers the science, history, and practical application of electrical stimulation for home gardens and small farms.
Key Features
- Written by Electric Fertilizer founder David Wechsler
- Covers history, science, and practical setup — no prior knowledge needed
- DIY experiment guides for home gardens and small farms
- Available as PDF, print (Amazon/B&N), and Leanpub digital edition
- ISBN: 978-1-7200-8333-7
Specifications
- Author
- David Wechsler
- Published
- 2014
- ISBN
- 978-1-7200-8333-7
- Formats
- PDF / eBook, Print, Leanpub
- Level
- Beginner to Intermediate
- Pages
- ~120
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Product Details
Electro-Horticulture: The Secret to Faster Growth, Larger Yields & More… Using Electricity!
The science of growing with electricity has a 250-year history — and most gardeners have never heard of it.
Why This Book Exists
When David Wechsler began researching electroculture in the early 2000s, the available literature fell into two camps: dense 19th-century academic monographs, and scattered forum posts from backyard experimenters with no scientific grounding. There was no practical, science-backed guide for the modern curious gardener.
Electro-Horticulture was written to fill that gap.
What You’ll Learn
Part I: The History The earliest documented electroculture experiments date to the 1740s. By 1904, S.A. Lemström had published a systematic study documenting 20–60% yield gains using atmospheric wire systems across multiple crops. This history — largely absent from modern horticulture curricula — is the foundation for everything that follows.
Part II: The Science Plants evolved in an electrified environment. The Earth-atmosphere system maintains a constant 100–200 V/m charge gradient. Lightning strikes fix atmospheric nitrogen. The electroosmotic mechanism that drives nutrient transport in plant tissues responds directly to applied electric fields. Understanding this context transforms electroculture from folk practice to applied plant biophysics.
Part III: Practical Application Step-by-step setup guides for:
- Atmospheric wire collectors and antenna systems
- Soil electrode DC delivery
- Passive pyramid and cone structures
- Copper coil and spiral configurations
- Combined systems for maximum coverage
Part IV: Running Your Own Experiments How to design a simple control/treatment setup in your own garden, what metrics to track, and how to interpret the data you collect.
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Available in three formats to suit how you read:
- PDF / eBook: Purchase and download instantly below
- Print edition: Available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble — search ISBN 978-1-7200-8333-7
- Leanpub: Digital edition at leanpub.com