ISHS Acta Horticulturae 1018: I International Symposium on Organic Matter Management and Compost Use in Horticulture
INFLUENCE OF COW MANURE VERMICOMPOST-SOIL MIXTURES ON TWO FLOWERS SEEDLING CULTIVATION |
| Authors: | Yongli Xu, Chong Wang, Yanmeng Bi, Yi Zhang, Wenling Cheng, Zhenjun Sun, Junying Zhang, Zhongliang Lv, Xinghua Guo |
| Keywords: | vermicompost, cow manure, pot media, flower seedling, soil nutrients |
| DOI: | 10.17660/ActaHortic.2014.1018.64 |
| Abstract:
The aim of this study was to shorten the period of flower seedling cultivation, reducing peat exhausting, and eliminating chemical fertilizer application for environmental protection. Effects of cow manure vermicompost, which will be a substitute of peat, on the growth of two flowers, Pharbitis nil (Linn.) Choisy (P. nil) and Capsicum frutescens var. fasciculatum (C. frutescens), were investigated in a pot experiment at the laboratory. Four levels of vermicompost application in soil were designed, 0%(CK), 10%, 20%, and 30% in volume. Data showed that several factors, plant height, stem width, and dry weight, of P. nil and C. frutescens with 20% vermicompost were significantly higher than those without vermicompost (CK) by 61.8, 22.8, and 39.1% and 66.7, 20.6, and 61.5%, respectively(P<0.05). And nutrients in substrate and plant were determined. Plant adsorption for N, P and K enhanced after vermicompost was added into the substrate. The percentage of vermicompost in this study was 20% v/v, which stimulated two flower seedlings growth. | |
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