ISHS Acta Horticulturae 150: International Symposium on Substrates in Horticulture other than Soils In Situ
STRAWBERRYS SACKS CULTURE ON STEEP GRADIENT SOIL. EVALUATION OF THE SUBSTRATES AND THE SACK TYPE AND POSITION ON THE SLOPE. |
| Authors: | O. Pagès, C. Prado, M. Sauleda |
| Abstract:
Strawberry plants cv. Douglas were cultivated by the sack culture method, without recycled nutrient solution on a steep gradient surface. Experiments were conducted to evaluate substrates (peat-perlite and pine bark-perlite), the type of sack (a single big sack, two small paired sacks and two small paired sacks wrapped in a transparent plastic sheet) and their position on the slope (horizontally aligned and slope aligned). The early yield and total yield was monitored. Results indicated that slope aligned sacks, peat-perlite substrate and small paired sacks produced significantly earlier. These differences were maintained in total yield for sack position and type of sack but not for type of substrate, small paired sacks wrapped in plastic improved the earliest yield. The advantages of this method as compared with the traditional crop with respect to soil and solar energy utilization are also discussed. | |
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