Original scientific paper
Fertilization Has No Influence on Growth and Flowering of Eustoma grandiflorum (Raf.) Shinners Grown as Cut Flower
Mirna ĆURKOVIĆ PERICA
; Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 9a, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ines VRŠEK
; Department of Ornamental Plants, Landscape Architecture and History of Garden Art, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb Croatia
Jadranka SAČER
; Department of Ornamental Plants, Landscape Architecture and History of Garden Art, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb Croatia
Vesna ŽIDOVEC
; Department of Ornamental Plants, Landscape Architecture and History of Garden Art, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb Croatia
Sanja MORIĆ
; Department of Ornamental Plants, Landscape Architecture and History of Garden Art, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, 10000 Zagreb Croatia
Abstract
The fertilization of Eustoma grandiflorum (Raf.) Shinners grown in container in ornamental plant production is oft en empirically based. Previous research shows that the application of chitosan or cultivation technique like nutrient film technique (NFT) improved the performance of the treated cultivars. In order to further improve our knowledge of plant requirements, we measured the growth and flowering of two Eustoma grandiflorum cultivars upon the application of liquid mineral fertilizer „Fertina P” in the 1.5 and 3% concentration. The addition of fertilizer which contains inorganic salts had no impact on the growth and flowering of two tested cultivars ′Flamenco Pecotee Blue′ and ′Mariachi Blue′.
Keywords
cut flower production; Eustoma grandiflorum (Raf.) Shinners; fertilization
Hrčak ID:
31247
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Publication date:
18.12.2008.
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