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Soiless culture of cucumbers

Božidar Benko ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zavod za povrćarstvo
Sanja Fabek ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zavod za povrćarstvo

Sažetak

Growing the same species on soil in greenhouse for many years induces various problems (pests and diseases, salinity, soil structure disarrangement, etc.).
A research was carried out to determine the possibility of slice cucumber soilless culture to eliminate problems of conventional cucumbers growing. Two cucumber cultivars were grown on peat and perlite.
The number of marketable fruits per m2 varied between 30.3 and 35.7, while fruit weight was measured in range from 221 to 238 g (with cultivar Gemini grown on peat and perlite). Depending on cultivar and substrate type, the marketable yield varied from 6.68 to 8.18 kg per m2. Unmarketable fruits rate in total fruits number varied between 5.4 and 11.6 %.
Because of adjustment possibility of added water and amount of nutrients regarding to plant needs in phenological phase and substrate characteristics, growing of cultivar with higher fruit number and marketable yield on inert, inorganic substrate could be recommended.

Ključne riječi

Cucumis sativus L.; cultivar; peat; perlite; marketable yield

Hrčak ID:

163446

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/163446

Datum izdavanja:

2.9.2009.

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