Beneficial Effect of Coconut Fiber and Peat on the Physical Quality of Nursery Substrates

Sangare, Mama; Nemati, Mohammad; Fortin, Jean-Simon

doi:10.17660/actahortic.2013.1013.20

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“…But properties of coconut media such as longer durability and lower cation exchange capacity correspond to good rooting of lavender cotton in our own research. In addition, Sangaré et al (2013) claim that a nursery medium consisting of aged bark and Canadian peat (1:1 v:v) with an addition of 30% coconut has a better relative gas diffusivity about 47%. Peats from the Nordic and the Baltic countries shrink under the influence of lime at a dose above 4 g m -3 (Maher and Prasad 2004).…”

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Assessment of the usefulness of selected media used in the rooting process of lavender cotton shoot cuttings

Szczepaniak

Guzikowski

Henschke

2016

Folia Horticulturae

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Lavender cotton (Santolina chamaecyparissus L.) shoot cuttings, obtained from two-year-old mother plants, were rooted in five different media under an unheated foil tunnel. Two ready-made and widely recommended media were used: Hartmann peat substrate and Ceres peat-coconut substrate, as well as three prepared mixtures: high peat + mineral soil, high peat + perlite and high peat + sand. The influence of medium type on the number of rooted cuttings and the quality of the root system was assessed for two cultivation times during a three-year study after eight weeks from the date of cutting. As far as the ready-made rooting substrates are concerned, Ceres peat-coconut substrate turned out to be better when compared with the Hartmann substrate. The number of high quality rooted cuttings was larger when media containing high peat mixed with either mineral soil or sand were used in comparison with the mixture of high peat and perlite.

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Assessment of the usefulness of selected media used in the rooting process of lavender cotton shoot cuttings

Szczepaniak

Guzikowski

Henschke

2016

Folia Horticulturae

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Primocane red raspberry response to fertigation EC, types of substrate and propagation methods

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Nemati³

et al. 2017

Europ.J.Hortic.Sci.

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Research on preparing seedling substrates using edible mushroom waste and application

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Wang

Zhang

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To improve the utilisation of mushroom residue waste resources and identify a replaceable matrix material for peat, 10 different formula substrates and three commercially available substrates were examined to determine their physiochemical properties. Furthermore, the correlation and influence of these physicochemical properties on the substrates were explored. Pot experiments were conducted using Brassica campestris L. ssp. chinensis Makino var. communis Tsen et Lee (cabbage), Brassica chinensis L. (pakchoi), Cucumis sativus L. (cucumber), and Cucurbita moschata Duch. ex-Poiret (pumpkin). The results showed that the matrix was most significantly affected by water-holding porosity, aeration porosity, air-water ratio, total porosity, pH, electrical conductivity (EC), available phosphorous (AP), and available potassium (AK). The random forest (RFF) model indicated that pH and total nitrogen (TN) had the strongest influence on the plant height and stem diameter of the cabbage. Moreover, pH, water-holding porosity, and total porosity most significantly influenced the plant height, stem diameter, and seedling vigour index. AP and air-water ratio substantially affected the root length and root-to-crown ratio of the cucumbers, while EC, air-water ratio, and AP influenced the stem diameter, root length, and seedling vigour index of the pumpkin most. The biological characteristics of the four vegetables during the pot experiment indicated that the overall effect of the 10 substrates supplemented with perlite and vermiculite was better than in the basic group. Of these, T2 (mushroom waste: sawdust: catalyst: vermiculite = 8:2:5:5) displayed the best result and could be used as an alternative for peat seedling.

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Beneficial Effect of Coconut Fiber and Peat on the Physical Quality of Nursery Substrates

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Assessment of the usefulness of selected media used in the rooting process of lavender cotton shoot cuttings

Assessment of the usefulness of selected media used in the rooting process of lavender cotton shoot cuttings

Primocane red raspberry response to fertigation EC, types of substrate and propagation methods

Research on preparing seedling substrates using edible mushroom waste and application

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