TY - CHAP
T1 - Composting and characterization of organic substrates used for tomato production under greenhouse conditions
AU - Masaguer, A.
AU - Magadan, G.
AU - Zárate, B. H.
AU - Ortíz, B.
PY - 2013/11/20
Y1 - 2013/11/20
N2 - This work was done in the company "Vegetales de Oaxaca SPR de RL" Trinidad Zaachila, Oaxaca (South Mexico) during spring-summer 2011. We have evaluated nine growing media, volume mixes of different local materials composted: pine bark + peat (70:30); maguey bagasse + peat (70:30), Morelos coconut fiber + peat (70:30), pine bark + maguey bagasse (50:50), coconut fiber Rio Grande (100%) Morelos coconut fiber (100%), peanut hulls (100%) and maguey bagasse (100%). All these mixtures had been used during a previous crop cycle. Pine sawdust that had not been used before, served as control substrate. Bagasse mixtures maguey + peat (70:30), pine bark + peat (70:30), coconut fiber Rio Grande (100%) Morelos coconut fiber (100%) and maguey bagasse + bark pine (50:50 v: v), showed better yields 6.592 kg.plant-1, 5.950 kg.plant -1, 5.602 kg.plant-1, 5.271 kg.plant-1 and 5.154 kg plant-1, respectively. The height and width variables showed no significant differences. The treatment showing best performance, best height, fresh weight of leaves, stems and roots was agave bagasse + peat (70:30).
AB - This work was done in the company "Vegetales de Oaxaca SPR de RL" Trinidad Zaachila, Oaxaca (South Mexico) during spring-summer 2011. We have evaluated nine growing media, volume mixes of different local materials composted: pine bark + peat (70:30); maguey bagasse + peat (70:30), Morelos coconut fiber + peat (70:30), pine bark + maguey bagasse (50:50), coconut fiber Rio Grande (100%) Morelos coconut fiber (100%), peanut hulls (100%) and maguey bagasse (100%). All these mixtures had been used during a previous crop cycle. Pine sawdust that had not been used before, served as control substrate. Bagasse mixtures maguey + peat (70:30), pine bark + peat (70:30), coconut fiber Rio Grande (100%) Morelos coconut fiber (100%) and maguey bagasse + bark pine (50:50 v: v), showed better yields 6.592 kg.plant-1, 5.950 kg.plant -1, 5.602 kg.plant-1, 5.271 kg.plant-1 and 5.154 kg plant-1, respectively. The height and width variables showed no significant differences. The treatment showing best performance, best height, fresh weight of leaves, stems and roots was agave bagasse + peat (70:30).
KW - Compost
KW - Maguey
KW - Organic waste
KW - Pine bark
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U2 - 10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.1013.50
DO - 10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.1013.50
M3 - Capítulo
AN - SCOPUS:84892694455
SN - 9789066057364
T3 - Acta Horticulturae
SP - 403
EP - 408
BT - International Symposium on Growing Media, Composting and Substrate Analysis
PB - International Society for Horticultural Science
ER -