Cocofibre Dust, a New Growing Medium for Plants in the Tropics

Verdonck, O.; Vleeschauwer, D. De; Penninck, R.

doi:10.17660/actahortic.1983.133.25

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“…The range of these alternative materials is much too wide to discuss their individual characteristics, the following are examples to show the diversity: aquatic plant compost (Lumis 1980), peanut hulls (Johnson & Bilderback 1981), rice hulls and cocofibre (Verdonck et al 1983) and sugarcane bagasse (Higaki & Poole 1978). The range of these alternative materials is much too wide to discuss their individual characteristics, the following are examples to show the diversity: aquatic plant compost (Lumis 1980), peanut hulls (Johnson & Bilderback 1981), rice hulls and cocofibre (Verdonck et al 1983) and sugarcane bagasse (Higaki & Poole 1978).…”

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Media and Mixes for Container-Grown Plants

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1988

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Media and Mixes for Container-Grown Plants

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“…Although coir has been described as similar to Sphagnum moss in looks and texture (Verdonck et al, 1983) it has also been described as highly variable in its physical properties (Abad et al, 2005) and in some chemical characteristics (i.e. salinity) (Noguera et al, 1997).…”

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Compost versus vermicompost as substrate constituents for rooting shrub cuttings

Fornés

Mendoza‐Hernández

Belda

2013

Span. j. agric. res.

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The feasibility of composted (C), composted plus vermicomposted (V1) and straight vermicomposted (V2) tomato crop waste as component of rooting media for Euonymus japonicus ‘Microphylla’ and Lavandula angustifolia vegetative propagation was studied. Mixes of C, V1 and V2 with coir fibre (CF) at the proportions 100:0, 75:25, 50:50, 25:75, 0:100 (v:v) were assayed. Physical, physico chemical and nutritional characteristics of all materials and mixes were determined and correlated with cutting rooting and growth performances. The compost and the two vermicomposts were markedly different from CF. They had higher bulk density and lower total porosity than CF. Compost had lower water holding capacity and shrinkage in response to drying than vermicomposts and CF. Compost and vermicomposts were alkaline materials whilst CF was almost neutral. Electrical conductivity (EC) was low in CF and vermicomposts, and high in compost due to the high mineral contents, mainly of K+, SO42– and Na+ in this material. EC and the ions contributing to it (K+, SO42–, Na+) showed highly significative inverse correlations with rooting percentage for the two species and with root and shoot growth but only for E. japonicus. Due to its high EC, compost C (average rooting = 22.5%) performed worse than vermicomposts V1 (av. rooting = 97%) and V2 (av. rooting = 98%) whilst the latter performed similarly to CF control (av. rooting = 100%). Thus vermicomposts appeared to be more appropriate than compost as rooting media constituent.

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“…Coir originates primarily from Sri lanks, India Philippines, Indonesia, Mexico, Costa Rica and Guyana (Evans and Stamps, 1996) and is shipped to the U.S in large bulk bales. Coir dust has many desirable substrate characteristics such as high water holding capacity; excellent drainage; absence of weeds and pathogens; physically resilient; slow decomposition; pH between 6.8 to 7.2, CEC and EC; easily wettable, and a renewable resource without knowing ecological drawbacks (Abad,et al,2005; cresswell,1992); Lennartsson , 1997;Martinez et al,1997;Pill and Ridley, 1998;Verdonck et al, 1983).Due to these favourable characteristic, coir has been extensively used as an environmentally safe substitute for natural peat in container as consider as substrates.…”

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“…These countries are the main source of coir for use in horticulture. Verdonck et al, (1983) were probably the first to mention the horticultural use of coir in the scientific literature. Characteristics of coir dust relevant to its use as a growth medium were recently reviewed by Prasad…”

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GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF VIGNA RADIATA(L.)R.Wilczek UNDER HYDROPONIC SYSTEM

2017

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Cocofibre Dust, a New Growing Medium for Plants in the Tropics

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Media and Mixes for Container-Grown Plants

Media and Mixes for Container-Grown Plants

Compost versus vermicompost as substrate constituents for rooting shrub cuttings

GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF VIGNA RADIATA(L.)R.Wilczek UNDER HYDROPONIC SYSTEM

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