Effects of some growing media on the growth of strawberry cvs. 'Camarosa' and 'Fern'

Abstract

S u m m a r yThis study evaluated the development of above and under ground parts of strawberry plants cvs. Fern and Camarosa in a glasshouse using perlite, forest soil, finpeat, peat, finpeat+perlite (1:1) and peat+perlite (1:1) as substrates. The effects of different growing media on development of above and under ground parts of plant were statistically significant. The highest number of primary roots per plant, length of the most developed roots and number of crowns per runner were obtained from perlite, finpeat+perlite and peat medium, respectively, in both cultivars. The runner length, number of runners per plant, leaf area, fresh root weight and dry root weight varied between cultivars according to growth medium. In general peat, finpeat or finpeat+per-lite gave the best results in terms of above and under ground parts of plants in both cultivars.Some important properties such as water retention capacity, cation exchangeable capacity, pH, porosity etc. of growing media using in this study were also determined.

The effect of substrates on yield and quality of strawberry fruits cultivated in a heated foil tunnel

“…The substrate containing 50% of coconut chips and 50% of peat brick showed better properties for strawberry cultivation, which translated into the quantity and quality of the fruit yield obtained. Results achieved confirm findings of other authors, who demonstrated substantial differences in the assessed parameters of plants as affected by substrate type (Ercisli et al, 2005;Wang, Millner, 2009;Jafarnia et al, 2010;Roosta, Afsharipoor, 2012;Martinez et al, 2013). Research conducted by many authors (Ameri et al, 2012;Ebrahimi et al, 2012) point to higher yields of strawberries cultivated in the substrate containing coconut.…”

“…Using coconut as a substrate produced good results in plant cultivation owing to its high water capacity and appropriate air conditions (Stamps, Evans 1997). The research conducted so far has pointed to the direct influence of the applied substrate on the growth and development of plants (Ercisli et al, 2005;Ayesha et al, 2011) as well as on yield quality (Yavari et al, 2008). This necessitates the search for the appropriate type of medium for the cultivation of a particular plant species.…”

Response in Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch. ‘Sweet Charlie’) Growth to Different Substrates and Containers under Greenhouse

“…The number of leaves decreased as the soil amount increased in the media (Selda and Anapali, 2010). Similarly Ericisli et al, (2005) also reported soilless substrates were effective on growth of strawberry cultivars in terms of above and underground parts of plants. But the contrasting results were reported by Selda and Anapali, 2010, according to them perlite contain 6.9% aluminum which at low pH may be released into the solution and adversely affect the growth of strawberry plants.…”

Growth and flowering of Helleborus argutifolius (Viviani) grown in pots depending on substrate type

“…In our experiment, the medium with perlite had a negative effect on the number of shoots in October. Similarly, E r c i s l i et al [19] obtained strawberry 'Fern' with a higher number of runners and with a higher number of crowns on runners in peat than in medium with peat and perlite (1:1 v:v).…”