EVALUATION OF THREE PLANTING DISTANCES AND THREE SYSTEMS OF PRUNING IN CAPE GOOSEBERRY UNDER GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS

A plastic greenhouse test was carried out in Duitama, Boyacá (Colombia) planting cape gooseberry, selected from the region, using three planting distances: (a) double rows at 1.2 m, 0.8 m between single lines and 0.8 m between plants with 12 500 plants/ha. (b) double rows at 1.5 m, 1 m between single lines and 1 m between plants with 8 000 plants/ha. (c) double rows at 1.5 m, 1.2 m between single lines and 1.2 m between plants with 6 170 plants/ha.

Plants were pruned leaving four main axes with (1) 300 fruits/plants, (2) 480 fruits/plant, (3) 676 fruits/plant and (4) without pruning.

Best results were obtained with treatment a/1: 22.4 t/ha; a/2: 19.9 t/ha; a/3: 16.0 t/ha; b/3: 14.9 t/ha and b/1: 11.5 t/ha.
It was found that the differences in production are determined more by planting densities than by the pruning systems (number of fruits per plant).

International Symposium on Fruit Growing in Tropical Highlands

C. Ayala

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1992.310.25