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A RAPID METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF GROWING MEDIA

Article number

342_27

Pages

243 – 248

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Abstract

A rapid, practical and low-budget method, taking only about 30–40 minutes, has been developed in order to determine dry bulk density, % moisture, % dry matter, % ash, % organic matter, porosity, % water on wet weight following gravity draining, % water on dry weight (watercapacity), water volume %, air volume % and shrinkage.

Classical growing media based on peat mixtures, composted bark, together with samples used in laboratory intercomparison runs, have been tested.

In general, the results were reasonably correlated with the I.S.H.S. international reference method for evaluating the quality criteria of growing media.

Publication

International Symposium on Horticultural Substrates other than Soil in situ

Authors

R. Gabriels, W. Keirsbulck, H. Engels

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https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1993.342.27

Online Articles (45)

2. MICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN MEDIA CONTAINING WORM-WORKED DUCK WASTE

W.R. Carlile | D.P. Wilson

3. EFFECTS OF SELF-HEATING ON BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PEAT

G. Wever | M.H. Hertogh-Pon

4. NITROGEN FORM AND SUSCEPTIBILITY OF PELARGONIUM X HORTORUM TO XANTHOMONAS

B. Digat | F. Lemaire

5. THE DISEASE SUPPRESSIVENESS OF LIGHT-COLOURED SPHAGNUM PEAT AND BIOCONTROL OF PLANT DISEASES WITH STREPTOMYCES SP.

R. Tahvonen

6. RX MEDIA – A CONCEPT FOR GROWING PLANTS IN CONTAINERS

F. A. Pokorny

7. THE EFFECT OF SUPPLEMENTARY LIGHT AND ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY ON GROWTH AND QUALITY OF CUT ROSES

H.R. Gislerod | T. Fjeld | L.M. Mortensen

8. THE CONCENTRATION OF NUTRIENTS FOR GROWING ANTHURIUM ANDREANUM IN SUBSTRATE.

C. Sonneveld | W. Voogt

9. A MOVING FRUIT VEGETABLE CROP

E.A. van Os | R.P. van Zuijdam | A.T.M. Hendrix | V.J.M. Koch

10. EFFECTS OF SHORT TERM SUBSTRATE FLOODING ON GASEOUS EXCHANGE OF CARNATION

F.X. Martínez | X. Fàbregas | L. Tapia | A. Caballero

11. RECIRCULATION SYSTEMS FOR GREENHOUSE VEGETABLES

M.R. Hardgrave

12. OXYGEN CONCENTRATION OF NUTRIENT SOLUTION IN MINERAL WOOLS

L.M. Rivière | S. Charpentier | B. Jeannin | B. Kafka

13. PROBLEM SHIFTS INDUCED BY MODIFIED GROWING SUBSTRATES

A. Vanachter | C. Van Assche | E. Van Wambeke

14. VERY LOW MEDIUM MOISTURE TENSION – A FEASIBLE CRITERION FOR IRRIGATION CONTROL OF CONTAINER-GROWN PLANTS

M. Raviv | S. Medina | Y. Shamir | Z. Ner

15. IMMOBILISATION OF NITROGEN IN POTTING MEDIA

KEVIN A. HANDRECK

16. PRODUCTION OF COMPOST IN A HEAT COMPOSTING PLANT AND TEST OF COMPOST MIXTURES AS GROWING MEDIA FOR GREENHOUSE CULTURES.

L. Jespersen | J. Willumsen

17. GROWTH AND YIELD OF TOMATOES AS INFLUENCED BY DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES, SUBSTRATE VOLUMES AND IRRIGATION FREQUENCIES

M.R. Ismail | M.S. Halimi | K. Jusoh

18. THE USE OF COMPOSTED REFUSE AND SEWAGE AS SUBSTRATE ADDITIVES FOR CONTAINER GROWN PLANTS.

Neil C. Bragg | J. A.R. Walker | E. Stentiford

19. LETTUCE SEEDLING GROWTH ON SUBSTRATE MIXES USING PEAT, CORK, FOREST LITTER AND SAND

M. Martorell | M. Soliva | N. Cañameras | F.X. Martínez | M. dos Reis

20. COMPOST IN FLORICULTURE

U. Tomati | E. Galli | R. Buffone | J. Cegarra Rosique | A. Roig

21. AN EVALUATION OF VARIOUS UK METHODS FOR ESTIMATING AIR-FILLED POROSITY WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO PEAT:CAPOGRO WOOL MIXTURES

P.L. Waller | N.C. Bragg | S.K. Rodgers

22. ALTERNATIVE SUBSTRATES FOR POTTED PLANTS

M. Hansen | H. Grønborg | N. Starkey | L. Hansen

23. PROBLEMS & CONSIDERATIONS IN DETERMINING PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HORTICULTURAL SUBSTRATES

W. C. Fonteno

24. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PEAT SUBSTRATES IN AN EBB/FLOOD IRRIGATION SYSTEM

P. Michiels | R. Hartmann | C. Coussens

25. PEAT AS A SUBSTRATE FOR YEAR ROUND CHRYSANTHEMUM GROWING

J.B.G.M. Verhagen

26. SHRINKAGE, POROSITY CHARACTERIZATION, AND COMPUTER SIMULATION OF HORTICULTURAL SUBSTRATES

S. Bures | F. A. Pokorny | David P. Landau | Mark A. Farmer | Alan M. Ferrenberg

27. WATER CONTENT MEASUREMENTS WITH NON-DESTRUCTIVE DI-ELECTRICAL METHODS IN ROCKWOOL SUBSTRATES

J.F. de Groot

28. A RAPID METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF GROWING MEDIA

R. Gabriels | W. Keirsbulck | H. Engels

29. COMPOST AS GROWING MEDIUM: CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS

P. Nappi | R. Barberis

30. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF FRACTIONATED PEAT

M. Prasad | M.J. Maher

31. IMPROVING NUTRIENT AND MOISTURE RETENTION IN PINE BARK SUBSTRATES WITH ROCKWOOL AND COMPOST COMBINATIONS

T.E. Bilderback | W.C. Fonteno

32. STANDARDS OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES FOR SUBSTRATES FOR CUTTINGS

Th.G.L. Aendekerk

33. WATER EXPLOITATION IN SUBSTRATE PROFILE DURING CULTURE

F.X. Martínez | N. Cañameras | F.X. Fábregas | M. Viñals | J. Valero | M. Reis

34. ANALYSIS OF MACRO- AND TRACE ELEMENTS IN HORTICULTURAL SUBSTRATES BY MEANS OF THE CaCl₂/DTPA METHOD

D. Alt | I. Peters

35. GROWTH AND NUTRIENT CONTENT OF PELARGONIUM GROWN IN CORK OAK BARK SUBSTRATE

M.T. Aguado | M.C. Ortega | M.T. Moreno | M.P. Suarez

36. INFLUENCE OF THE SUBSTRATES ON THE DIRECT ROOTING OF EX VITRO, MM106 APPLE MICROCUTTINGS.

D. Avanzato | S. Cherubini

37. COMPARISON OF OPEN AND CLOSED GROWING METHODS ON PEAT AND ROCKWOOL AND THE LEACHING OF NUTRIENTS

M.-L. Bartosik | K. Salonen | R. Jokinen | K.R. Hukkanen

38. ROOT GROWTH AND QUALITY RATING OF SCHEFFLERA “GOLDEN CAPELLA” AND FICUS “STARLIGHT” ON SEVERAL PEAT-BASED SUBSTRATES.

M.C. Cid | A.R. Socorro | L. Perez-Rosales

39. RELATIONS BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SUBSTRATE AND GROWTH OF SOME POT ORNAMENTALS

G. D'Angelo | M. Castelnuovo | A. Galli | M. Valagussa

40. SUPPLEMENTARY LIQUID FEEDING ON ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS GROWN IN MEDIA AMENDED WITH SLOW RELEASE FERTILIZERS

F.X. Fabregas | F.X. Martinez | A. Martinez | M. Viñals

41. GROWTH OF FOUR NATIVE LAVANDULA SPECIES IN DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES

D. Lopez | N. Carazo | J. Boadas

42. THE USE OF FINE-GRADE PERLITES IN LETTUCE BAG CULTURES. II. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, RHEOLOGIC EFFECTS AND PRODUCTIVITY.

O. Marfà | A. Martinez | R. Orozco | L. Serrano | F.X. Martinez

43. EFFECTS OF FERTILIZER PLACEMENTS AND IRRIGATION FREQUENCIES ON GROWTH, MINERAL NUTRITION AND YIELD OF TOMATOES GROWN IN SOILESS CULTURE

I.Mohd. Razi | H. Hasni

44. CHOICE OF GROWING MEDIA FOR POT PLANTS

O. Reinikainen

45. CHARACTERIZATION OF COMPOSTED PRUNING MATERIALS FROM URBAN GARDENS.

M. Soliva | D. Villalba | B. Vilarasau | M. Arbiol