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GROWING MEDIA VARYING IN PARTICLE SIZE AND SHAPE FOR GREENHOUSE TOMATO

Article number

644_41

Pages

307 – 311

Language

English

Abstract

Publication

International Symposium on Growing Media and Hydroponics

Authors

S. Allaire, J. Caron, C. Ménard, M. Dorais

Keywords

gas diffusivity, bark, water retention characteristics, pore tortuosity, peat substrates, potting media, rockwool, sawdust, wood shaving

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.644.41

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8. CONCENTRATION OF NUTRIENT SOLUTION AND GROWING MEDIA AFFECT GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF DORITAENOPSIS ‘TINNY TENDER’

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12. GROWTH OF NURSERY CROPS IN PEAT-REDUCED AND IN PEAT-FREE SUBSTRATES

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14. EFFECTIVENESS OF CLAY IN PEAT BASED GROWING MEDIA

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16. THE EFFECT OF PEAT TYPE AND LIME ON GROWING MEDIUM PH AND STRUCTURE AND ON GROWTH OF HEBE PINGUIFOLIA ‘SUTHERLANDII’

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19. SOIL-LIKE SUBSTRATE FOR PLANT GROWING DERIVED FROM INEDIBLE PLANT MASS: PREPARING, COMPOSITION, FERTILITY

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21. RELEASE CHARACTERISTICS OF ORGANIC FERTILIZERS

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23. PEAT: DOMINATING GROWING MEDIUM IN SWEDISH HORTICULTURE

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24. GROWING MEDIA FOR ORGANIC TOMATO PLANTLET PRODUCTION

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25. DIFFERENT PEAT TYPES AS GROWING MEDIA FOR GREENHOUSE CUT ROSE AND TOMATO – PRELIMINARY TRIALS

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28. COMPARISON OF FOUR SUBSTRATES ON THE GROWTH AND QUALITY OF TOMATOES

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29. PLANT BIOASSAY FOR SUBSTRATES

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30. EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES ON LISIANTHUS (EUSTOMA GRANDIFLORUM SHINN) GROWTH

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31. COMPARISON OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF GROWING MEDIA BASED ON THE EUROPEAN STANDARD METHOD AND THE SELF COMPACTION METHOD

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33. PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF INORGANIC HORTICULTURAL SUBSTRATES USED IN KOREA

J.-Y. Kang | H.-H. Lee | K.-H. Kim

34. WHEAT GROWTH ON NEUTRAL AND SOIL-LIKE SUBSTRATES: CARBON DIOXIDE EXCHANGE AND MICROFLORA

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42. GROWING MEDIA VARYING IN PARTICLE SIZE AND SHAPE FOR GREENHOUSE TOMATO

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43. WATER CONTENT DETERMINATION WITH TDR IN PEAT SUBSTRATES

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67. CRITICAL NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS FOR ABSORPTION OF SOME VEGETABLES

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74. UV-Oxidation Technology for Disinfection of Recirculation Water in Protected Cultivation

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75. DISINFECTION OF NUTRIENT SOLUTION IN CLOSED SOILLESS SYSTEMS IN ITALY

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77. AN INTEGRATED CONTROL MEASURE FOR PYTHIUM ROOT ROT OF HYDROPONICALLY GROWN GREENHOUSE CUCUMBERS

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80. THE EFFECTS OF ROOTING MEDIA, CO₂ ENRICHMENT, P-NUTRITION AND MYCORRHIZAL INOCULATION ON ROOTING AND GROWTH OF OSTEOSPERMUM

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81. INTERLABORATORY STUDY CEN-METHODS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF GROWING MEDIA AND SOIL IMPROVERS

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