Coir, wood shavings and peat as growth substrates for arctic bramble
Methods for protected container cultivation of arctic bramble (Rubus arcticus L.) are currently under development. The aim of this study was to evaluate coir and wood shavings as alternatives to peat-based growth substrate (growing medium) in the intensive greenhouse cultivation of arctic bramble. T...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/343139 2024-01-07T09:40:47+01:00 Coir, wood shavings and peat as growth substrates for arctic bramble Tommila, Tero Kämäräinen, Antti Kokko, Harri Palonen, Pauliina CRANBERRY SCIENCE Department of Agricultural Sciences University of Helsinki Sphagnum moss as a growing medium Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS) Plant Production Sciences 2022-04-29T06:18:04Z 14 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/343139 eng eng International Peatland Society 10.19189/MaP.2021.GDC.StA.2284 This work was funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation (grant number 00171087) Maiju ja Yrjo Rikalan Puutarhasaatio, Finland; and Pohjois-Savon liitto, Finland (grant numbers A72184 and A72185) . The authors also thank Stora Enso for kindly preparing and providing the wood shavings, Kari Jokinen from Natural Resources Institute Finland for his help in planning the analyses, Sirpa Peraniemi and Sonja Holopainen from the School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland for their help in the ICP-MS analysis, and Matti Salovaara and the rest of the technical personnel at the research greenhouses of the University of Helsinki for their help in the cultivation experiment. Tommila , T , Kämäräinen , A , Kokko , H & Palonen , P 2022 , ' Coir, wood shavings and peat as growth substrates for arctic bramble ' , Mires and Peat , vol. 28 , pp. 1-14 . https://doi.org/10.19189/MaP.2021.GDC.StA.2284 ORCID: /0000-0002-6866-6410/work/112287886 58139062-c01e-4fc3-b0fa-af1d8d714e4b http://hdl.handle.net/10138/343139 000779072500001 cc_by openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess container grown plants greenhouse soils growing media intensive cropping protected cultivation Rubus arcticus L RUBUS INCOMPATIBILITY FERTILIZATION PRODUCTIVITY STRAWBERRY CLOUDBERRY REUSE YIELD 1172 Environmental sciences Article publishedVersion 2022 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:06:17Z Methods for protected container cultivation of arctic bramble (Rubus arcticus L.) are currently under development. The aim of this study was to evaluate coir and wood shavings as alternatives to peat-based growth substrate (growing medium) in the intensive greenhouse cultivation of arctic bramble. The substrates used were a commercial coir mix (Coir), wood shavings from sodium silicate impregnated wood (Wood), a mixture of 95 % horticultural peat and 5 % perlite (HPP), and a mixture of 80 % peat and 20 % wood shavings (HPWood). Growth and fruit yield were highest in HPP, followed by Coir and HPWood, and were most severely reduced in Wood. Shoot nutrient analyses and soil drainage water observations suggested that the poor performance of Wood was mainly caused by release of sodium silicate into the rooting zone due to unsuccessful substrate processing. A higher proportion of the pore space in Wood was air-filled compared to other substrates, possibly limiting water availability. Overall, the suitability of both coir and wood shavings as growth substrates for arctic bramble was relatively low. However, it is likely that the poor performance of wood shavings was caused largely by inappropriate preparation. For wood waste to be useful as a growth substrate, the wood material should be specially processed for that purpose. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Arctic Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 23 15 8683 8703 |
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Methods for protected container cultivation of arctic bramble (Rubus arcticus L.) are currently under development. The aim of this study was to evaluate coir and wood shavings as alternatives to peat-based growth substrate (growing medium) in the intensive greenhouse cultivation of arctic bramble. The substrates used were a commercial coir mix (Coir), wood shavings from sodium silicate impregnated wood (Wood), a mixture of 95 % horticultural peat and 5 % perlite (HPP), and a mixture of 80 % peat and 20 % wood shavings (HPWood). Growth and fruit yield were highest in HPP, followed by Coir and HPWood, and were most severely reduced in Wood. Shoot nutrient analyses and soil drainage water observations suggested that the poor performance of Wood was mainly caused by release of sodium silicate into the rooting zone due to unsuccessful substrate processing. A higher proportion of the pore space in Wood was air-filled compared to other substrates, possibly limiting water availability. Overall, the suitability of both coir and wood shavings as growth substrates for arctic bramble was relatively low. However, it is likely that the poor performance of wood shavings was caused largely by inappropriate preparation. For wood waste to be useful as a growth substrate, the wood material should be specially processed for that purpose. Peer reviewed |
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CRANBERRY SCIENCE Department of Agricultural Sciences University of Helsinki Sphagnum moss as a growing medium Viikki Plant Science Centre (ViPS) Plant Production Sciences |
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Coir, wood shavings and peat as growth substrates for arctic bramble |
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10.19189/MaP.2021.GDC.StA.2284 This work was funded by the Finnish Cultural Foundation (grant number 00171087) Maiju ja Yrjo Rikalan Puutarhasaatio, Finland; and Pohjois-Savon liitto, Finland (grant numbers A72184 and A72185) . The authors also thank Stora Enso for kindly preparing and providing the wood shavings, Kari Jokinen from Natural Resources Institute Finland for his help in planning the analyses, Sirpa Peraniemi and Sonja Holopainen from the School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland for their help in the ICP-MS analysis, and Matti Salovaara and the rest of the technical personnel at the research greenhouses of the University of Helsinki for their help in the cultivation experiment. Tommila , T , Kämäräinen , A , Kokko , H & Palonen , P 2022 , ' Coir, wood shavings and peat as growth substrates for arctic bramble ' , Mires and Peat , vol. 28 , pp. 1-14 . https://doi.org/10.19189/MaP.2021.GDC.StA.2284 ORCID: /0000-0002-6866-6410/work/112287886 58139062-c01e-4fc3-b0fa-af1d8d714e4b http://hdl.handle.net/10138/343139 000779072500001 |
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