Use of Recycled Potting Medium for Containerized Production of Squash
Vegetable growers are keen on cost-cutting measures to increase profitability. Containerized vegetable production can be done in a shade-house or garden, and it often requires commercial potting media. Although expensive, potting media are lightweight and provide high water- and nutrient-holding ca...
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Vegetable growers are keen on cost-cutting measures to increase profitability. Containerized vegetable production can be done in a shade-house or garden, and it often requires commercial potting media. Although expensive, potting media are lightweight and provide high water- and nutrient-holding capacities, and thus they are widely used by growers. Growers often discard or compost the potting media after a single season due to issues such as diseases, pests, and weeds. However, old potting media could be reused for containerized production if appropriately sterilized and amended with fertilizer salts. The current study was conducted to determine the feasibility of using sterilized recycled potting medium amended with fertilizer salts for containerized production of squash. This new 4-page publication of the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department was written by Marie Dorval, Riphine Mainviel, Vincent Michael, Yuqing Fu, Bala Rathinasabapathi, and Geoffrey Meru.
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| spelling | doaj-art-3c1c50921a7949baa8e305f3957cd3202025-02-08T05:46:41ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092021-01-0120211Use of Recycled Potting Medium for Containerized Production of SquashMarie Dorval0Riphine Mainviel1Vincent Michael2Yuqing Fu3Bala Rathinasabapathi4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7867-465XGeoffrey Meru5University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Florida Vegetable growers are keen on cost-cutting measures to increase profitability. Containerized vegetable production can be done in a shade-house or garden, and it often requires commercial potting media. Although expensive, potting media are lightweight and provide high water- and nutrient-holding capacities, and thus they are widely used by growers. Growers often discard or compost the potting media after a single season due to issues such as diseases, pests, and weeds. However, old potting media could be reused for containerized production if appropriately sterilized and amended with fertilizer salts. The current study was conducted to determine the feasibility of using sterilized recycled potting medium amended with fertilizer salts for containerized production of squash. This new 4-page publication of the UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department was written by Marie Dorval, Riphine Mainviel, Vincent Michael, Yuqing Fu, Bala Rathinasabapathi, and Geoffrey Meru. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/hs1404 https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/116075Recyclingpotting mediumbreeding |
| spellingShingle | Marie Dorval Riphine Mainviel Vincent Michael Yuqing Fu Bala Rathinasabapathi Geoffrey Meru Use of Recycled Potting Medium for Containerized Production of Squash EDIS Recycling potting medium breeding |
| title | Use of Recycled Potting Medium for Containerized Production of Squash |
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| title_short | Use of Recycled Potting Medium for Containerized Production of Squash |
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| topic | Recycling potting medium breeding |
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