The Quantitative Effects of Different Growing Media on the Growth of Aubergine (Solanum melongena L.) and Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) in Autumn

Authors : Murat DEMİRSOY, Sezgin UZUN

Pages : 151-158

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Publication Date : 2019-12-16

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The objective of this study was to examine the availability of some materials namely, forest soil, ash insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(firewood);, charcoal, chicken manure, sheep manure, cow manure insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(decomposed);, which can be easily found in Turkey. The vegetable crops tried were aubergine insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Aydın siyahı); and cucumber insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Beta 309 F1);. The effect of growing media was found to be different depending on the species. In the study with forest soil and peat insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(GM1 and GM3); was ascertained that leaf dry weight insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LDW);, root dry weight insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RDW);, plant dry weight insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PDW);, total leaf area insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TLA);, leaf weight ratio insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LWR);, root weight ratio insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RWR);, stem weight ratio insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SWR); and leaf area ratio insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LAR); increased for aubergine during autumn season. This is similar to the increased in leaf dry weight insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LDW);, stem dry weight insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SDW);, root dry weight insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(RDW);, plant dry weight insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(PDW);, total leaf area insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(TLA); and leaf area ratio insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(LAR); of  media named GM1 and GM3 applied for cucumber during autumn season. The results obtained from the present study showed that the most suitable growing media were the media named GM1 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(forest soil); and the media named GM3 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(a mixture of forest soil and peat); for aubergine and cucumber during autumn season.
Keywords : Growing Media, Seedling quality, Seedling cultivation, Vegetable