EJPAU 2007. Radajewska B. , Szklarz M. EFFECT OF NURSERY MATERIAL QUALITY AND MULCH TYPE ON THE GROWTH OF 3-YEAR OLD ‘FANTASIA’ NECTARINE TREES

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Radajewska B. , Szklarz M. 2007. EFFECT OF NURSERY MATERIAL QUALITY AND MULCH TYPE ON THE GROWTH OF 3-YEAR OLD ‘FANTASIA’ NECTARINE TREES, EJPAU 10(3), #01.
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EFFECT OF NURSERY MATERIAL QUALITY AND MULCH TYPE ON THE GROWTH OF 3-YEAR OLD ‘FANTASIA’ NECTARINE TREES

Bożena Radajewska, Michał Szklarz
Department of Pomology, University of Agriculture in Poznan, Poland

ABSTRACT

One-year old trees of ‘Fantasia’ nectarine on the rootstock of Manchurian peach-tree were planted in 2004 in Przybroda near Poznań in the spacing of 4 × 2.5 m. The trees differed by their thickness (11-13 and >13-15 mm). Tree rows were mulched by fibre sheets or by mown grass. Equal irrigation and fertilization as well as other cultivation treatments were applied. Growth was estimated every year and in the third year, tree health was evaluated. Studies have shown that different thickness of planted trees had no significant effect on their growth in the first years in the orchard. Both the TCSA increments taking place every year and the height and projection of crown did not differ. The applied mulches protected well the soil against weeds. Herbicides were applied in tree rows next to mowed grass mulch. The type of mulch differentiated tree growth. Trees mulched with fibre sheets grew better than those mulched with mown grass; TCSA increments were greater, tree crowns were higher and they had a greater projection. Differentiated mulching did not have any significant effect on tree health, infection by Taphrina deformans and on symptoms of bark and wood diseases.

Key words: nectarine, tree quality, mulching, growth, health.

Bożena Radajewska
Department of Pomology,
University of Agriculture in Poznan, Poland
159 Dąbrowskiego Street, 60-594 Poznan, Poland
Phone: (+48 61) 848 79 53
email: bradajewska@wp.pl

Michał Szklarz
Department of Pomology,
University of Agriculture in Poznan, Poland
159 Dąbrowskiego Street, 60-594 Poznan, Poland
Phone: (+48 61)848 79 51
email: mszklarz@au.poznan.pl

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