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2006
Volume 9
Issue 3
Topic:
Horticulture
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Ochmian I. , Grajkowski J. , Ostrowska K. 2006. GROWTH AND YIELD OF AMERICAN BLUEBERRY (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) OF ‘PATRIOT’ CULTIVAR GROWN ON THREE TYPES OF ORGANIC BED, EJPAU 9(3), #16.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume9/issue3/abs-16.html

GROWTH AND YIELD OF AMERICAN BLUEBERRY (VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM L.) OF ‘PATRIOT’ CULTIVAR GROWN ON THREE TYPES OF ORGANIC BED

Ireneusz Ochmian1, Józef Grajkowski2, Krystyna Ostrowska1
1 Department of Horticulture, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin
2 Department of Pomology, Agricultural University of Szczecin, Poland

 

ABSTRACT



The experiment was carried out in 2003-2005 at the Experimental Fruit-growing Station of the Szczecin University of Agriculture. Its purpose was to investigate possibilities of growing ‘Patriot’ variety of the American blueberry on tight soil of alkaline reaction covered with three types of organic bed in form of embankment. The plantation was irrigated with acidified water (pH 2.4-3.7) by means of T-Tape type drip system. The study covered the number and length of one-year shoots, yield and its features and chemical and physical changes in the bed. The experiment made it possible to find out that the regular irrigation of organic beds with high reaction of acidified water facilitates the growth and yield of the American blueberry. Peat and sawdust proved to influence the growth and yield of the plant best. The organic beds used throughout the experiment (peat, cocoa husk and sawdust) exhibited the similar ‘full water capacity’.

Key words: Vaccinium corymbosum, Peat, Cocoa husk, Sawdust, total yield, growth.


Ireneusz Ochmian
Department of Horticulture, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin
phone +48 91 449 61 61
Słowackiego 17, 71-434 Szczecin
POLAND
email: ochir@o2.pl

Józef Grajkowski
Department of Pomology,
Agricultural University of Szczecin, Poland
8 Janosika, 71-432 Szczecin, Poland
Phone: (+48 91) 422-08-51 ex. 325
email: jgrajkowski@o2.pl

Krystyna Ostrowska
Department of Horticulture, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin
Słowackiego 17, 71-434 Szczecin
POLAND

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