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HorticulturaeGreen walls are seen as an important architectural element in the design of sustainable cities, helping to make cities ecologically rich, green, and healthy places to live.
Omer Hulusi Dede, Hasan Ozer
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Wood Fiber from Norway Spruce—A Stand-Alone Growing Medium for Hydroponic Strawberry Production
Horticulturae, 2023 There is an increased interest in the hydroponic production of strawberries in protected cultivation systems, and it is, therefore, urgent to develop new, more sustainable growing media alternatives.
Tomasz Woznicki +3 more
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Organic Growing Media: Constituents and Properties
Vadose Zone Journal, 2015 Organic growing media are essentially bulk products. Availability in large quantity allied to its excellent air and water retention, low pH and salinity, and freedom from pests and diseases has led to peat being the dominant organic constituent of growing media in many parts of the world for the last 50 yr.
W. R. Carlile, C. Cattivello, P. Zaccheo
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Growing media in organic seedling production
Book Of Abstracts, 2017 Vegetable seedlings are produced in specialized commercial nurseries. Peat is the most common growing medium used in seedling production. In organic agriculture, organic seeds and plant material should be used according to the EU Regulation No 834/2007.
Yüksel TÜZEL +3 more
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THE CHARACTERISATION OF FUNGI Passalora fulva (Cooke) U.Braun&Crous PATHOTYPES, CAUSER OF TOMATO LEAF MOLD IN CROATIA [PDF]
Poljoprivreda, 2012 Tomato is considered one of the most widely grown vegetable crops in the world and production of it is rising every year in Croatia as well as in the world.
Adrijana Novak
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EFFECT OF GROWING MEDIA AND FERTILIZATION TREATMENTS ON GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF GARDENIA JASMINOIDES PLANTS [PDF]
Scientific Journal of Flowers and Ornamental Plants, 2017 The effect of three growing media types (peatmoss, peatmoss + sand and peatmoss + sand clay) and five fertilization treatments (control, mineral NPK, humic acid, EM and humic acid + EM) on growth and flowering of Gardenia jasminodies was investigated ...
Farouk Badran +4 more
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The Role of Peat-Free Organic Substrates in the Sustainable Management of Soilless Cultivations
Agronomy, 2021 Vegetable and ornamental crops require high input demand to adequately support their standard commercial quality and yield. For these crops, a very high level of agronomic use efficiency of many productive factors can be achieved in soilless culture. For
Giulia Atzori +4 more
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Peat in horticulture and conservation: the UK response to a changing world [PDF]
Mires and Peat, 2008 Peat bogs are increasingly recognised as valuable habitats for wildlife and important stores of carbon. Yet the UK horticultural industry relies heavily on peat sourced from bogs in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
P.D. Alexander +4 more
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GROWING MEDIA FOR ORGANIC TOMATO PLANTLET PRODUCTION [PDF]
, 2001 The choice of growing media and the strategy of application of organic fertilizers is considered one of the largest challenges for production of organic tomato plantlets for transplanting.
Nielsen, Kai Lønne +1 more
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Alternatives for sustained disaster risk reduction [PDF]
, 2010 The daily media is filled with images of catastrophic events which seem increasingly frequent and violent In parallel there are a large range of scientific studies debates in the policy arena, and a growing number of international institutions focused on
Benouar, Djillali +19 more
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