Claim · model-written summary
Organic substrates produced more stable drainage water electrical conductivity during cultivation.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicume1 - Treatment
- organic substratese0
- Outcome
- electrical conductivity of the draining watere0
- Direction
- more stablee0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Due to the buffering capacity of the organic substrates, the electrical conductivity of the draining water appeared to be more stable during cultivation.”
e1“production of tomato”
Title
Peat-based Organic Growbags as a Solution to the Mineral Wool Waste Problem
O. Grunert; M. Perneel; S. Vandaele Mires and Peat 2008. doi:10.19189/001c.128257
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Pure peat supported easier tomato rooting than peat-cocos or mineral wool.
- Intervention effect Both peat substrates produced less blossom-end rot than mineral wool.
- Intervention effect Total tomato fruit yield was similar across substrates.
- Intervention effect Fruit quality did not differ among substrates.
- Intervention effect Peat-grown tomato fruits tasted better under certain conditions.
- Recommendation The authors conclude organic growbags are promising alternatives to mineral wool.