Growth and Flowering of Bedding Plants Cultivated Using Cloth Container and Organic Media

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  • Okazawa Tatsuo
    Tokyo Metropolitan Agriculture and Forestry Research Center Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
  • Matsuura Rie
    Tokyo Metropolitan Agriculture and Forestry Research Center
  • Sekkuden Megumi
    Tombow Co., Ltd.
  • Hamamoto Hiroshi
    Hosei University
  • Nishijima Takaaki
    Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba NARO Institute of Floricultural Science

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  • 布容器と有機質培地の利用による花壇用花きの生育および開花
  • ヌノ ヨウキ ト ユウキシツバイチ ノ リヨウ ニ ヨル カダンヨウ カキ ノ セイイク オヨビ カイカ

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We developed a new culture system to facilitate the indoor use of bedding plants. In this system, lightweight organic culture medium is wrapped in a flat cloth container made of a discarded school uniform. In this study, the composition and volume of culture medium appropriate for this culture system were investigated. Marigold and dianthus planted in coir or a mixture of coir and peat moss grew as well as those in the standard mixed red clay soil, while peat moss alone inhibited growth. Plants grown in the cloth container were slightly smaller than those grown in a usual plastic pot, presenting no problem for practical production. The appropriate volume of the medium was 200 mL or more, because a smaller volume such as 100 mL caused growth inhibition. Fungus often grew on the cloth container, which should be controlled to maintain the commercial value. It was classified as the genus Simplicillium on the basis of ITS sequence analysis.

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