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Are Hydroponics of Strawberry in Home Balconies a Promising Economic Technique?

DR. Rida DRAIEFaculty of Agricultural Engineering, Idleb University, Syria

Vol 3 No 11 (2019): Volume 3, Issue 11, November 2019 | Pages: 10-18

International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology

OPEN ACCESS | Research Article | Published Date: 10-11-2019

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Abstract

Growing vegetables on home balconies is one of the most important techniques of hydroponics, where crops can be grown near the consumer and save time and cost in obtaining and securing them fresh. In this study, we tested the importance of growing strawberry plants on the home balcony, compared to field cultivation. Complete randomized block design was used. Three treatments of local strawberry cultivar (hydroponic in the peatmoss substrate, hydroponic in the perlite substrate and field cultivation in the soil) with three replicates per treatment were adopted. A simplified hydroponics model was designed and a closed nutrient solution system was used. Field plants were irrigated by drip method. Our results indicated that the hydroponics (peatmoss substrate) outperformed field cultivation in most studied traits (fruit length, number of fruits/m2, fruit weight, productivity/plant, yield/m2). Total production in hydroponics (peatmoss substrate) has tripled in comparison with the field cultivation. Hydroponics in the perlite substrate was delayed from field cultivation (control) in most studied traits, and delayed from hydroponics in the peatmoss substrate in all studied traits. Consequently, hydroponics in the peatmoss substrate on the home balconies is a suitable solution for the production of strawberries.

Keywords

Strawberry, Hydroponics, Balconies cultivation, Peatmoss, Perlite, Yield


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DR. Rida DRAIE, “Are Hydroponics of Strawberry in Home Balconies a Promising Economic Technique?” Published in International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology (IRJIET), Volume 3, Issue 11, pp 10-18, November 2019. 

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