Peat in Horticulture - Additives in Growing Media Amsterdam 2003

Peat in Horticulture - Additives in Growing Media

Amsterdam 2003

Editor: Gerald Schmilewski

95 pages

ISBN: 90-9017388-9

Foreword by W.J. Tonnis

Fine-tuning growing media with additives - an introductionary overview, G. Schmilewski

PH substrate management as a tool to improve the performance of vegetable seedlings, R. Cattivello and R. Danielis

Liming of peat-based media - state of the art, J.B.G.M. Verhagen

Effects of adding different mineral soil types to peat-based growing media, P. Demeyer, E. Engels and W. van Keirsbulck

Optimising fertilizer supply to peat-based growing media containing composted green waste, C. de Kreij and D.J. van der Gaag

Terracottem® in growing media, F. Dewever and D. Ottevaere

Stimulating effect on rice seedling growth by a trace of fulvic acid extracted from Sphagnum peat, P. Yamada and T. Yamaguchi

Cucumber grown in peat slabs treated with lactic acid, humic acid and gliomix compared with other organic and mineral substrates, M. Böhme and R. Vorwerk

Trianum in growing media: a tool in the reduction of the use of chemical fungicides against soil-borne pathogens, M. Dissevelt, W. Ravensberg and C. Hayes

Microbials in growing media: what is the potential? M. Prasad, M.J. Maher, P.J. Simmons and W.J. Ravensberg

The use of wetting agents in modern substrate production, N. Bragg and A.McCann

Fertil wetting agent for horticultural media, G. de la Martiniere, F. Blanc and B. d'Arrentieres