Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXIII, Issue 1
Written by Nikolina SHOPOVA, Nikolay PANAYOTOV, Hristo KOZAROV
The aim of this study was to determine the influence of vermicompost with different origins on the development of cucumber seedlings. Three types of vermicompost produced by plant wast (PW), cow manure (CM) and a mixture from PW+CM were tested. In the mixture of peat and perlite in ration 3: 1 were added three quantities (5%, 10%, 15%) of each of investigated compost. The control was grown in the same mixture of peat and perlite. Some chemical properties: pH, contend of N, P, K of the vermicomposted were determined. In the end of seedling period was established that the vermicomposts has positive influence on the morphological signs and physiological indicators of the seedling plants. In most cases, the stimulation effect on the plants is enhanced by increasing the percentage of composts in the mixture. The plant height, leave number and area, chlorophyll content, fresh and dry weight on the plants, grown in peat and perlite mixture with 15% PW+CM of vermicompost there were the highest influence increased mostly in comparison with control.
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