Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXIV, Issue 1
Written by Adrian ASĂNICĂ, Dan POPESCU, Florin STĂNICĂ, Georgeta TEMOCICO
In the light of current trends for enlarging the growing possibilities of blueberry plants, we were focusing in the present work on the innovative systems designed for higher productions and in the same time organically managed to accomplish the sustainable goals. Three northern highbush blueberry varieties were subject of the trial set up in early 2019: 'Early blue’, 'Duke’ and 'Hannah’s choice’. The two years old planting material was moved under the plastic solar in containers of 65 liters with different substrate composition. A fertilization scheme using only organic commercial products was applied and the reaction of the plants was evaluated. 'Hannah’s choice’ was the most vigorous variety according to the total annual growths per plant. Several organic products to control pests were tested too, and the most efficient one to aphids was Chrisopa. In order to define a tailored organic technology for such a crop system, the results need further validation.
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