Fertilization and Compost Effects on Nutrient Content and Growth in Cut Tulip Cultivation

Year 2024, Volume: 41 Issue: 3, 209 - 217, 31.12.2024

Onur Sefa Alkaç , Mehmet Güneş

https://doi.org/10.55507/gopzfd.1576758

Abstract

This study has two different objectives. The first one is to compost the grape marc obtained from a food processing factory and different materials together to obtain a new organic material. The second was to use this organic material as an alternative growing medium to cultivate cut tulips and determine the effects of different fertilization rates on plant growth, development, and leaf nutrient uptake. Compost was added to the growing medium at 20% and 40%, and chemical fertilization was applied at different electrical conductivity (EC) levels (0.75, 1.10, and 1.45 dS m-1). According to the results, the highest flower stem length (33.94 cm) and perianth length (42.71 mm) were obtained in the medium with 20% compost, while the longest vase life (8.94 days) was obtained with 40% compost and 1.45 dS m-1 EC level. The highest branch weight (28.29 g) was measured with 20% compost and 1.45 dS m-1 EC. In the cultivar 'Jan van Nes', 20% compost gave more favorable results than the other treatments. Increasing the EC level limited plant growth but increased the macro- and micronutrient content in the leaves. These results suggest that 20% compost can be used as an effective organic material in cut tulip production.

Keywords

Cut flower, Soilless agriculture, Waste management, Tulipa gesneriana.

Supporting Institution

Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri (BAP) Birimi, TÜBİTAK

Project Number

Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri (BAP) Birimi (2021/30), TÜBİTAK 1002-Hızlı Destek Programı (121O963)

Thanks

This research received financial support from the Scientific Research Projects (BAP) Unit of Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University (2021/30) and TUBITAK 1002-Quick Support Program (121O963). Furthermore, it stemmed from a doctoral thesis conducted as part of the YOK 100/2000 PhD Project 'Sustainable Agriculture' program, backed by the Higher Education Institution.

Gübreleme ve Kompostun Kesme Lale Yetiştiriciliğinde Besin İçeriği ve Büyüme Üzerine Etkileri

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın iki farklı amacı vardır. Birincisi, bir gıda işleme fabrikasından elde edilen üzüm posası ve farklı materyallerin bir araya getirilerek kompostlaştırılması ve yeni bir organik materyal elde edilmesidir. İkincisi ise bu organik materyalin kesme lale yetiştiriciliğinde alternatif bir yetiştirme ortamı olarak kullanımını ve farklı gübreleme oranları ile bitkilerde büyüme, gelişim ve yapraktaki besin alımı üzerine etkilerin belirlenmesidir. Kompost yetiştirme ortamına %20 ve %40 oranlarında eklenmiş ve farklı elektriksel iletkenlik (EC) seviyelerinde (0.75, 1.10 ve 1.45 dS m-1) kimyasal gübreleme uygulanmıştır. Sonuçlara göre, en yüksek çiçek sapı uzunluğu (33.94 cm) ve periant uzunluğu (42.71 mm) %20 kompost içeren ortamda elde edilirken, en uzun vazo ömrü (8.94 gün) %40 kompost ve 1.45 dS m-1 EC seviyesinde elde edilmiştir. En yüksek dal ağırlığı (28.29 g) %20 kompost ve 1.45 dS m-1 EC seviyesinde ölçülmüştür. 'Jan van Nes' çeşidinde, %20 kompost diğer uygulamalara göre daha olumlu sonuçlar vermiştir. Artan EC seviyeleri bitki büyümesini sınırlamış ancak yapraklardaki makro ve mikro besin içeriklerini artırmıştır. Bu bulgular, %20 kompostun kesme lale yetiştiriciliğinde etkili bir organik materyal olarak kullanılabileceğini göstermektedir.

Keywords

Kesme çiçek, topraksız tarım, atık yönetimi, Tulipa gesneriana.

Project Number

Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri (BAP) Birimi (2021/30), TÜBİTAK 1002-Hızlı Destek Programı (121O963)

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