Effects of seeding density and cultivar on productivity of baby spinach grown hydroponically in deep water culture systems

dc.contributor.author	Janeczko, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned	2017-12-13T21:19:19Z
dc.date.available	2017-12-13T21:19:19Z
dc.date.issued	2017-01-01
dc.description	Masters of Engineering project report detailing two trials of DWC spinach comparisons in Fall 2017.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Three spinach cultivars, Carmel, Space, and Seaside (F1), were evaluated in regards to their suitability for Deep Water Culture (DWC) hydroponic production according to the procedure presented in Cornell Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Baby Spinach Handbook. Carmel consistently had the highest sprout count and produced the highest fresh weight (FW) among the three cultivars. Space performed moderately well; more data is needed for statistical robustness and verification under more typical higher-light conditions. With respect to Carmel, seeding fewer cells, but at a higher reduced sprouting rate and yield, but not severely. For all three cultivars, pericarps (seed coats getting stuck on cotyledons time of harvest) found in manually harvested baby spinach of marketable size were rare.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Element Farms	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/55061
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	N/A	en_US
dc.subject	spinach hydroponic deep water culture	en_US
dc.title	Effects of seeding density and cultivar on productivity of baby spinach grown hydroponically in deep water culture systems	en_US
dc.type	report	en_US

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