Organic Transplant Media and Tomato Performance, 2007

dc.contributor.author	Leonard, Betsy
dc.contributor.author	Rangarajan, Anu
dc.date.accessioned	2016-11-09T20:18:14Z
dc.date.available	2016-11-09T20:18:14Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.description.abstract	INTRODUCTION: Successful transplant production begins with good growing media. Healthy vigorous transplants will be less susceptible to insects, diseases and transplant shock leading to better crop performance. Formulating organic potting mixes is especially challenging. Organic sources of nitrogen such as compost can be inconsistent. Compost can change over time with storage and release nutrients unpredictably. Many organic potting mixes are supplemented with organic nitrogen sources such as alfalfa meal, soybean meal and blood meal. Another alternative N source is vermicompost, which often has more nitrate than the compost starting material. We compared dairy based thermogenic, dairy based vermicompost and hog based vermicompost along with plant based nitrogen sources for their impacts on tomato transplant growth.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1813/44805
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Cornell University Department of Horticulture	en_US
dc.subject	vermicompost	en_US
dc.subject	potting media	en_US
dc.title	Organic Transplant Media and Tomato Performance, 2007	en_US
dc.type	report	en_US

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