yields may occur under greenhouse conditions than field systems because plants can be arranged more uniformly, avoiding large gaps between plants and rows while simultaneously optimizing light interception. Soilless culture and vertical plant growth
density and year-round production attainable with CEA optimize space use and can help overcome challenges associated with costs and availability of land in urban settings. Moreover, soilless culture systems allow plants to grow in nonconventional spaces
, 2 to 4, and 4 to 8 mm. The use of 0 to 4-mm tuff resulted in optimal and consistent flower quality, and holds promise for improving growth and flower quality of lilies grown under soilless culture. School Garden Utilization and Sustainability
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fertigation system modified from a soilless culture system ( Higashide et al., 2005 ) was used in Greenhouse A, where plants were grown in soil. A soilless culture system was used in Greenhouse B, where polyethylene bags filled with bark compost were used as
, including Sonneveld and Straver (1994) , consider it a part of the basic nutrient solutions used for cucumber, melon, and lettuce plants, especially in soilless culture. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of adding Si to the nutrient solution
anion contributing to crop growth ( Marschner, 2002 ), but also one of the major contributors to horticulture-related pollution through leaching, particularly in areas where crops are grown in soilless culture with nonrecirculating nutrient solution
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Waste as a Growing Medium Peat is commonly used as growing media in soilless culture; however, decreasing availability and increasing prices of peat have resulted in the need for inexpensive organic alternatives. Zhang and Sun (p. 325) investigated the
and NaCl-salinity in a soilless culture of roses in the greenhouse European J. Hort. Sci. 72 73 79 Savvas, D. Manos, G. Kotsiras, A. Souvaliotis, S. 2002 Effects of silicon and nutrient