INFLUENCE OF SOIL TEMPERATURE ON ORNAMENTAL QUALITY OF BEDDING PLANTS THROUGH MULCHING

O. Korotkova, S. Vabrit
Five landscape mulches as grass-clipping, peat, bark, keramzit and paper were evaluated to determine their influence on soil temperature and ornamental quality of such bedding plants as Petunia × hybrida, Impatiens walleriana and Tagetes patula. Results showed that mulching reduced fluctuation of soil temperature. During day and night time the most stable soil temperature was recorded under bark mulch. Other mulches showed different results depending on day and night time. Changes of soil temperature under mulch had different effect on plant width and height, depending on plant species.
Korotkova, O. and Vabrit, S. (2010). INFLUENCE OF SOIL TEMPERATURE ON ORNAMENTAL QUALITY OF BEDDING PLANTS THROUGH MULCHING. Acta Hortic. 881, 399-402
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.881.62
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.881.62
ground cover, annuals, decorative value, diameter, landscaping
English

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