The Influence of Fructification Managing and Fertilization

Abstract

In the experiments effectuated in 2007, at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in a "Venlo" type greenhouse, the fructification managing and fertilization of medium-long fruit cucumbers was studied. During the experiment, observations regarding early and total yield as well as fruit commercial quality have been done. For the variant for which fruits were placed both on the main stem and on the shoots early yield efficiencies of 30.7% and total yield efficiencies of 22.9% were recorded in comparison with the variants for which the fruits were placed just on the main stem. The fertilization way influenced both early and total yield difference significant positive being recorded in case of root + foliar fertilization given the root fertilization. Under combined influence of experimental factors, both for early and for total yield, the best results were obtained by variant with managing of fructification both on main stem and shoots, root + foliar fertilized.

Keywords

• medium-long fruit cucumbers
• fructification managing
• greenhouse
• fertilization