Growth and Quality analysis of strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) cv. Chandler in two production system

Abstract

The Department of Horticulture at Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences in Prayagraj conducted an experiment over 140 days in the years 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 to investigate the effects of different grow, micro and bloom nutrient dose and substrate combinations under Hydroponics and pot cultivation in Prayagraj climatic zones for higher yield and quality of strawberry. The experiment was set up using a Factorial Randomized Block Design (FRBD), with three replications, each with two hydroponic systems and 12 T0 (control). The two different types of Planting systems (pot experiments and hydroponic experiments), as well as their interaction, has a big impact on the Plants’s yield and quality parameters. The results show that Plants grown in a hydroponic system along T7 (with Grow, Micro, and Bloom) at 24-hour intervals of 42 days optimize production and perform best in terms of growth, yield and quality contributing traits. In comparison to soil and soilless medium, the hydroponic system produced yields that were 20-92% and 16-91% greater, respectively. The nutrient absorption was likewise the highest under this method, indicating that nutrients are available to Plants in hydroponic systems more readily than in soilless medium or soil, and that this method provided the largest net returns and benefits and rate of cost.