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Effects of hardwood sawdust in potting media containing biosolids compost on plant growth, fertilizer needs, and nitrogen leaching
Author(s): G. J. Bugbee
Year: 1999
Publication Type: Article
Journal: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
Volume: 30
Issue: 5-6
Pages: 689-698
Article Topic(s): Fertilizer, Nutrients, Propagation
Research Setting(s): Greenhouse
Species Referenced: Coreopsis grandiflora (Largeflower tickseed),
Abstract
Evaluates the use of sawdust in potting media as a method of controlling nitrogen leaching from potted plants of Coreopsis lanceolata and Rudbeckia hirta. Sawdust had little to no effect on growth of either species. Fertilizer had a greater effect on R. hirta than on C. lanceolata. Sawdust and fertilizer had no effect on nitrogen leaching.Suggested Citation
G. J. Bugbee. "Effects of hardwood sawdust in potting media containing biosolids compost on plant growth, fertilizer needs, and nitrogen leaching." Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 30.5-6 (1999): 689-698.Go back