Effects of Water Transmission Material Width and Number's on Water Consumption in Irrigation of Pot Plants with Capillary Irrigation Method at Open Field

This study was conducted at Karabuk University of Eskipazar Vocational School’s research fields in 2011. In the study 100 % polypropylene micro-fiber material is used as the transmission of water. Equal length (37 cm) and thickness (1.8 mm) water transfer materials were used in two different widths (3 and 5 cm) and two different numbers (in the middle of the pot and two numbers with 40 cm interval) to investigate of the effects on water consumption. In the study, one end of the water transmission materials were placed into the balcony type 18x80x16 cm pots the other ends into the 5 liter plastic water containers. After each pots filled with forest soil were planted three aromas strawberry plants. Research has been designed according to“ factorial complete randomized design” with three replications. According to results, width of the water transmission material not effected significantly on water consumption of pots which used both single and double water transmission material (single-wide 3.05 lt, single-narrow 2.77 lt and double-wide 8.5 lt, double-narrow 9.0 lt). Water consumption was effected significantly from the number of water transmission materials (single 2.77 lt and double 8.75 lt). Increased number of water transmission material should be use in open field capillary irrigation of potted plants and the next researchs include different soil textures. M. KARAŞAHİN/APJES II-I (2014) 35-40 36