Open AccessThe hydroculture of calla
Author(s) -
P. Lévai,
Zs. Turi-Farkas
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
international journal of horticultural science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2676-931X
pISSN - 1585-0404
DOI - 10.31421/ijhs/7/3-4/291
Subject(s) - calla , ornamental plant , container (type theory) , business , agricultural economics , environmental science , international trade , environmental protection , geography , engineering , biology , economics , horticulture , monoclonal antibody , antibody , mechanical engineering , immunology
Hydroculture was established in the early 40's. This technology became wide-spread in 60's. Because of economic considerations it played little role in Hungarian ornamental plant growing. The forthcoming joining of the EEC as well as the strict enviroment protection regulations, this technology is likely to spread in our country and like in most of the West European countries, cut flowers will be grown in hydroculture. Closed systems match the most strict environmental regulations. Calla can be well adopted to this technology because of its origin and water demand.
We have studied three growing methods: PUR-agrofoam, container and soil-heated, of which soil-heated proved to be the best significantly.