Open AccessTítulo en español.
Author(s) -
Saulo J. Rodríguez,
Carlos Rivera-López
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico/the journal of agriculture of the university of puerto rico
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 2308-1759
pISSN - 0041-994X
DOI - 10.46429/jaupr.v60i2.10574
Subject(s) - humanities , physics , horticulture , biology , philosophy
The possibility of substituting peatmoss with tobacco industry residues, wood shavings, sawdust, spent ground coffee, coffee parchment, dry coffee leaves, sugarcane bagasse, or Caño Tiburones muck in potting mixture for Pelargonium stockplants was investigated. The different materials were mixed in 1:1, 1:3, or 3:1 proportions with Cataño sand or Cialitos clay (an Oxisol). Dry coffee leaves and sugarcane bagasse consistently gave as good results as peatmoss. None of the other materials tested compared favorably with peatmoss for the growth of Pelargonium stock plants.