Selection of Vegetables and Fertigation Methods for Veranda Gardening

베란다 재배에 적합한 채소작물 및 관비방법 선발

  • Published : 2007.12.30

Abstract

This study was conducted to select leaf vegetables suitable for cultivation in apartment verandas and simple and easy fertigation method for home gardening. In order to develop the convenient fertigation method, hydroponics, wick irrigation, and overhead irrigation methods were compared. For the wick irrigation, two types of nutrient sources were used; one was slow release fertilizers mixed with medium and the other one was nutrient solution filled in container located under pots. The growth of leafy lettuce, leaf mustard, and leaf beet was better in both of the wick irrigation methods rather than in overhead irrigation and hydroponics. The wick irrigation method is very easy, so that it is expected to bring a good result from the cultivating and managing point of view, if it brings with commercialized system along with slow release fertilizer. As a result of investigation of environment such as temperature, relative humidity, and irradiance level in apartment verandas in autumn the highest irradiance level during a day was just 48% and 35% in verandas facing south and feeing southeast, respectively, comparing to that in greenhouse. The light environment was investigated as a limiting factor for vegetable growing in verandas. Therefore, to select the vegetables showing good growth under low irradiance environment, nine leaf vegetables such as romaine lettuce, lent lettuce, head lettuce, endive, pak-choi, leaf mustard, garland chrysanthemum, leaf beet, and Chinese chive were grown under 0%, 50%, 70%, 90% shading. Among them, Chinese chive showed the best growth under low irradiance levels. Endive showed line growth reduction according to shading degree, however, even under 90% shading condition, it showed good growth. And then leafy lettuce, garland chrysanthemum, and pak-choi followed. Therefore, these results will be of help in selecting vegetables for veranda gardening with different light levels.

도시농업에 대한 관심과 수요가 증가하고 있으나 실내 채소재배에 대한 연구는 매우 미진한 상황이다. 따라서 본 연구는 아파트 베란다에서 이용하기에 좋은 관비방법 및 재배가 적합한 채소작목을 선발하고자 수행되었다. 가정용 채소 관비방법을 선발하기 위하여 담액수경, 심지관수(양액 또는 완효성비료), 두상관수 등 4가지 방법을 비교해 본 결과 심지관수법에서 상추, 겨자채, 적근대 모두 관행대비 생육과 수량이 높았다. 뿐만 아니라 심지관수 방법은 양수분관리에 필요한 노력과 시간을 대폭 줄일 수 있고 (주)애그로액티브와 공동 개발한 완효성비료를 이용하면 별도의 양분관리 없이 채소를 생산할 수 있다. 한편, 물이 바닥으로 흘러 나오지 않기 때문에 실내에서 사용도 가능하다. 한편, 가을의 베란다 환경을 조사한 결과 온 습도 환경은 채소 재배에 적절하였으나 광환경은 최고 광량이 남향 베란다에서는 온실의 48%, 남동향 베란다에서는 35%에 불과하여 생육에 가장 큰 제한요인으로 나타났다. 따라서 베란다의 약광 조건에서도 생육이 우수한 작물을 선발하고자 0%, 50%, 70%, 90% 차광조건에서 로메인상추, 청치마상추, 생채, 엔다이브, 청경채, 겨자채, 쑥갓, 적근대, 부추 등 9종의 엽채류를 재배하였다. 부추가 광이 부족한 환경에서도 가장 생육이 우수하였고 엔다이브도 약광에서 생육이 좋았으며 상추, 쑥갓, 청경채가 뒤를 이었다. 이 연구결과를 토대로 각 베란다의 방향이나 위치, 계절에 따라 달라지는 광환경에 적합한 채소작물 선발에 도움이 될 것으로 생각된다.

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