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http://dx.doi.org/10.11625/KJOA.2012.20.4.715

Effect of Vermicast Application of Earthworm Feeding Food Waste in Vegetable Plants (Radish and Chinese Cabbage) Growth  

Choi, I-Jin (서울특별시 농업기술센터 도시농업팀)
Kwon, Hyuk-Hyun (서울특별시 농업기술센터 도시농업팀)
Lee, Han-Ho (서울특별시 농업기술센터 도시농업팀)
Son, Hyoung-Gi (서울특별시 농업기술센터 도시농업팀)
Hong, Sang-Kil (서울특별시 농업기술센터 도시농업팀)
Park, Yu-Soon (서울특별시 농업기술센터 도시농업팀)
Kang, Jong-Woon (서울특별시 농업기술센터 도시농업팀)
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Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture / v.20, no.4, 2012 , pp. 715-725 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was performed to make the method of food waste manufacturing for feeding to earthworm and different ratio of earthworm cast was investigated for applying vegetable plants that cultivated in a family or roof garden. We made conventional treatment of gardening soil and prepared soils with earthworm cast (the only fertilizer) at 30, 50, 70 and 100% for planting vegetable plants and then we studied its growth feature. The treatment was repeated three times with 12 weeks for each time. The cultivation of radish and chinese cabbage were managed at the same cultivation level for RDA standard cultivation method, and each sample of soils and plants was analyzed by appropriate analysis method. The growth investigation was performed 12 week after planting, and as for growth characteristics, height, leaf diameter, leaf number, leaf length, fresh weight and dry weight were investigated. The chemical characteristics, soils and plants, were surveyed. As for the growth characteristics investigated, radish and chinese cabbage showed the biggest growth in 70% and 50% treatment with average growth of all characteristics, height, leaf diameter, leaf number, leaf length, fresh weight and dry weight, respectively. Applying these results, a new equation for vermicast recommendation for radish and Chinese cabbage in summer (June-August) was presented. The earthworm cast 50% level with the gardening soil showed the high production in chinese cabbage. In case of radish, earthworm cast 70% with gardening soil level showed great growth, significantly.
Keywords
vermicast; radish; chinese cabbage; earthworm cast; food waste;
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