Air-filled porosity of eight growing media based on sphagnum peat during drying from container capacity

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 450, Issue , 1997, Pages 277-286

  Heiskanen, Juha ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aeration; Density; Hypoxia; Irrigation; Mixture; Perlite; Sand; Scots pine seedlings; Substrate; Water retention; Waterlogging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345604623     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.450.33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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