Growth of chrysanthemum in a pine tree substrate requires additional fertilizer

HortTechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-115

  Wright, Robert D ^a   Jackson, Brian E ^a   Browder, Jake F ^a   Latimer, Joyce G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Container media; Greenhouse crops; Loblolly pine; Peat lite; Pinus taeda

Indexed keywords

CHRYSANTHEMUM; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 37249053362     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.18.1.111     Document Type: Article

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