Saving water with sphagnum peat in nursery growing media

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 664, Issue , 2004, Pages 119-124

  Caron, Jean ^a   Beeson, Richard ^b   Haydu, John ^b   Boudreau, Jocelyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Hortau Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Easily available water; Growing media; Irrigation; Ligustrum; Sedge peat; Sphagnum peat; Viburnum; Water desorption curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 37949004581     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.664.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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