Vertical garden system for tomato (lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) production using different soil conditioner under protected structure [manuscript]
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Date
2019
Authors
Bravely Jehu F. Fernandez
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This study aimed to increase the yield of tomato through vertical garden system and improve the growth of tomato using different soil conditioner under protected structure. Specifically, the study aimed to maximize the available land space and use the water effciently for irrigation using vertical farming with drip irrigation system under ridge type protected structure, determine the most effective soil conditioner such as coco dust, carabao manure and chicken manure for tomato production, and to perform the costing using this energing type of production system.
This study used low cost materials and locally available materials in the nearby market. The vertical garden was constructed according to its plan and its measurement using bamboo and other available wood materials. Drip irrigation system was installed for the tomato production under ridge type protected structure using low cost materials and recycled materials that were readily available at the farm such as lateral lines, polyethylene pipes and water reservoir.
The study was laid out in Complete Randomized Design (CRD) and data gathered were analzed using ANOVA and Least Significant Difference (LSD) for the comparison among treatment means. Different soil conditioner mixed with garden soil were used as treatments in this study.
Results showed that the planted in the mixture of chicken manure and garden soil had obtained the tallest plant height followed by the tomato planted in the mixture of carabao manure and garden soil with a value of 59.94 cm and 59.428 cm, respectively. While the results revealed that highest average yield of plant was obtained from mixture of carabao manure and garden soil followed by the mixture of chicken manure and garden soil with a value of 78.18 g and 76.76 g, respectively.
Among the three soil conditioner used in the study, carabao manure was the most suitable media for the production of tomato. Furthermore, yield of Apollo tomato in the study can be area with 6 plants/m² compared to traditional farming with only 2-4 plants/m² (depends on plant spacing).