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Our TS substrates for strawberries.
As part of our TS substrate range which is in demand worldwide, we offer substrates especially for strawberry cultivation. Customised recipes are available for all stages of cultivation and all growing systems. Our TS substrates with GreenFibre® for strawberries in gutter systems combine improved yield performance with a more sustainable substrate concept.
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Rec. Y77:
TS 4 medium strawberry with
25% coir + 25% GreenFibre®
- Characteristics: single and double cropping strawberries on rack system, in troughs and containers
- Use for: strawberries, raspberries and other soft fruit
Rec. X68:
TS 1 medium strawberry
with 50% GreenFibre®
- Characteristics: all year-round strawberry cultivation in rack systems. Perfectly suitable for protected cultivation due to well balanced water and air capacity
- Use for: strawberries in gutter systems
Rec. Y75:
TS 1 fine Strawberry
propagation
- Characteristics: extra light mix, free flowing, with improved
drainage and reduced pH value - Use for: strawberry young plants
Crop results:
High efficiency in irrigation management and cultivation plus high fruit yield
Extensive practical tests with our GreenFibre® substrates were carried out at the Delphy and BerryNova-Genson research stations (Netherlands) and at Proefcentrum Hoogstraten (Belgium), among others. The substrate blends proved their excellent suitability when mixed with up to 50 % GreenFibre®.
Trial Data
- Cultivation in a heated greenhouse
- Variety: Elsanta, June bearing, 12 plants per linear metre
- Planting: 17 August 2019; cultivation end: 25 May 2020, crop with two harvest periods
- Harvest period autumn: Weeks 38 – 52
- Harvest period spring: Weeks 15 – 23
- Control substrate: 50 % coir, 35 % white peat, 15 % perlite
- Trial substrates: 20 % / 50 % / 65 % GreenFibre® with white peat
The variant with 50 % GreenFibre® showed the highest yield for the total production of both harvest periods. The control variant, a common practise strawberry substrate, had the lowest yields. Also with regard to the distribution of fruit classes in autumn and spring, the highest yield of fruits class 1 was achieved in substrates with 50 % and 20 % GreenFibre®. In this trial, all substrates with GreenFibre® performed better than the control substrate. The drain EC value in the control substrate was significantly higher than in the substrates with GreenFibre®, especially in autumn, and also had the lowest drain rates in %. In spring, both the drain EC values and the drain percentages were closer to each other in all substrates.
Trial Data
- Cultivation in polytunnel, variety Murano, day-neutral variety, 6 plants per meter
- Planting 12.7.2019; end of culture 4.10.2019, short crop, single bearing
- Harvest period week 33 – 40
- Control substrate: 100 % coir
- Test variants: 50 % GreenFibre® with white peat
This test confirmed that a substrate with 50 % GreenFibre® can achieve yields at least as high or even slightly higher than those of coir substrate. Especially at the beginning and end of the cultivation, the weekly yields in the substrate with GreenFibre® were higher.
All benefits of our TS substrates with GreenFibre®:
- Ideal drainage for year-round cultivation of strawberries in gutters and containers
- 26 – 30 vol.-% air capacity (pF 1; -10cm) in growing media with 50% GreenFibre®
- High nutrient-buffering capacity and high content of humic acids due to the peat content
- Very high structural stability also for perennial cultivation
- Improved root development
- Drier substrate surface promotes plant health
- Very sustainable strawberry cultivation due to GreenFibre®
- Reduced substrate weight and lower emissions
The substrate innovation with GreenFibre®
We have developed innovative TS substrates with a high content of GreenFibre® premium wood fibres which are particularly suitable for strawberry cultivation in gutters and containers. This new approach allowed us to reduce the amount of coir, peat and perlite in those substrates significantly.
Our TS substrates with GreenFibre® for strawberries in detail:
| Structure | – | medium |
| pH value (H₂O) | – | 5.7 |
| Fertilisation (g/l) | – | 0.5 |
| Extra trace elements | – | |
| Water capacity | – | |
| Air capacity / drainage | – | |
| Structural stability | – | |
| Characteristics | – | single and double cropping strawberries on rack system, in troughs and containers |
| Use for | – | strawberries, raspberries and other soft fruit |
| Structure | – | medium |
| pH value (H₂O) | – | 5.7 |
| Fertilisation (g/l) | – | 0.5 |
| Extra trace elements | – | |
| Water capacity | – | |
| Air capacity / drainage | – | |
| Structural stability | – | |
| Characteristics | – | all year-round strawberry cultivation in rack systems. Perfectly suitable for protected cultivation due to well balanced water and air capacity |
| Use for | – | strawberries in gutter systems |
| Structure | – | fine |
| pH value (H₂O) | – | 5.7 |
| Fertilisation (g/l) | – | 0.5 |
| Extra trace elements | – | |
| Water capacity | – | |
| Air capacity / drainage | – | |
| Structural stability | – | |
| Characteristics | – | extra light mix, free flowing, with improved drainage and reduced pH value |
| Use for | – | strawberry young plants |
Individual and organic compositions for strawberries: As unique as you are.
