Cropping and fruit quality of 'Elsanta' strawberry cultivar grown in a vertical system

Abstract

Results of studying the cropping and fruit quality in strawberry cultivar Elsanta grown in a vertical system are presented in this work. Researches were conducted in high tunnel at the private property in Surčin, during the vegetation of 2007. Planting was done in pots filled with 5,5 l substrate mixtures. Four plants were planted per a pot and nine pots were arranged in a vertical system. Investigations included: the flowering and ripening time, cropping potential, as well as more important physical, chemical and organoleptic fruit properties. Based on most studied parameters, hydroponics system for commercial growing of strawberry cultivar Elsanta in high tunnel can be recommended. However, vertical hydroponics growing system has shown more defects because of that we should intend its’ modification and promotion.

U radu su prikazani rezultati ispitivanja rodnosti i kvaliteta ploda sorte jagode Elsanta gajene u vertikalnom sistemu uzgoja. Ispitivanja vršena tokom vegetacije 2007. godine obuhvatila su vreme cvetanja i zrenja, rodnost, kao i važnije pokazatelje kvaliteta ploda ispitivane sorte jagode. Na osnovu dobijenih rezultata većine ispitivanih parametara, za komercijalnu vansezonsku proizvodnju sorte jagode Elsanta u visokom tunelu može se preporučiti primena hidroponskog sistema uzgoja, sa napomenom da vertikalni sistem uzgoja pokazuje brojne nedostatke zbog čega treba težiti njegovoj modifikaciji.