Appropriate Fertilizer Management for Baby Cos Production Under Greenhouse Condition on Highland in Chiang Mai Province
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Study on the effect of fertilizer management for baby cos production was carried out at farmers’ greenhouses on highland in Chiang Mai province from April 2019 to May 2019. The experimental design was a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with 3 replications and 4 treatments. The fertigation treatments were as follows: treatment 1 (CFR), applied N: P2O5: K2O at the rate of 39.2: 14.7: 36.6 kg/rai; treatment 2 (FCR), applied N: P2O5: K2O at the rate of 5.9: 4.4: 11.4 kg/rai and treatment 3 (SSFM), applied nitrogen fertilizer only at the rate of 5.9 kg/rai. The non-fertilizer application was used as a control treatment. The study indicated that the application of nitrogen fertilizer only at 5.9 kg/rai (treatment 3, SSFM) tended to increase the growth of baby cos. The total fresh yield (6.39 ton/rai) and marketable yield (2.65 ton/rai) obtained from treatment 3 (SSFM) which were higher than the other treatments, especially when compared with treatment 1 (CFR), which was applied at the common fertilization rate. The total fresh yield and marketable yield obtained from that treatment was only 5.02 and 2.08 ton/rai, respectively. Besides, the fertilizer application rate of treatment 3 (SSFM) was the highest fertilizer efficiency use. The results from this study suggested that for baby cos production in soil containing a high amount of organic matter, available phosphorus and exchangeable potassium, nitrogen fertilizer application by fertigation system at the rate of 5.9 kg/rai was sufficient and suitable for producing good quality baby cos under greenhouse condition on highland.
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