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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"raised bed"”.
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A comparison of soil management systems for urban agriculture
… alternative soil management systems (e.g. raised-beds) are necessary to provide safe, fresh food for community members. The long-term benefits of raised-beds and similar soil management systems have not been explored in the scientific literature. Determining the agronomic and environmental …
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The anatomy of hügelkultur and dissecting the key claims
… or other available organic matter, to create a raised bed—which is then planted on all sides. Practitioners claim that the principles upon which hügelkultur function is grounded in science. However, no controlled, replicated research on inherent hügel bed characteristics or performance has been …
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Farming in the city: how the urban environment affects vegetable crop production, soil heavy metal contamination and nutrient dynamics, produce nutritive quality, and insect dynamics in urban gardens
… near 45° 50’ N. Each garden had 40 0.43 m3 raised bed pots filled with compost-soil-sand mix (50, 40, and 10% respectively). Fourteen cultivars of seven common garden vegetable species were grown in the raised bed pots in 2013 to 2015 seasons. Onion and kale were planted in early April …
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Physiological and Morphological Responses to Drought Stress in Different Cultivation Environments in Wild Type and ABA-deficient Barley
… environments -greenhouse, outside container, and raised bed - on Hordeum vulgare (spring barley) growth and physiology to assess the translatability of the same applied drought treatment. Additionally, as plants in the field often experience multiple stresses simultaneously, I investigate the …