Prof. dr hab. inż. Zdzisław Koszański

Dr inż. Ewa Rumasz-Rudnicka

Dr hab. inż., Prof. nadzw. Cezary Podsiadło

Effects of irrigation of highbush bluberry cultivaed on sandy soil

Field experiment was done in Agriculture Experiment Station Lipki near Szczecin. As objects of studies were 1, 8, 9 and 10 years old blueberry plants cul-tivated on the acid brown soil belong to good rye complex. Before planting be-tween the rows of plants 10 cm layer of sawdust obtained from coniferous trees was spread and mixed with the soil. Growth and yielding of two varieties ‘Spartan’ and ‘Patriot’ irrigated and not irrigated. Plants were irrigated using dropping lines with emitters collocated every 30 cm with total efficiency of 2,4 l.h-1. Tensiometers show the need of irri-gation. Field and plants were irrigated when soil suction power was bigger than 0,01 MPa. Every year blueberry plants were fertilized with 60 kg N.ha-1 and doses of P and K depended on their concentration in soil. Total doses of water used for irrigation depended on yearly precipitation equal in 2005y. – 128 mm, 2006y. – 300 mm, 2007y. – 400 mm and in 2008y. – 200mm. Blueberry cv. ‘Spartan’ was more productive (9,62 t.ha-1) than ‘Patriot’ (8,3 t.ha-1). As effect of supplemental irrigation average crop of ‘Patriot’ variety increased by 8,36 t.ha-1 and ‘Spartan’ by 7,94 t.ha-1. Weight of 1000 fruits ...

Prof. dr hab. inż. Zdzisław Koszański

Dr inż. Ewa Rumasz-Rudnicka

Dr inż. Anna Jaroszewska

Róża Kowalewska

Blueberry high response of 'Spartan' and 'Patriot' to drip irrigation

Field experiment was done in Agriculture Experiment Station Lipki near Szczecin. As objects of studies were 8, 9,10 and 11 years old blueberry plants cul-tivated on the acid brown soil belong to good rye complex. Before planting between the rows of plants 10 cm layer of sawdust obtained from coniferous trees was spread and mixed with the soil. Evaluated growth and yielding of two varieties ‘Spartan' and ‘Patriot' irrigated and not irrigated. Plants were irrigated using dropping lines with emitters collocated every 30 cm with total efficiency of 2,4 l.h-1. Tensiometers show the need of irrigation. Field and plants were irrigated when soil suction power was bigger than -0,01 MPa. Every year blueberry plants were fertilized with 60 kg N.ha-1 and doses of P and K depended on their concen-tration in soil. Total doses of water used for irrigation depended on yearly pre-cipitation equal in 2006y.-300 mm, 2007y.- 40 mm and in 2008y. - 200 mm, 2009y.-127,5 mm Blueberry cv. ‘Spartan' was more productive (10,84 t.ha-1) than ‘Patriot' (9,68 t.ha-1). As effect of supplemental irrigation average crop of ‘Patriot' variety increased by 8,65 t.ha-1 and ‘Spartan' by 8,54 t.ha-1. Weight of 1000 fruits depended on variety, year of cultivation and ...

Dr inż. Ewa Rumasz-Rudnicka

Prof. dr hab. inż. Zdzisław Koszański

Dr inż. Anna Jaroszewska

Yielding of blueberries on Szczecin Lowland depending on rainfall and irrigation

Field experiments was carried in ES Lipnik belonging to Western Pomera-nia University of Technology in Szczecin. Blueberry cv. ‘Patriot’ was cultivated in th years of 2000-2008 on the acid brown soil which is belong to IVb soil class. The soil was characterized by small amount of nutrient availability of phospho-rus and potassium and low acid reaction. Blueberry was cultivated in different water conditions: O-control (without supplemental irrigation), W- irrigated ob-jects. Plants were irrigated using dropping line with efficiency of 2,4 l.h-1 keeping soil moisture on the level of 0,01 MPa, registered by tensiometers. Also in these studies productivity of two and ten years old blueberry plants treated or not with supplemental irrigation were evaluated. Average crop of berries harvested in this experiment equal 7,61 t.ha-1 (tab.3). Yield from not irrigated plots equal only 4,92 t.ha-1. It appeared that sup-plemental irrigation gave proper soil moisture for blueberries and the good yield and the amount of used water particularly in June and July depended on natural precipitation. As effect of supplemental irrigation the average crop of berries equal 5,38 t.ha-1 and was 109,2% bigger comparing to control (without supple-mental irrigation). Productive effect of drip irrigation was in full correlation with amount ...

Dr hab. inż., Prof. nadzw. Cezary Podsiadło

Prof. dr hab. inż. Zdzisław Koszański

Dr inż. Anna Jaroszewska

Róża Kowalewska

The effect of drip irrigation on yielding of sweet sorghum and corn on a light soil

In 2007-2009, at the Experimental Agricultural Station in Lipnik near Stargard Szczeciński, a field experiment was performed on acid brown soil of the good wheat complex. This soil in the topsoil contained 8.2 g kg-1 of organic C, had a slightly acid reaction and a low contents of available forms of P (30.1 mg kg-1) and K (45 mg kg -1). During the growing season the ground water level re-mained below 3.0 m.The aim of the studies was to compare the yield potentials of corn and two hybrids of sweet sorghum cultivated in conditions of various humidity of the light soil. On the plots with and without drop irrigation, sweet sorghum (the Sucrosorgo-506 and Rona-1 varieties) and corn (the variety Oldham FAO-250), of which the latter was the species compared. The times and doses of irrigation were determined based on indications of soil tensiometers. To the irrigation a dropping line of a capacity of 2.4 l h-1 of water and emitters spaced 30 cm apart was used. The combined doses of water depended on the timing and amount of rain-falls and were: in 2007 - 40 mm, in 2008 - 150 mm, in 2009 - 110 mm. The plant density ...