HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
FUNDAMENTALS OF HORTICULTURE
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Question
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Of these materials, which is the best for use in an organic growing media?
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bark
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perlite
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Styrofoam beads
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vermiculite
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Growing Media Components Organic components include, but are not limited to: peat moss, bark, coconut coir, rice hulls, wood fiber, etc. Inorganic components include, but are not limited to: perlite, pumice, vermiculite, sand, hydrogel, etc.
Detailed explanation-2: -Advantages of composts as ingredients of growing media include their low cost, nutritional contribution and suppressiveness against soil-borne diseases. A clear advantage of composts used in substrates is that most of them can be further recycled, after the end of the growing cycle, by soil application.
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