Wool you look at that? Sheep wool pellets as fertilizer in container-grown crops with short cultivation time
Sheep wool pellets (SWP) is an organic fertilizer that capitalizes an excess waste product of sheep husbandry, providing a way to reduce the environmental impact of wool and recycling it back into the production cycle. With a NPK of 10-0,1-4,5 and other trace elements, the pellets are considered a w...
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SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)
2022
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| author | Hill, Joy |
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| description | Sheep wool pellets (SWP) is an organic fertilizer that capitalizes an excess waste product of sheep husbandry, providing a way to reduce the environmental impact of wool and recycling it back into the production cycle. With a NPK of 10-0,1-4,5 and other trace elements, the pellets are considered a well-rounded fertilizer, but with a long degradation time. To investigate if sheep wool pellets can be used in shorter cultivation times, a container experiment was conducted to test if the pellets have an effect on 5-week cultivation of basil. Treatments were 0 (control), 5, and 10 g SWP/L in peat, compost, and mixed substrate of peat and compost. The result of this experiment indicates that the added amounts of sheep wool pellets does not have any effect on growth or final yield in short duration container cultivation.
Sheep wool pellets might however have other properties that still make it an interesting substrate amendment for crops with short cultivation time, such as providing higher water use efficiency and a swelling effect that results in airier substrates, facilitating better gas exchange. |
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| publishDate | 2022 |
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| spelling | RepoSLU176692022-04-14T04:03:05Z Wool you look at that? Sheep wool pellets as fertilizer in container-grown crops with short cultivation time Fårullspellets som gödselmedel i krukodling med kort kulturtid Hill, Joy Sheep wool pellets sheep wool organic fertilizer container cultivation basil Sheep wool pellets (SWP) is an organic fertilizer that capitalizes an excess waste product of sheep husbandry, providing a way to reduce the environmental impact of wool and recycling it back into the production cycle. With a NPK of 10-0,1-4,5 and other trace elements, the pellets are considered a well-rounded fertilizer, but with a long degradation time. To investigate if sheep wool pellets can be used in shorter cultivation times, a container experiment was conducted to test if the pellets have an effect on 5-week cultivation of basil. Treatments were 0 (control), 5, and 10 g SWP/L in peat, compost, and mixed substrate of peat and compost. The result of this experiment indicates that the added amounts of sheep wool pellets does not have any effect on growth or final yield in short duration container cultivation. Sheep wool pellets might however have other properties that still make it an interesting substrate amendment for crops with short cultivation time, such as providing higher water use efficiency and a swelling effect that results in airier substrates, facilitating better gas exchange. Fårullspellets är ett organiskt gödningsmedel som nyttjar en restprodukt från fårproduktion och möjliggör en minskad miljöpåverkan från ullrester genom att återvinna den tillbaka in i produktionscykeln. Med ett NPK på 10-0,1-4,5 och även höga nivåer av mikronäringsämnen anses pelletsen vara ett allsidigt gödselmedel, men med lång nedbrytningstid. För att undersöka om fårullspellets kan användas under kortare kulturtider genomfördes ett containerförsök för att se pelletsen effekt efter 5 veckors odling av basilika. Behandlingarna var 0 (kontroll), 5 och 10 g SWP/l i torv, kompost och blandat substrat med torv och kompost. Resultatet indikerar att de undersökta mängderna fårullspellets inte har någon effekt på tillväxt och slutlig skördemängd vid kortvarig krukodling. Fårullspellets kan dock ha andra egenskaper som gör dem till intressanta substratförbättrare även för kortare kulturtider, exempelvis högre vattenanvändningseffektivitet och luftigare substrat. SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101) 2022 M2 eng swe https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17669/ |
| spellingShingle | Sheep wool pellets sheep wool organic fertilizer container cultivation basil Hill, Joy Wool you look at that? Sheep wool pellets as fertilizer in container-grown crops with short cultivation time |
| title | Wool you look at that? Sheep wool pellets as fertilizer in container-grown crops with short cultivation time |
| title_full | Wool you look at that? Sheep wool pellets as fertilizer in container-grown crops with short cultivation time |
| title_fullStr | Wool you look at that? Sheep wool pellets as fertilizer in container-grown crops with short cultivation time |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wool you look at that? Sheep wool pellets as fertilizer in container-grown crops with short cultivation time |
| title_short | Wool you look at that? Sheep wool pellets as fertilizer in container-grown crops with short cultivation time |
| title_sort | wool you look at that? sheep wool pellets as fertilizer in container-grown crops with short cultivation time |
| topic | Sheep wool pellets sheep wool organic fertilizer container cultivation basil |