Effects of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium Levels on Tomato Grown on Organic Substrate

  • Nguyễn Văn Thao
  • Nguyễn Thu Hà
  • Đỗ Nguyễn Hải

Abstract

      Nutrient supply to plants grown on substrate is necessary to obtain high product quality and yield. The objective of the present study was to determine the suitable amount of N, P, K fertilizers for tomato grown on organic substrate. The experiment consisted of 28 pots that were applied with different fertilizer levels. Study results show that pHKCl of organic substrate was neutral (7.28), total nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium were high and equivalent to some popular organic substrates. Different levels of phosphate, potassium fertilizer application (with the same level of nitrogen fertilizer) did not affect tomato yield. Combination of 6.0 g N, 4.5 g P2O5 and 6.0 g K2O per pot improved average fruit weight (78.32 g/fruit) and actual fruit yield (2.38 kg fruit/pot). Potassium fertilizer application significantly affected sugar content of tomatoes (> 5.0%) in pots applied with 4.0 - 6.0 g K2O. After 15 days of fertilization, NO3- content of the tomatoes fluctuated between from 29.7 to 110.3 mg/kg fruit which was lower than VietGap standard.

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Published
2017-08-08
Section
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT