팽연화왕겨 배지는 펄라이트와 수분특성이 달라서 펄라이트는 과채류 재배용 스티로폼베드에서 재배할 경우 1일 1.5~2.0L씩의 급액량을 1일 16회로 분할하여 급액한 처리에서 가장 좋은 생육을 보였으나 팽연화왕겨는 1일 16~24회로 분할 급액할 경우 높은 수량성을 보였다. 또한 토마토 재배시 정식 후 25일간 급액 EC를 높여줌으로써 우수한 생육 및 수량을 얻을 수 있었으며 초기 부숙이 급속히 진행되는 과정에서 발생되는 NO3의 부족을 보완할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

Plant roots are affected by the root zone environment rather than substrate material itself. It is important to provide a suitable environment for the roots by amending the substrate and adjusting supply of the nutrient solution. In an expanded rice hull substrates, 1.5 L nutrient solution was supplied on each day at different frequency. In rice hull substrate, plant growth and yield were the greatest in the treatment where a 1.5L nutrient solution was supplied as 24 equal aliquots, wheres in perlite substrate plant growth and yield were the greatest in the treatment with 16 aliquots. Nitrogen deficiency symptoms caused by early decomposition of rice hulls by microorganisms was recovered by increasing solution EC from 1.7 to EC 2.0 dS.m-1 for 25 days after planting. Plant growth and yield increased in the treatment of Ec 3.0 dS.m-1 , but the cause for this increase is not clear.

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