This study aimed to develop the movable bed cultivating system for strawberry cultivation that enables to increase crop yield and save labor through high-density cultivation. In comparison with a conventional raised-bed system, the best feature of the system is a culture bed moving freely, left, right, up and down. This system consists of four devices; longitudinally- and laterally-moving device, nutrient solution supply device, and a control device. A comparative study showed that there was no significant difference on strawberry growth between a conventional raised bed and the movable bed cultivation systems. In addition, the change of growing environment to high-density cultivation did not influence strawberry growth, which proved the applicability of the movable bed cultivation system. Additional finding of this study showed that about 1.7 times more plants can be planted in movable beds. High-density cultivating using movable beds enables to plant more strawberry within the same cultivated area, which eventually contribute to reduce energy consumption per strawberry.

• 강동현(Department of Agricultural Engineering of National Academy of Agricultural Science) | D. H. KANG
• 이시영(Member, Department of Agricultural Engineering of National Academy of Agricultural Science) | S. Y. Lee Corresponding Author
• 박민정(Department of Agricultural Engineering of National Academy of Agricultural Science) | M. J. Park
• 최홍기(Department of Agricultural Engineering of National Academy of Agricultural Science) | H. G. Choi
• 백이(Department of Agricultural Engineering of National Academy of Agricultural Science) | Y. Paek