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Wang Wanzhao |
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Beijing |
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China |
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Practice |
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Low Tomato Seedling Height Planting Method |
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| Abstract |
http://www.bjd.com.cn/bjxw/bjqx/dxrw/200807/t20080722_470650.htm |
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Wang Wanzhao et al. (Miyun, Beijing)
This cultivation technology was developed by three farmers of Ligezhuang Village, Miyun, Beijing. Wang Wanzhao (one of the farmers) found accidentally one day that some of the strings used to tie tomato vines were loose. But he observed that these tomatoes grew better than those which grew straight. So he and the other two farmers began experiment in their farm.
They twisted tomato vines i.e. S-type, to lower the height of the vines. This avoided direct sunlight and thus prolonged the growth cycle and setting percentage. The farmer claims that the annual output of tomatoes of one Mu (0.15 ha) field was 2,500 kg in the past and now the setting percentage has been improved by 60% and the annual output to 4,000 kg. Meanwhile, it could also reduce the re-seedling time, cultivation cost and amount of labour; and also change the traditional method in which the farmers raise seedlings thrice a year. |
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| Volume No. |
Honey Bee: 21 (4),16,2010 |
