Abstract
A study was conducted to determine if raising tomatoes ( Lycopersicon esculentum ) in cleaned and disinfected used perlite would be more economical than new perlite and have no negative impact on yield. Cleaning and disinfecting used perlite for recycling saved 56% of the cost to replace the media and reduced salt content to the optimum level recommended for raising container grown plants. Disinfecting used perlite with hot water raised media temperatures above limits necessary to kill several fungi and nematodes. Tomatoes planted in recycled perlite produced greater marketable yield and heavier fruit than those planted in new perlite. Season and year of planting also have significant effects on yield. Used perlite can be cleaned and disinfected as needed and recycled for many years because it is not organic in nature and physically and chemically stable.
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Claim · model-written summary
Cleaning and disinfecting used perlite saved 56% of replacement cost.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- Cleaning and disinfecting used perlitee0
- Outcome
- cost to replace the mediae0
- Direction
- savede0
- Value
- 56%e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cleaning and disinfecting used perlite for recycling saved 56% of the cost to replace the media”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Cleaning and disinfecting used perlite reduced salt content to the recommended optimum.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Cleaning and disinfecting used perlitee0
- Outcome
- salt contente0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- optimum level recommended for raising container grown plantse0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Cleaning and disinfecting used perlite for recycling saved 56% of the cost to replace the media and reduced salt content to the optimum level recommended for raising container grown plants”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Hot-water disinfection raised used-perlite temperature above limits needed to kill fungi and nematodes.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Disinfecting used perlite with hot watere0
- Outcome
- media temperaturese0
- Direction
- raisede0
- Qualifier
- above limits necessary to kill several fungi and nematodese0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Disinfecting used perlite with hot water raised media temperatures above limits necessary to kill several fungi and nematodes”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomatoes in recycled perlite had greater marketable yield than in new perlite.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- recycled perlitee0
- Outcome
- marketable yielde0
- Direction
- greatere0
- Comparator
- new perlitee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Tomatoes planted in recycled perlite produced greater marketable yield and heavier fruit than those planted in new perlite”
Claim · model-written summary
Tomatoes in recycled perlite produced heavier fruit than in new perlite.
- Taxon
- TomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- recycled perlitee0
- Outcome
- fruite0
- Direction
- heaviere0
- Comparator
- new perlitee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Tomatoes planted in recycled perlite produced greater marketable yield and heavier fruit than those planted in new perlite”
Claim · model-written summary
Season and planting year significantly affected tomato yield.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- yielde0
- Setting
- Season and year of plantinge0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Season and year of planting also have significant effects on yield”
t0“Tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Used perlite can be cleaned, disinfected, and reused for many years.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- cleaned and disinfected as needed and recycled for many yearse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Used perlite can be cleaned and disinfected as needed and recycled for many years”
t0“Tomato”
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