Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Name of the trial
AVO
FD
MC
Le Rheu (only 2009)
Location
Duiven,
St Martin D'Arcé,
Morlaix,
Le Rheu,
The Netherlands
France
France
France
51.95 N
47.58 N
48.62 N
48.09 N
5.99 E
0.07 W
3.84 W
1.80 W
Soil
2007: sandy, very poor fertility
2007: sandy, quite rich
2007: deep silt soil
silty clay
2008: heavy clay, poor for
spinach
2008: sandy, quite rich
2008: new soil (new greenhouse built in
2005)
Pre-crop
2007: faba beans
2007: carrots and cucumbers
for seed production and grass
production during winter
2007: broccoli
potatoes
2008: carrots
2008: two years black radish for
seed production
2008: cucumbers
Preparation of
soil (work and
fertilization)
2007: ploughing, cow manure
application at a low rate
2007: superficial work only,
compost applied at a low rate
2007: ploughing, manure
ploughing, no fertil-
ization
2008: ploughing, 35-40 tonnes/ha
of cow manure
2008: superficial work only,
low rate of compost applied in
autumn
2008: superficial work twice, compost ap-
plied before cucumber crop
Sowing
2007: 15th March, in-line crop
covered for 2 weeks after sowing
2007: 13th March, in-line
2007: 10th of April, sowing in cubes of
soil, 23rd of April, transplanting in one
meter-wide beds covered with plastic
mulch
25th February, sow-
ing in cubes of soil
mid-March, planting
in one meter-wide
beds covered with
plastic mulch
2008: 1st of April, direct seeded
2008: 1st October 2007 (winter
trial), direct seeded
2009: sowing in cubes of soil in Nov.
2007, transplanting mid-December 2007 in
one meter-wide beds covered with plastic
mulch in a greenhouse
Intervention
during cultivation
2007: Regular irrigation
2007: nothing
2007: nothing
nothing
2008: Regular irrigation
2008: nothing
2008: irrigation
