Control of Daily First Drainage Time by Irrigation Management with Drainage Level Sensor in Tomato Perlite Bag Culture
2010
Kim, S.E., Sangmyung University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea | Sim, S.Y., Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Hwasung, Republic of Korea | Kim, Y.S., Sangmyung University, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
The first drainage time in a day was controlled for precise irrigation management with low consumption of nutrient solution in tomato perlite bag culture system by measuring water level of drained water in drainage catchment part. This method automatically adjusted the irrigation time under any condition of light, temperature and humidity, resulting in stable water content in substrates. However, it was difficult to keep the time consistent as they were set. It drained with the deviation of 20 min in the treatment in which the first drainage time was set at 10:00 and 50 min in the treatment set at 10:30. The first drainage time was not constant, but the drain occurred stably before noon in the treatment of which irrigation frequency was longer than 30 min. The drainage ratio was better balanced in all the treatments using drainage level sensors than the treatment using time clock for irrigation control. High water and fertilizer efficiencies were obtained. Although the growth, total yield and sugar content were not significantly different between the treatments, fruit weight was higher in the treatments using drainage level sensors than that using timer.
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