Horticultural Studies (HortiS) 2000, Vol 17, Num, 2     (Pages: 84-94)

NUTRIENT REQUIREMENT OF GREEN HOUSE GROWN TOMATO PLANT

Mehmet Ali DEMİRAL 1

Viewed : 1435 - Downloaded : 627 To obtain good, high quality and healty products may only be possible bu using well-organized fertilizing programs in protected cultivation tomato growing. Such programs can mean less dirty environment and economical production as well as it can enable farmer sto avoid using excessive fertilizer.

It was found that under greenhouse conditions potassium (K), nitrogen (N), magnesium (Mg) and calsium (Ca) were the most needed macro elements and iron (Fe), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn) were the most needed micro elements for tomato plants respectively. Keywords :