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Determination of Yield and Quality Characteristics of Blueberries Grown in Pot and Raised-Bed in Soilless Culture

Topraksız Ortamda Saksı ve Masurada Yetiştirilen Maviyemişlerin Verim ve Kalite Özelliklerinin Belirlenmesi

Hüseyin Çelik(ONDOKUZ MAYIS ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ZİRAAT FAKÜLTESİ)0000-0003-1403-7464
Ebru Acar(United Genetics Turkiye Seed & Seedlings Ltd.)0000-0003-3225-688X
Pages
293–310
Publication Date
2025-06-30
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Raised-bed-grown cultivars gave higher %TSS and lower acidity than pot-grown ones.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Like other Vacciniums, blueberries love acidic soils for growing.
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Key Findings & Data:Blueberries have small bushy plants and they began to be grown in pot and raised-bed using special substrates.
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Conclusion & Impact:Raised-bed-grown cultivars gave higher %TSS and lower acidity than pot-grown ones.
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⚙️Variables:Maviyemiş · Vaccinium corymbosum · Verim

Abstract

Like other Vacciniums, blueberries love acidic soils for growing. But new and alternative soilless growing systems developed for new areas with ecological advantages. Blueberries have small bushy plants and they began to be grown in pot and raised-bed using special substrates. In the present study, yield and berry characteristics of five northern highbush blueberry cultivars (‘Bluecrop’, ‘Brigitta’, ‘Denise Blue’, ‘Patriot’, and ‘Blugold’) were studied under soilless culture. They planted in pot with acidic peat moss and raised beds under open-air conditions. Plant phenology, growth, development, yield, and berry quality characteristics of the cultivars were determined. Budburst begins at the end of the last week of February for both growing areas in all cultivars. Raised-bed growing cultivars bloomed earlier than pot-grown ones. Fruit coloring starts within the second week of June. Pot-grown blueberry cultivars were the best yielded than raised-bed ones and ‘Patriot’ had the highest yield (955.14 g/bush) while ‘Bluegold’ had the largest berries (17.45 mm). Raised-bed-grown cultivars gave higher %TSS and lower acidity than pot-grown ones.

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Maviyemiş, sağlık açısından yararları ve yeni 'süper besin' statüsüyle popüler olan bir üzümsü meyvedir. Diğer Vacciniumlar gibi maviyemişler de yetiştirmek için asidik toprakları sever. Ancak ekolojik avantajları olan yeni alanlar için yeni ve alternatif topraksız yetiştirme sistemleri geliştirilmiştir. Maviyemişler küçük ve çalımsı bitkilere sahip olduklarından özel substratlar kullanılarak saksı ve yükseltilmiş Toprak seddelerinde yetiştirilmeye başlanmıştır. Bu çalışmada, beş adet kuzeyli yüksek boylu maviyemiş çeşidi ('Bluecrop', 'Brigitta', 'Denise Blue', 'Patriot' ve 'Blugold') topraksız kültür altında saksı ve masuralarda yetiştirilerek verim ve kalite özellikleri incelenmiştir. Açık arazi koşullarında asidik torf içeren saksı ve yükseltilmiş masuralara dikilen maviyemişlerde bitki fenolojisi, büyüme-gelişme, verimi ve meyve kalitesi özellikleri belirlenmiştir. Tüm çeşitlerde, her iki yetiştirme alanı için de tomurcuklanma Şubat ayının son haftasının sonunda başlamıştır. Yükseltilmiş masuralarda büyüyen maviyemiş çeşitlerinde çiçeklenme saksıda yetişenlere göre daha erken gerçekleşmiştir. Meyvelerdeki renklenme genelde Haziran ayının ikinci haftasında başlamıştır. Saksıda yetiştirilen maviyemiş çeşitlerinin verimi masuralarda yetişenlere göre daha yüksek olmuştur. Saksıda yetişen 'Patriot' çeşidi en yüksek verime (955,14 g/çalı) sahipken 'Bluegold' en büyük meyvelere (17,45 mm) sahip olmuştur. Masurada yetişen maviyemiş çeşitleri saksıda yetiştirilenlere göre daha yüksek kurumadde içermiş ve asitlikleri de düşük kalmıştır.

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Çelik, H., Acar, E. (2025). Determination of Yield and Quality Characteristics of Blueberries Grown in Pot and Raised-Bed in Soilless Culture. Anadolu Tarım Bilimleri Dergisi, Cilt: 40 Sayı: 2, 293–310. https://doi.org/10.7161/omuanajas.1603639

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