<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The main goal of the present study was to establish the opportunity for prolonged obtaining and supplying with cape gooseberry (<italic>Physalis peruviana</italic> L.) through application of various technological means. Experiments were carried out with two varieties of cape gooseberry – Plovdiv and Obrazec 1. The plants were grown by three different technologies – by pricking out seedlings, not pricking out seedlings and direct outdoor sowing, with three different sowing periods with interval of each being 15 days. The whole period of obtaining the production from each variant was investigated. In additional experiments, there were established the possibilities for storage of the fruit and also the period of supplying the market as well as additional post harvest ripening. The obtaining of the production from direct harvests starts from plants grown with pricking seedlings in the second decade of August to mid – October, those with no pricking seedlings from the first ten days of September to late October and with direct seeding from the beginning to the end of October. Plovdiv variety is characterized by rather high ripe. By storage, depending on the type of farming, the production comes from mid – September to early January, and in some periods coincides with fruits from additional ripening.</p></abstract>

The main goal of the present study was to establish the opportunity for prolonged obtaining and supplying with cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) through application of various technological means. Experiments were carried out with two varieties of cape gooseberry – Plovdiv and Obrazec 1. The plants were grown by three different technologies – by pricking out seedlings, not pricking out seedlings and direct outdoor sowing, with three different sowing periods with interval of each being 15 days. The whole period of obtaining the production from each variant was investigated. In additional experiments, there were established the possibilities for storage of the fruit and also the period of supplying the market as well as additional post harvest ripening. The obtaining of the production from direct harvests starts from plants grown with pricking seedlings in the second decade of August to mid – October, those with no pricking seedlings from the first ten days of September to late October and with direct seeding from the beginning to the end of October. Plovdiv variety is characterized by rather high ripe. By storage, depending on the type of farming, the production comes from mid – September to early January, and in some periods coincides with fruits from additional ripening.

Investigation of the Options to Extend the Period of Market Supply with Fruits of Cape Gooseberry (<italic>Physalis peruviana</italic> L.)

Acta Horticulturae et Regiotecturae

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Investigation of the Options to Extend the Period of Market Supply with Fruits of Cape Gooseberry ( L.)

The main goal of the present study was to establish the opportunity for prolonged obtaining and supplying with cape gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.) through...

Investigation of the Options to Extend the Period of Market Supply with Fruits of Cape Gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.)

Published Online: Feb 07, 2017

Page range: 18 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ahr-2016-0018

Keywords
seedling, outdor sowing, storage, post-harvest, maturity

© 2016 Nikolay Panayotov et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Investigation of the Options to Extend the Period of Market Supply with Fruits of Cape Gooseberry (Physalis peruviana L.)

Published Online: Feb 07, 2017

Page range: 18 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ahr-2016-0018

Keywordsseedling, outdor sowing, storage, post-harvest, maturity

© 2016 Nikolay Panayotov et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
seedling, outdor sowing, storage, post-harvest, maturity