The effect of biodynamic preparations on growth and fruit quality of giant pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima D.)

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 1 Total yield, marketable yield and non-marketable yield of pumpkin fruits of different pumpkin cultivars and horn manure and horn silica treatments—mean values from 2012 to 2014

Spray treatments	Total yield (t ha⁻¹)	Marketable yield (t ha⁻¹)	Non-marketable yield* (t ha⁻¹)
Justynka
Control	46.00^a	40.25^a	5.75
HM	58.25^c	52.21^c	6.04
HS	54.20^b	51.30^b	2.90
HM + HS	54.56^b	51.15^b	3.41
Karowita
Control	34.05^a	31.95^a	2.10
HM	36.20^b	33.00^b	3.20
HS	36.96^b	34.65^c	2.31
HM + HS	38.40^c	36.00^d	2.40
Amazonka
Control	23.55^a	20.15^a	3.40
HM	27.63^c	24.20^c	3.43
HS	24.32^a	22.80^b	1.52
HM + HS	25.60^b	24.00^c	1.60

*As difference of total to marketable yield. HM horn manure, HS horn silica. Differences between means marked by different letter (a, b, c, d) are significant within each cultivar, p ≤ 0.05