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

Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 2 Contents of macroelements in peel and flesh of pumpkin fruits of different pumpkin cultivars and horn manure and horn silica treatments—mean values from 2012 to 2014

Spray treatments	K		P		Ca		Mg
	% DM
	peel	flesh	peel	flesh	peel	flesh	peel	flesh
Justynka
Control	0.22^a	0.19^a	0.94^a	0.82^a	0.25^a	0.16^a	0.30^a	0.17^a
HM	0.23^a	0.20^a	1.02^ab	0.81^a	0.26^a	0.16^a	0.28^a	0.14^a
HS	0.25^a	0.22^a	1.24^b	0.88^a	0.47^b	0.23^a	0.51^b	0.25^a
HM + HS	0.25^a	0.22^a	1.16^ab	0.86^a	0.36^b	0.21^a	0.51^b	0.21^a
Karowita
Control	0.23^a	0.19^a	1.44^a	0.87^a	0.27^a	0.18^a	0.33^a	0.14^ab
HM	0.24^a	0.20^a	1.42^a	0.86^a	0.33^a	0.17^a	0.32^a	0.13^a
HS	0.26^a	0.23^a	1.52^a	1.02^a	0.46 b	0.23^a	0.54^b	0.33^b
HM + HS	0.25^a	0.23^a	1.50^a	0.99^a	0.41^ab	0.21^a	0.48^ab	0.25^b
Amazonka
Control	0.21^a	0.19^a	1.46^a	0.88^a	0.26^a	0.19^a	0.54^a	0.14^a
HM	0.22^a	0.20^a	1.43^a	0.86^a	0.28^b	0.18^a	0.52^a	0.14^a
HS	0.25^a	0.22^a	1.55^a	1.28^b	0.39^b	0.24^a	0.58^a	0.26^b
HM + HS	0.24^a	0.22^a	1.52^a	1.02^a	0.30^b	0.22^a	0.56^a	0.22^ab

HM horn manure, HS horn silica, DM dry matter. Spray treatments: different letters (a, b, c) are significant within each cultivar, p ≤ 0.05