Influence of leaf spraying with humic acid and soilless culture on the growth and flowering of Fragaria

Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa L. Duch.) from the family Rosaceae is a hybrid species belongs to Fragaria that is cultivating in broad surface all over the world for the use of its fruit. The use of organic fertilizers and soilless ture beds instead of inorganic fertilizers and soil culture has been recommended for increasing the yield of the plants especially agronomic and horticultural species. In the present investigation, four types of cultivation beds; peat + perlite + sand (b1), cocopeat + perlite + sand (b2), cocopeat + perlite + sand + composted azolla (b3), perlite + sand + composted azolla (b4) and spraying by concentrations of 0, 0.5 and 1.5 mg l–1 humic acid were evaluated on function of Fragaria. Results showed that the interaction of humic acid and cultivation bed was significant on most traits. Concentration of 1.5 mg l–1 humic acid and b4 cultivation bed had the maximum impact on changing the most measured traits especially increase of fruit function.