Abstract
In the raising of peach nursery stock, the effects of the materials comprising the pots and soil moisture on the growth of nursery stock and the yield after planting were examined. If the soil moisture management was the same the growth of nursery stock was superior in non-woven fabric pot (the walls had properties that obstruct the root while the base had properties that allowed root growth through) than plastic pot. It was possible to raise nursery stock in non-woven fabric pot without a watering system in an open field, while this technique was impossible in plastic pots. There was no difference in the growth of nursery stock between a non-woven fabric pot without a watering system and a plastic pot with an automatic watering system activated when the soil becomes dry at pF 2.6. The yield from peach trees raised in the non-woven fabric pot with a automatic watering system was about 5 kg per tree in the first year and about 9 kg per tree in the second year after the nursery stock was planted. The first year’s yield from the peach tree raised in a plastic pot was about 2 kg per tree.
