The study was carried out in hydroponic greenhouse of Agronomy Department, Valiasr
University of Rafsanjan, Iran in autumn of 2009.
Strawberry transplant roots cv. Paroos which had
been procured from Kordestan, Iran, were
washed out of soil by tap water. The disinfected
plastofoam pots were filled with different ratios
of perlite: cocopeat (only perlite, 75% perlite +
25% cocopeat, 50% perlite + 50% cocopeat, 25%
perlite + 75% cocopeat, and only cocopeat). Six
pots were filled with each planting bed and 3
transplants were planted in each pot and three
pots of each planting bed were dissolved with
hydroponic solution (1/2 concentration of Hoagland
solution) and three others were dissolved
with aquaponic solution (procured from raft
tanks). The pots were manually dissolved with
the amount of 300 mL three times a day.