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• Investigation of the effect of wool and straw mulch in an open-field tomato experiment

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  Gergő Asbolt

  István Csizi

  Krisztina varga

  Csilla Bojté

  Róbert Czimbalmos

  András Halász

  Brigitta Horváth

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  We investigated the effects of fatty wool and wheat straw mulch on soil moisture, soil temperature values, and berry yield development in an outdoor tomato experiment on clay loam soil using small plot trials. In terms of soil moisture, both mulching treatments and the measurement dates (8 occasions) showed significantly more favorable values compared to the control tomato plants. No significant differences were found among the treatments for soil temperature, only between the measurement dates. The berry yield for both types of natural mulch exceeded the control values (4.04 kg/plant), with statistically significant differences observed between the untreated (control) and mulched (straw and wool) treatments. No significant difference was noted between the straw (7.54 kg/plant) and wool (6.69 kg/plant) mulched treatments. However, in the case of the wool mulch several practical insights have been provided for future applications, inspiring further research work.