Wiesengut Biodynamic Long-term Experiment
This experiment has been added by the GLTEN Curators using existing published sources.
- Objective
- To investigate the effects of biodynamic compost preparations.
- Data Access Statement
- Don't know
- Data license
- Don't know
- Data policy
- Don't know
- Organizations
- Wiesengut Campusexperimental research stationUniversity of Bonnresearch organisation
- People
Site: Experiment site
- Type
- research station field
- Location
- HennefNorth Rhine-WestphaliaGermany
- Geographic location
- 50.786817, 7.275099
- Elevation
- 65 Metres
- Visits permitted?
- No
- Management
- The research farm is an organic certified farm. Agricultural practices, such as weed management, sowing, and soil preparation, were identical among all experimental plots.
- Soil type
- luvisol
- Soil properties
Variable Depth Value (range) Units Ref year Estimated? Baseline? soil pH 0 – 30 Centimetres (5.34 – 5.39) soil carbon to nitrogen ratio 0 – 30 Centimetres (9.4 – 11.4) plant available phosphorous 0 – 30 Centimetres (51.9 – 72.7) mg P/kg plant available potassium 0 – 30 Centimetres (189.6 – 233.5) mg K/kg - Climatic type
- temperate oceanic climate
- Climate properties
Variable Time period Value (range) Units air temperature 9.5 degree Celsius precipitation 700 millimeter
Design period: (1993—)
- Design Type
- Randomized complete block design
- Design description
- Plots measure 6 x 10m.
- Number of plots
- 24
- Number of replicates
- 4
- Crops
Crop Years grown grass clover leys potatoes winter wheat faba beans spring wheat winter rye - Crop Rotation
- Unnamed
- 1grass clover leysundersown in winter rye
- 2potatoes
- 3winter wheat
- 4faba beans
- 5spring wheat
- 6winter rye
- Factor
- Factor name
- Factor levels
- natural fertilizer exposure
control exposure (0 )
No organic or biodynamic amendmentsfarmyard manure (30 t/ha)
Applied to crop: All cropsApplication frequency: annually in springApplication method: by handChemical form: farmyard manurebiodynamic agriculture + (30 t/ha)
Applied to crop: All cropsApplication frequency: annually in springApplication method: by handChemical form: farmyard manureFYM with biodynamic compost preparation of yarrow (Achillea) blossoms.farmyard manure + (30 t/ha)
Applied to crop: All cropsApplication frequency: annually in springApplication method: by handChemical form: farmyard manureFYM with biodynamic compost preparation of flowers of yarrow, chamomile, dandelion, stinging nettle shoots, oak bark and valerian extract.
- Measurement
Variable Material Units Frequency Scale Comment soil properties Not specified
Related publications
- Rodas-Gaitan, H., Fritz, J., Dahn, C. et al. Biodynamic compost effects on soil parameters in a 27-year long-term field experiment. Chem. Biol. Technol. Agric. 9, 74 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1186/s40538-022-00344-w [In English]
- Zaller, J.G., Köpke, U. Effects of traditional and biodynamic farmyard manure amendment on yields, soil chemical, biochemical and biological properties in a long-term field experiment. Biol Fertil Soils 40, 222–229 (2004) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-004-0772-0 [In English]