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Database research record2025·United States

Market Yield of Relay Cropped Leafy Greens in Urban Agriculture Production Systems

Leigh Whittinghill, Megan Goins, Shawn Lucas

HortScience

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This study examined how two urban agriculture production systems (raised beds and container plots) and four nutrient-management treatments (conventional fertilizer, organic fertilizer, peat-and-compost plus organic fertilizer, and peat-and-compost only) affected yields of relay-cropped leafy greens across the 2018–2019 seasons. Significant differences between systems and treatments were few and inconsistent, but results suggest small plastic-pool containers are suitable for urban greens production and tentatively support organic fertilizers and compost as a nutrient source.