A Novel Approach for Organic Strawberry Cultivation: Vermicompost-Based Fertilization and Microbial Complementary Nutrition

This study investigated the effects of vermicompost fertilization with complementary microbial nutrition on plant growth, yield, and fruit quality organically grown strawberry “Monterey” cultivar. Along vermicompost, five different fertilizers containing plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) were used as nutrition. Here, we examined growth parameters, weight, pH, total soluble solids, acidity in leaf mineral nutrient concentrations. Vermicompost-based PGPR AMF improved quality. The highest yield (216.75 g per plant−1) heaviest fruits an average 18.11 obtained from vermicompost-based fertilization. included Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, pumilus, subtilis, licheniformis, megaterium, Trichoderma harzianum, konigii. treatment also resulted best ratio solids to (18.74), pH (3.95), concentrations leaves. novel approach improves organic strawberries’ These results are promising for enhancing production.