Abstract
To explore the planting density for produce that complied with market demands fruit of the pineapple cultivation by organic methods, the pineapple cultivar 'Golden Diamond' (Tainung No. 17, 'TN17') was carried out between 2010 to 2011, which was to determine the optimum plant spacing of planting the 'TN17' pineapple cultivar, consisting of 3 plant spacings. The plant populations ranged from 35,715 to 44,345 plants per hectare (0.252 m2, 0.231 m2 and 0.205 m2 per plant), at Fugi Mayuan organic farm, Gukeng township, Yunlin county, Taiwan. This experiment revealed that planting density did not affect the losing ratio of fruits intruded by rats, crown weight of fruits, defects in appearance of fruits and total soluble solids content. Plants with higher planting density (both 4-row or 2-row) had higher leaf number and plant height than that of the control treatment. The ratio of bearing fruits and total losing percentage of fruits from 4-row planting system were lower than that of 2-row planting system, so the 4-row planting system got higher number of fruits per area. However, the 4-row planting density simultaneously had lower average fruit weight and TSS/TA ratio. Overall, the spacing of 33 cm × 50 cm × 206 cm between plants is recommended for organic pineapple orchards (4-row planting system), and the plant density of 44,345 Plant/ha is ideal planting population for pineapple in Taiwan.
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