Zinnia is a loose flower used for religious purposes and for social functions in India. The present experiment entitled “The effect of various growing media on quality of Zinnia” was carried out at Horticultural nursery, College of Agriculture, IGKV, Raipur, (C.G) during the year 2022 and the experiment was conducted in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 10 treatments and 3 replications. All the media treatments studied recorded superior over control. Among the media treatments studied T10 (Garden soil 50% + FYM 25% + VC 25% + Azotobacter showed significant effect with different parameters viz. minimum days taken to first flower bud initiation (34.73 days), maximum blooming period (12.03 days), maximum flower weight (1.95 g), maximum flower yield (42.4 g), maximum number of flowers per plant (37.96). The findings revealed that all the characters linked flowering parameters were greatly affected by all the growing media treatments and quality as well.
The study was conducted in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 16 treatments and 5 replications comprising of soilless media and biofertilizer Azotobacter. The present experiment entitled “Standardization of media for propagation of Bougainvillea (Bougainvillea comm. Ex Juss.)” was carried out at Horticultural nursery, College of Agriculture, IGKV, Raipur, (C.G) during the year 2019-20. All of the media treatments compared to the control had better vegetative and rooting qualities. Soil + Sand + Cocopeat had the highest sprouting rate and survival percentage of all the media treatments tested. All other Root attributes viz. The minimum days to rooting (144.80), The longest root length (6.08), highest number of roots per cutting (63.54). The most cuttings that could successfully take root (24.00) were found to be idealistic in media including soil, sand, and cocopeat. The results showed that all increasing media treatments had a substantial impact on all variables related to Bougainvillea development, including shoot and root growth. The results showed that the development of Bougainvillea as well as all the growing media treatments had a significant impact on all the characters' associated root growth. The maximum overall production cost has been seen in T6 (Soil + Sand + Cocopeat) and the least production cost in T13 (Soil + Azotobacter). Combination of rooting media has been beneficial to significantly increase the vegetative growth parameters and economics as compared to control in Bougainvillea.
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