Abstract:This study was carried out in the experimental nursery of the Ornamental Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, during the two successive years of 2007 and 2008. The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of growing sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) as a pot plant using different potting media and growth retardant treatments. The plants were grown in 25-cm pots filled with clay, clay+sand (1:1, v/v), clay+peat (1:1, v/v) or sand+peat (1:1, v/v), and were treated twice w… Show more
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