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Vol. 7, Issue 3 (2019)

Assesment of different substrates for pot culture in calla lily (Zantedeschia sprengeri)


Author(s): Mangalesh Dabral, Parul Punetha and Mamta Bohra

Abstract: Standardization of a suitable potting media for vegetative and flowering characteristics of Calla lily (Zantedeschia sprengeri) was studied in College of Horticulture, VCSG UUHF, Bharsar on 13 different growing media which comprised of different combinations of garden soil, cocopeat and perlite. The experiment was conducted for two successive growing seasons i.e. March 2016 to July 2017 and was laid out in completely randomized block design. Suitable potting media was identified by measuring changes in vegetative and floral characteristics such as plant height, plant spread, stalk length, stalk diameter of flower, number of flowers per plant and per pot etc. In the present study it was found that by the use of coco peat alone it exhibited maximum plant spread (22.51cm), number of leaves per plant (9.20) and leaf area (247.97 cm2). Earliest first flower bud initiation (30.97 days) and first flower bud opening (8.68 days) was recorded by the use of garden soil + perlite (1:2). Maximum stalk length of flower (54.21 cm), stalk diameter of flower (1.09 cm), spathe length (11.08 cm), spathe diameter (7.77 cm) and weight of fresh flower (35.45 g) was recorded when garden soil + perlite (1:1) was used as a growing media. Thus it can be concluded that growing media combination of garden soil + cocopeat (1:2) i.e. T8 can effectively be used for improving the overall quality attributes of flower for its use as a cut flower or as a pot plant.

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How to cite this article:
Mangalesh Dabral, Parul Punetha, Mamta Bohra. Assesment of different substrates for pot culture in calla lily (Zantedeschia sprengeri). Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(3):269-274.
 

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