Effect of Different Growing Media on Growth and Flowering of Petunia (Petunia hybrida L.)

Abstract

The Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, COH, Mandsaur, RVSKVV, Gwalior undertook the current study to assess the effectiveness of various growing media on the growth and flowering of petunia (Petunia hybrida L.) (M.P.). The experiment had fourteen treatments, three replications, and was set up using a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Different combinations of cocopeat, FYM, sand, soil and vermicompost were used to create the growth media. In terms of number of branches, flowers per plant, days to blooming, length of flowering, fresh weight of root mass, and dried weight of root mass, data showed that T14 [Cocopeat + Sand + Soil + Vermicompost (1:1:1:1)] produced the greatest results. In contrast, T8 [Sand + Vermicompost (1:1)] outperformed all other treatments in terms of floral diameter, fresh above-ground mass weight, and dry above-ground mass weight. Regarding plant length, number of leaf per plant, and stem diameter, treatment T2 [vermicompost] has been shown to be superior to other treatments.