Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
SP Khedkar, RT Bhingarde, VB Chavan, DB Chatse, RG Khandekar and BR Salvi

Abstract:
The experiment was carried out to study survival and growth performance of cashew grafts in different type of potting media suitable for six month old cashew grafts transplanted in large size polybags at Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Dist. Ratnagiri during the year 2018. The experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design with five treatments and four replications. The five treatments consist of T₁: Control (Soil + FYM 3:1), T₂: Soil + FYM (1:1), T₃: Cocopeat (100%), T₄: Soil + Cocopeat (1:3) and T₅: Soil + FYM + Rice husk + Cocopeat (1:1:1:1). The results showed significant difference in survival percent, plant height (cm), lenght of new sprout (cm), girth of the graft (mm), root length, dry root weight and relative growth rate on height basis. The significantly highest survival (93.00%), plant height (74.51 cm), girth (11.64 mm), root weight (23.20) as well as maximum root length (47.45 cm) were obtained in T₅ i.e. Soil + FYM + Rice husk + Cocopeat (1:1:1:1) medium.