Vol. 10, Issue 8 (2021)

Author(s):
Shubham Choudhary, Bharati Kashyap, Ramesh Chand Choudhary and Mohan Lal Jat

Abstract:
The present investigation was carried out at Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P) during 2018-19. This experiment was laid out in the field in a Randomized Block Design with 7 treatments which replicated four times. Studies revealed that maximum plant height (72.02 cm), plant spread (49.60 cm), number of side shoots (6.55), number of flowers per plant (23.55), number of flowers per square meter (211.95), individual flower weight (16.40 g), flower weight per plant (368.52 g), flower weight per square meter (3.32 kg), flower diameter (5.80 cm) and duration of flowering (21.30 days) were recorded with application of recommended dose of fertilizer NPK @30:20:20 g/m². However, among different Jeevamrit treatments, maximum plant height (70.45 cm), plant spread (48.55 cm), number of side shoots (5.90), number of flowers per plant (20.05), number of flowers per square meter (180.45), individual flower weight (14.94 g), flower weight per plant (279.37 g), flower weight per square meter (2.52 kg), flower diameter (5.29 cm) and duration of flowering (19.05 days) were recorded with application of Jeevamrit @ 2 litre/m² at 15 days interval. Minimum number of days taken to visible bud formation (47.15 days) and peak flowering (66.60 days) was recorded when no fertilizers were applied.