Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
SK Ghumare, RT Bhingarde, RG Khandekar, NH Khobargade and SB Thorat

Abstract:
The present investigation was conducted at Nursery No.1, College of Horticulture, Dr. B.S. Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Dist. Ratnagiri during the year 2018-20. The experiment was executed in randomized block design with eight treatments and three replications. The eight treatments consist of T₁ - Soil + FYM (3:1), T₂ - Soil + FYM + Vermicompost (1:1:1), T₃ - Soil + FYM + Cocopeat (1:1:1), T₄ - Soil + FYM + Rice husk (1:1:1), T₅ - Soil + FYM + Sand (1:1:1), T₆ - Soil + Vermicompost + Sand (1:1:1), T₇ - Soil + Vermicompost + Cocopeat (1:1:1), T₈ - Soil + Vermicompost + Rice husk (1:1:1). The result revealed that the survival and morphological parameters were observed periodically and found to be significantly influenced by the different potting media. The potting medium of Soil + FYM + Rice husk (1:1:1) i.e., treatment T₄ recorded the highest percentage of survival (95.56%), per cent increase in height (47.11%), length of root (30.34 cm).