Performance and assessment of suitable container and growing media for single type tuberose genotype

The experiment was laid out at Zonal Agricultural Research Station, Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharashtra during the year 2018–19. The single type tuberose genotype (GK-T-E-2) was used with two types of containers viz earthen and plastic pots while the four media were used viz soil, soil + FYM (1:1), cocopeat and cocopeat + FYM (1:1). The study revealed that the single type of tuberose genotype GK-T-E-2 performed better in the treatment combination of plastic pot with media cocopeat + FYM for various characters viz number of leaves (169.66), spread of plant (54.33 cm NS, 51.32 cm EW), inter-floret length at bottom (8.20 cm), inter-floret length top (2.26 cm) and number of bulbs per clump (7.66). The treatment combination of soil + FYM in plastic pot performed better for characters viz number of bulbs per clump (8.0). The treatment combination of cocopeat + FYM in earthen pot recorded earlier sprouting (9.55 days). The single type tuberose genotype GK-T-E-2 performed well in pot culture; among the interaction between container and media, the interaction cocopeat + FYM in plastic pot, soil + FYM in plastic pot and cocopeat + FYM in earthen pot showed better performance.