International Journal of Innovative Horticulture

The experiment was laid out at Madhadibag, Department of horticulture, JAU, Junagadh in a Completely Randomized Design with Factorial concept by three repetitions. The treatment consisted of five level of different media viz., soil, soil + FYM (1:1), soil + perlite (1:1), soil + sand + FYM (1:1:1) and soil + FYM + perlite (1:1:1) and three IBA concentration like IBA @ 2000, 2500 and 3000 ppm. The results indicated that the soil + perlite (1:1) with IBA 3000 ppm were performed better for higher rooting and survival percentage. However, minimum days to shoot sprouting, maximum sprouting percentage, number of leaves per shoot, number of shoots per cutting, length of main shoot per cutting, thickness of main shoot per cutting, survival percentage and highest percentage of rooted cuttings were noted in media, soil + perlite (1:1) with IBA 3000 ppm. Whereas, soil + sand + FYM (1:1:1) with IBA 3000 ppm significantly influenced maximum root length, fresh weight and dry weightof roots followed by soil + perlite (1:1) with IBA 3000 ppm. Based on this exploration use of soil + perlite (1:1) with IBA 3000 ppm may be recommended for better rooting and survival of hardwood cutting in pomegranate.