1Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, 173 230, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India
2Department of Soil Science and Water Management, Dr YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, 173 230, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India
*Email: arshisultanpuri@gmail.com
Online published on 13 December, 2018.
The study was conducted on a newly developed selection ‘UHFSChr-56’ of chrysanthemum in pots containing a mixture of sand, soil and FYM (1: 1: 1 v/v). The planted pots containing one, two and three cuttings were spaced at different distance viz. 9, 12 and 15 inch. Findings revealed that chrysanthemum selection ‘UHFSChr-56’ can be grown successfully as pot mum under both natural as well as controlled photoperiodic conditions. Earlier arrival of visible bud formation stage was noticed in pots containing one plant per pot spaced at 9 inch apart and grown under controlled photoperiodic conditions (94.02 days) whereas visible bud formation stage took maximum time to reach when one plant per pot containing pots were spaced at 12 inch apart (158.50 days) under natural photoperiodic conditions. Out of 18 treatments combinations, eight treatments comprising of one, two and three plants per pot grown at a pot spacing of 9 inch under controlled photoperiodic condition, and one plant at 9 inch pot spacing, one and two plants at a pot spacing of 12 inch and 15 inch both under natural photoperiodic condition, resulted in the production of most presentable square shaped plants in six inch plastic pots.
Chrysanthemum, natural photoperiod, controlled photoperiod, spacing, plant per pot
