Integrated Nutrient Management in gladiolus under Eastern ghat conditions

An experiment was conducted to study the effect of Integrated Nutrient Management in gladiolus cv. Novalux at Horticultural Research Station, Yercaud during 2011–12. The organic manures like FYM, vermicompost, azospirillum, phosphobacteria and inorganic nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium were used for this study. The treatment combination of T₁₆-50% RDF + FYM (2 kg/m²/year) + Vermicompost (300g/m²) + Azospirillum (2g/plant) + PSB (2g/plant) was found best for vegetative characters like plant height (59.30 cm), flowering characters viz., length of spike (83.43 cm), length of rachis (55.60 cm), weight of spike (61.27 g), number of florets per spike (18.13) and number of florets remain open at a time (4.67) and vase life.