1Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, RVSKVV – College of Horticulture, Mandsaur-458 002, Madhya Pradesh, India
2Department of Vegetable Science, RVSKVV – College of Horticulture, Mandsaur-458 002, Madhya Pradesh, India
3Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, RVSKVV – College of Horticulture, Mandsaur-458 002, Madhya Pradesh, India
4Department of Statistics and Computer Science, RVSKVV – College of Horticulture, Mandsaur-458 002, Madhya Pradesh, India
*Corresponding author’s e-mail: dranuj333@gmail.com
Online Published on 12 February, 2024.
An investigation entitled "Effect of growing media on growth and flowering of calendula (Calendula officinalis L.)" was conducted to find out suitable media for calendula. The experiment was laid out in completely randomized design (CRD) with seven treatment combinations replicated thrice. The observations on various growth and flowering parameters were recorded. Among the growing media, T6 (Soil + Cocopeat + Vermicompost) showed the best results with respect of days taken to bud appearance, days taken to first flower appearance, number of flowers per plant, duration of flowering (days), fresh and dry weight of flower, flower size, individual flower life (days), the maximum postharvest soil organic carbon, maximum postharvest available nitrogen, postharvest available phosphorus, postharvest available potassium. However, the least performance of all of the above parameters were recorded with T5 (Sand + Cocopeat).
Calendula, Cocopeat, Vermicompost, Organic matter
