Effect of different growing media and shade levels on pot plant production of Aglaonema modestum

An investigation was carried out to study the relative performance of indoor pot plant Aglaonema modestum in various media composition and shade levels on pot plant production. The experiment was laid down under shade nets with different light intensity levels i.e. 50%, 75% and 90% in a Completely Randomised Design (CRD) of 13 treatment combinations with four levels of growing media i.e. Soil + Sand+ FYM (1:1:1 v/v), Soil+ Cocopeat + FYM (1:2:2 v/v), Soil+ Cocopeat + Vermicompost (1:2:1 v/v) and Forest Soil. Findings revealed that maximum plant height (34.02cm), number of leaves (25.40 cm), plant spread (29.50cm), leaf length (18.90cm),leaf width (8.42cm) leaf area (108.49 cm²), chlorophyll (0.660), visual leaf colour grade (4.93) and plant growth index (63.52) was recorded in growing media Soil + Cocopeat + Vermicompost (1:2:1 v/v) with 90% of shade level. It can be concluded that growing media comprising of Soil + Cocopeat + Vermicompost (1:2:1v/v) with 90% of shade level was suitable for pot plant production of Aglaonema modestum.