Influence of different growing media on flower attributes and economics of chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflora) cultivars for potmums
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: The study was conducted at the Floricultural Research Station, Sri Konda Laxman Telangana State Horticultural University, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, during the period from September 2018 to February 2019. The experiment was laid out in a factorial completely randomized design with nine growing media treatments and two cultivars, namely Akitha and Redstone, replicated three times. The growing media treatments comprised: G₁-soil + sand + farmyard manure (2:1:1), G₂-soil + sand + vermicompost (2:1:1), G₃-cocopeat + sand + farmyard manure (2:1:1), G₄-cocopeat + sand + vermicompost (2:1:1), G₅-soil + cocopeat + sand + farmyard manure (2:1:0.5:0.5), G₆-soil + cocopeat + sand + vermicompost (2:1:0.5:0.5), G₇-cocopeat + soil + sand + farmyard manure (2:1:0.5:0.5), G₈-cocopeat + soil + sand + vermicompost (2:1:0.5:0.5), and G₉-red soil as control. Among the eighteen treatment combinations, the treatment C₂G₇ (cv. Redstone grown in cocopeat + soil + sand + farmyard manure at 2:1:0.5:0.5) resulted in the earliest flowering, recording the minimum number of days to flower bud initiation (49.13 days), 50 percent flowering (90.67 days), and 100 percent flowering (108.48 days). However, the treatment C₂G₈ (cv. Redstone grown in cocopeat + soil + sand + vermicompost at 2:1:0.5:0.5) produced the highest number of fully opened flowers per pot (32.17) and total flowers per pot (50.72), along with the maximum benefit-cost ratio (4.63:1).
Author: P Mamatha
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7127052272