Assessment of substrates for lilium (Lilium longiflorum ) forcing in container system

N S BHANDARI; R SRIVASTAVA; S P KANTIYA; S K GURU; V GOSHWAMI

doi:10.56093/ijas.v87i5.70198

Authors

N S BHANDARI G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand 263 145
R SRIVASTAVA G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand 263 145
S P KANTIYA G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand 263 145
S K GURU G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand 263 145
V GOSHWAMI G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand 263 145

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v87i5.70198

Keywords:

Containers, Flower forcing, Lilium, Substrates

Abstract

Right choice of the suitable substrate contributes a lot for successful flower production in container system. In order to select ideal substrates for lilium (Lilium longiflorum L.) forcing in container system, an experiment was conducted at Model Floriculture Centre, GBPUAT, Pantnagar during 2014-15. The bulbs were planted at spacing 15Ã—10 cm² in plastic container under polyhouse in December. The results have been explained on the basis of mean data at 5% confidence level, that indicated among the different growing media, cocopeat enriched media (M₂) assessed with maximum plant height (99.80 cm), number of flower buds (5.37), flower diameter (15.23 cm), bulb diameter (52.03 cm), basal roots length (25.36 cm) and stem roots length (14.43 cm) as compare to control (M₁). However among the varieties, maximum plant height (98.41 cm) and number of flower buds (5.99/plant) were measured with V₂ and minimum with V₁.

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