Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Garima Mandavi, Neelima Netam, Toran Lal Sahu, Sushila, Dikeshwar Nishad and Deepak Kumar

Abstract:
The experiment was conducted to study the effect of different growing media and gibberellic acid on flowering parameters of China aster (Callistephus chinensis (L.) Nees cv. Arka Poornima for pot plant production. The plant where grown using different growing media viz soil, sand, FYM, vermicompost, rice husk and different concentration of gibberellic acid. 25 different treatment combinations were replicated thrice in a factorial completely randomized design. The observations showed that in media containing vermicompost perform superior as compare to other media combination and GA3 400 ppm performed better for number of flower per plants, individual flower weight, flower diameter.