Vol. 11, Special Issue 10 (2022)

Current experimental study was carried out to understand the effect of interaction between different substrate and different ornamental plant species over plant qualitative growth parameters. The S₂ (Sansevieria trifasciata 'Hahnii') has shown lowest growth rate, plant coverage rate and overall plant quality whereas S₁ (Chlorophytum comosum) and S₃ (Syngonium ‘White’) were with highest plant coverage rate and overall plant quality and for growth rate S₁ (Chlorophytum comosum) and S₄ (Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Variegata’) were recorded maximum mean value. The substrate like F₂ (NPK-19:19:19 @ 0.1%), F₃ (NPK-19:19:19 @ 0.1% + foliar spray of % need based micronutrients), F₅ (NPK- 19:19:19 @ 0.2%) and F₆ (NPK-19:19:19 @ 0.2% + Foliar spray of % need based micronutrients) has shown best performance for growth rate, plant coverage rate and overall plant quality. The interaction effect showed a significant difference in the growth rate, plant coverage rate and overall plant quality. The F₄ (Water with no nutrients (Control)) interaction with ornamental species has shown lowest qualitative growth response. The obtained data can be utilized for further studies for betterment of vertical gardening.