Vol. 11, Special Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Santosh Kumar, Dhananjay Mishra, Brij Mohan Singh and Nitin Kumar Pandey

Abstract:
The present experiment was planned to studies on the effect of growing media on the performance of tomato seedling in plastic plug tray. The use ofsoil or soil less root media viz: coco peat, vermiculite, perlite, biogas slurry, FYM, vermicompost, sand and neem cake alone and its combination used for filling in plug tray with the view of provide better drainage and aeration, therefore promoting better seedling development and also avoid to possibilities of any infestation. It was observed that Bio gas slurry + Vermiculite (2:1) expressed significantly and most effective medium for raising the seedling of tomato among all the treatments. The germination percentage (58.33) height of seedlings (1.69 cm) diameter of seedling (2.33 mm), fresh weight (6.09 g), dry weight (3.04 g), No. of leaves (7.7 g), length of leaves (15.33 cm) width of leaves (7.07 cm), fresh weight (5.13 g) were highest in T₁₀ - Vermiculite + Biogas Slurry (1:2), which was at par with T₁₃ - Perlite + Farm Yard Manure and significantly different from all other treatments.