Growing Media Affects Seedling Growth of Ber (Ziziphus mauritiana var. rotundifolia)

Abstract

An appropriate growing media is essential for production of good quality plant material. The rooting system in terms of growth and development mainly depend on the growing media. Afield experiment to see the effect of growing media on seedling growth of ber (Ziziphus mauritiana var. rotundifolia) was conducted during 201819 in the nursery at Experimental Orchard of CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. The media for the study were garden soil and sand with the different proportion of vermicompost, FYM and cocopeat constituting 16 treatments. The experiment was conducted in randomized block design. The results revealed that growing Media T7: Garden soil + FYM + VC + CP (3:1:1:1) improved the seedling height, stem girth, intermodal length, number of leaves, leaf area, fresh weight of shoot and root and survival per cent. Media T7 having Garden soil + FYM + VC + CP (3:1:1:1) found better in improving the available N, P, K (165.7, 33.0 and 267.0 kg/ha).