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Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Year: 2002 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 6 | Page No.: 670-671
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Salim Khan

Abdul Hameed Khan

Aqib Iqbal

Mian Javaid-ur-Rehman

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Effect of Different Media on Growth and Quality of Gladiolus (Gladiolus hortulanus cv. Jacksonville Gold)

Salim Khan, Abdul Hameed Khan, Aqib Iqbal and Mian Javaid-ur-Rehman
The study was conducted to find out the affect of different media on growth and quality of gladiolus. Gladiolus (Gladiolus hortulanus cv. Jacksonville Gold) was studied in different potting mixtures i.e. sand, silt, clay, leaf mould, sand + silt (1:1), sand + clay (1:1), sand + clay + leaf mould (1:1). Earliest sprouting of 5.33 and 5.66 days was found in sand and sand + leaf mould, and late sprouting of 7.66 days was recorded in clay, silt + clay, clay + leaf mould and leaf mould respectively. Hundred percent sprouting was found in sand, silt, leaf mould, sand + silt, silt + leaf mould and clay + leaf mould, whereas 77.33 % sprouting was noted in clay. The lowest plant survival of 77 and 88.6 % was found in clay and sand respectively. Earliest flowering (87.33 days) was recorded in sand + silt and latest of 122.7 days in sand. Maximum number of flowers (10.0 per plant) was found in leaf mould, sand + leaf mould, silt + leaf mould while least number of flowers (7.33) was observed in sand. Maximum flowering size of 8.43 cm was observed in sand + leaf mould and least of 6.06 cm in clay.
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