STUDIES ON NATURAL FARMING NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF POTTED PANSY (Viola × wittrockiana) UNDER MID HILL CONDITIONS OF H.P.
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2021-10
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UHF,NAUNI
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The present study titled “Studies on natural farming nutrient management practices
on growth and flowering of potted pansy (Viola × wittrockiana) under mid hill conditions
of H.P.” was carried out in the Experimental Farm of Department of Floriculture and
Landscape Architecture, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry,
Nauni, Solan, (HP) during 2020 to 2021, to find out suitable treatment combination/s for
obtaining better plant growth, flowering and quality of potted pansy. Field experiment was laid
out in Completely Randomized Design (Factorial) with 7 treatment combinations replicated
thrice. The treatment combinations comprised of different doses of Ghanjeevamrit applied as a
drench and Jeevamrit as a foliar spray. The observations were recorded on various growth,
flowering and potting compost parameters. Among different treatment combinations, earliest
flowering (74.35 days), maximum values for plant height (18.52 cm), plant spread (13.60 cm),
number of leaves per plant (30.74), number of shoots per plant (23.15), number of flowers
(27.37), duration of flowering (82.78 days) and pot presentability score (93.82) were recorded
in treatment combination T7 {Ghanjeevamrit @ 80 g per pot + Foliar spray of 10 % Jeevamrit}.
Similarly, maximum flower diameter (7.26 cm) was recorded in treatment combination T2
{Ghanjeevamrit @ 40 g per pot + Foliar spray of 5 % Jeevamrit}. The maximum total viable
microbial count (127.56 × 104 cfu/g soil), highest organic carbon (5.88 %), as well as available
nitrogen (424.88 kg ha-1), phosphorus (15.06 kg ha-1) and potassium (333.27 kg ha-1) were also
found under treatment combination T7 {Ghanjeevamrit @ 80 g per pot + Foliar spray of 10 %
Jeevamrit}