Response of different media on growth and yield of water spinach (Ipomoea aquatic Forsk) under container gardening

Abstract

The field experiment was conducted during Rabi season of 2015-16 at the Horticulture Research farm, IGKV University, Raipur (C.G.). The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with three replications. The treatments consisted of Thirteen combination of different agro input management practices viz., treatments T1 Coco peat, T2 Black Soil, T3Vermicompost (50%) +Coco peat (50%), T4 FYM (50%) + Coco peat (25%) +Sand (25%), T5 Coco peat (50%)+Sand (25%) + Black Soil (25%), T6 Vermicompost (50%) + Black Soil (50%) T7 Black Soil (50%) +FYM (50%), T8 Black Soil (50%) +Paddy Husk (50%), T9 Sand (50%)+FYM (25%) + Coco peat (25%), T10 Black Soil (50%) + Vermicompost (25%) +Charcoal (25%), T11 Black Soil (50%) +FYM (25%) + Sand (25%), T12 Black Soil (50%) +Paddy husk (25%) +Vermicompost (25%), T13 Laterite soil (50%) +FYM (25%) +Coco peat (25%). The maximum net profit/ha was recorded under treatment T3 (Rs.47877.50) while minimum net profit/ha was obtained in treatment T11 (Rs. 25955.50). The maximum gross profit/ha was recorded in treatment T4 (Rs. 74952.00) whereas, minimum gross profit/ha was recorded in treatment T9 (Rs. 53477.00). Thus, the maximum income (both gross and net) was obtained with T3. The significantly maximum B:C ratio 1.76 was recorded under the treatment (T4). And the minimum B:C ratio 0.99 was recorded under the treatment (T8).