Effect of potting media on growth and development in different species of Nephrolepis fern under shade net conditions (N. falcata, N. cardifolia duffi, N. multifolia)

Abstract

A Pot experiment with Nephrolepis was conducted under 25% green shade net conditions in the Department of Horticulture, SHUATS, Allahabad, during 2017 – 2018. The experiment laid out in factorial completely randomized design, replicated thrice with fifteen treatments combinations (Factor A comprising of N. falcata, N. cordifolia duffi, N. multifolia and factor B comprising of soil, cocopeat, farmyard manure, vermicompost and sand). Among all the treatment combinations of Nephrolepis sp. and potting media, N. falcata grown in medium consisting of cocopeat + sand + vermicompost 1:1:1 v/v) was found to be stastically significant in terms of shade net conditions.