Effect of rooting media on success rate and establishment of different ornamental cuttings

Abstract

The investigation entitled “Effect of rooting media on success rate and establishment of different ornamental cuttings in Allahabad at the Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom Institute of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences (SHUATS), Allahabad durung the year 2018. The experiment was laid out in Factorial complete randomized design (FRBD) with 27treatment and 3 replication. All 27 possible combinations of 9 plants (Ixora, Hibiscus, Crape jasmine, Croton, Java Fig tree, Acalypha, Bougainvillea, Golden shower, Clerodendron) and 3 rooting media (soil, sand, soil + sand). On the basis of the results obtained from the present investigation, it is concluded that most suitable rooting medium for ornamental stem cuttings was M2 (sand), suitable ornamental cutting was P6 (Acalypha) and interaction of rooting media and ornamental cutting was P6M2 (Acalypha + Sand) among all rooting medium combination.