Significance of growing medium in protected floriculture: A review

Abstract

Quality cut flowers are possible only when a large number of flowers borne on long stems with healthy, pest and disease free foliage. These influence the successful marketing of flowers. The cultivation of greenhouse crops comprises a number of cultural operations. Among them, the medium which used for growing is the basic and most important for the survival of the crops. Due to relatively the plants are planted in the shallow depth of soil, growing medium has to be amended with organic and inorganic nutrients to provide the appropriate physical and chemical properties essential for the plant growth.