Assessment of substrates for lilium (Lilium longiflorum ) forcing in container system

Abstract

Right choice of the suitable substrate contributes a lot for successful flower production in container system. In order to select ideal substrates for lilium (Lilium longiflorum L.) forcing in container system, an experiment was conducted at Model Floriculture Centre, GBPUAT, Pantnagar during 2014-15. The bulbs were planted at spacing 15×10 cm2 in plastic container under polyhouse in December. The results have been explained on the basis of mean data at 5% confidence level, that indicated among the different growing media, cocopeat enriched media (M2) assessed with maximum plant height (99.80 cm), number of flower buds (5.37), flower diameter (15.23 cm), bulb diameter (52.03 cm), basal roots length (25.36 cm) and stem roots length (14.43 cm) as compare to control (M1). However among the varieties, maximum plant height (98.41 cm) and number of flower buds (5.99/plant) were measured with V2 and minimum with V1.