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Effect of sewage water and potting media on growth and flowering of calendula (Calendula officinalis)

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Title Effect of sewage water and potting media on growth and flowering of calendula (Calendula officinalis)
 
Creator GURJEET SINGH
R.K. DUBEY
MADHU BALA
DEEPIKA RAVI
KRITIKA PANT
 
Subject Organic potting media, Treated sewage water, Calendula
 
Description The present study was conducted to evaluate the interactive effect of soil-based and soulless media compositions supplemented with different proportions of treated sewage water on growth and flowering of Calendula officinalis. In this experiment, four media compositions i.e., soil + Farm Yard Manure (FYM), Cocopeat + Soil+ FYM, Cocopeat + FYM and Cocopeat + Soil were used in definite ratios to select an ideal potting media for raising (8-inch pots) potted calendula plants and irrigated with Tap water (100%), Sewage water (100%), Tap water + Sewage water (75%:25%), and Tap water + Sewage water (50%:50%) in 2017-18. Our results showed that media composition comprising M3 Cocopeat + FYM (1:1) showed enhanced growth in studied vegetative and flowering parameters in potted Calendula plants. The Calendula plants grown in M3 media supplemented irrigation treatment I2 showed desirable characteristics necessary as a specimen plant. Furthermore, irrigation with treated sewage water (100%) illustrates the best results in vegetative and flowering growth parameters of calendula plants in comparison to other treatments. Cocopeat + FYM shows the minimum pH (7.23) and maximum EC (4.25) ds/m), percent available N (0.70%), percent available K (0.91%), total porosity (66.6%). The chemical composition of sewage water (100%) shows maximum pH (7.74), EC (2.13 dS/m), N (0.92 mg L–1), P (1.63 mg L–1) and (24.15 mg L–1) whereas Tap water shows minimum N, P and K. This composition of media and sewage water was indicating about the ideal composition to raise calendula seedlings to full-grown floriferous potted plants with all the desirable characteristics essential for a specimen display. 
 
Publisher Indian Society of Ornamental Horticulture
 
Date 2024-05-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JOH/article/view/151901
 
Source Journal of Ornamental Horticulture; Vol. 25 No. 1 & 2 (2022): January-December, 2022; 62-71
2249-880X
0972-0499
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JOH/article/view/151901/54612
 
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