Effect of growth media on vegetative growth and flowering of Rumex vesicarius, L. Hommaidh
2009
Abdul-Wasea, A.A.
The agricultural soil is very important factor that affect the growth of ornamental plants and flowers because of the great relationship between the soil and plant growth. Therefore, six different soil types and media were used for growing hommaidh or sorrel (Rumex vesicarius, L.). The present study was conducted to investigate the best growth in the different soil types and media during two seasons (2007/2008). The soil types and media were : silty loam, sand, silty loam + sand, silty loam + peatmoss, silty loam + sand + peatmoss and peatmoss + perlite. Each medium was prepared by adding an equal volume of each ingredient in the mix. The recorded data were : plant height, stem diameter, number of main branches, number of sub-main branches, number of leaves per plant, number of nodes per plant, leaf area (cm). , root length, fresh and dry weights of plant and number of inflorescences per plant. The most significant effect was obtained by the mixture of peatmoss and perlite.
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