Influence of different growing media on growth and chemical constituents of Schefflera arboricola
2011
El-Maadawy, E.I. | Nasr, A.A. | Mazher, A.A.M. | El-Sayed, S.M.
The effect of different growing media on the growth and chemical constituents of Schefflera arboricola plants was studied in 2007 and 2008 in the greenhouse of the Research and Production Station, Nubaria. The results showed that using the mixture of peatmoss + clay (2:1) and peatmoss+ sand+ clay (2:1:1) had a favorable effect on increasing all the growth parameters (plant height, stem diameter, number of leaves, leaf area, fresh and dry weights of leaves, stems and roots) as well as the content of pigments, total carbohydrates and nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) comparing with other growing media. Growing plants in mixtures of peatmoss+ sand (1:1) or peatmoss + sand (2:1) reduced all the previous parameters, in both seasons, to the minimum values.
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