Effect of Media on Performance of Agloanema and Snake Plant

Abstract

An investigation on effect of media on performance of agloanema and snake plant was laid out at College of Horticulture, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli during the year 2020-21 and 2021-22 in completely randomized design and replicated five times and revealed that significantly maximum survival (91.33 and 95.33 %) in treatment M2 i.e. charcoal + vermicompost + rice husk + coconut husk + FYM (1:1:1:1:1) in agloanema and snake plant crops; respectively. Vegetative parameters such as plant height (61.97 and 65.14cm), leaf breadth (6.55 and 5.76 cm) were significantly superior in treatment M2 i.e. charcoal + vermicompost + rice husk + coconut husk + FYM (1:1:1:1:1) in agloanema and snake plant. Other growth parameters revealed that significantly maximum number of suckers (8.58 and 12.09), fresh stem weight (450.03 g and 0.95 kg), dry stem weight (40.65 and 102.71 g) were significantly superior in treatment M2 i.e. charcoal + vermicompost + rice husk + coconut husk + FYM (1:1:1:1:1).Chlorophyll a (1.62 and 2.32 mg/g), chlorophyll b (0.44 and 0.58 mg/g) and total cholorophyll (2.06 and 2.91 mg/g)were significantly superior in treatment M1 i.e. vermicompost + FYM (3:1) in agloanema and snake plant crops; respectively.