Effect of Pot Size on Performance of Syngonium and Philodendron

Abstract

An investigation on effect of pot size on performance of syngonium and philodendron 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 seven times and revealed that in syngonium from the pooled data of two seasons, the maximum survive (88.10 %) was recorded in treatment S1 i.e. 20 × 18 (cm) pot size which was found to be at par with the treatment S2 i.e. 18 × 16 (cm) (86.87 %). It was observed in syngonium that the treatment S1 i.e. 20 × 18 (cm) pot size recorded maximum fresh and dry leaf weight (5.61 and 1.12 g), fresh and dry stem weight (458.82 and 44.78 g), fresh and dry root weight (352.34 and 36.92 g), longest root weight (38.47 cm) and number of primary roots (56.45). It was observed in philodendron, from the pooled data of two seasons, the maximum survive (88.10 %) was recorded in treatment S1 i.e. 20 × 18 (cm) pot size which was found to be at par with the treatment S2 i.e. 18 × 16 (cm) (87.14 %). It was observed in philodendron that the treatment S1 i.e. 20 × 18 (cm) pot size recorded maximum fresh and dry leaf weight (5.44 and 1.09 g), fresh and dry stem weight (436.23 and 40.49 g), fresh and dry root weight (357.51 and 35.61 g), longest root weight (31.64 cm) and number of primary roots (116.64).