Effect of Different Growing Media on Growth, Establishment and Survival of Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims.) cv. Coorg Purple

Abstract

The current study was conducted in the Research Field at the SHUATS, Prayagraj, Department of Horticulture, from 2020 to 2021. Seven treatments were used in the experiment, which included growing media (farm yard manure, vermicompost, and poultry manure) on passion fruit. The experiment was carried out using a Randomized Block Design (RBD). the treatments were T1 Control (RDF 100% NPK)/ Plant, T2 Vermicompost (50%) +Poultry Manure (25%) + FYM (25%), T3 Vermicompost (25%) +Poultry Manure (50%) + FYM (25%), T4 Vermicompost (25%) + Poultry Manure (25%) + FYM (50%), T5 Poultry Manure (50%) + FYM (50%), T6 Poultry Manure (50%) + Vermicompost (50%) and T7 FYM (50%) + Vermicompost (50%). The results from the present investigation revealed that treatment T7 followed by T4 and T5 was found superior in terms of Survival percentage and growth parameters of Passion fruit in growing media i.e. (Vermicompost, Poultry manures, and Farm yard manures), in an agro-climatic condition of Prayagraj in terms of cost of cultivation maximum cost was recorded in treatment T3 and minimum in treatment T1.