Influence of Different Potting Media on Growth and Quality of Aglaonema (Aglaonema commutatum) var. Red Lipstick under Prayagraj Agro Climatic Conditions

Abstract

The present investigation entitled, Influence of different potting media on growth and quality of aglaonema (Aglaonema commutatum) var. Red Lipstick under Prayagraj agro climatic conditions was under taken in the Department of Horticulture, Naini Agricultural Institute, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology And Sciences, Prayagraj. During kharif season (2022). The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 12 treatments and each treatment replicated thrice. The potting mixture T5 (soil : sand : FYM : vermicompost : perlite 1:1:1:1:1 v/v) reported significantly better performance compared to other potting mixtures, in terms of growth parameters like plant height (36.17 cm), leaf length (17.35 cm), leaf width (6.08 cm), number of leaves (11.50), chlorophyll content (SPAD estimation) (32.87), plant growth index based on plant height (0.148), plant growth index based on number of leaves per plant (0.048), number of suckers/plant (2.67) and survival rate of aglaonema in different potting media (100%).