Effect of Different Seedling Growing Media on Tomato and Cabbage Seedling

Journal of Agriculture and Environment

Nine different compositions of growing media were evaluated for growing tomato and capsicum in two consecutive years (2020 and 2021). Experiments were conducted in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) under rain shelter (poly house) with three replications. The growing media were Cocopeat, FYM+Cocopit+Perlite, FYM+ Cocopit+Vermiculite, FYM+Perlite, FYM+Soil, FYM+Vermiculite, Vermicompost+Perlite, Vermicompost +Soil and Vermicompost+Vermiculite. There were significant (P<0.05) differences in the observed parameters like number of seedlings emergence, number of seedling establishment, number of leaves, seedling height and diameter of seedling stem among the tested growing media. The highest seedling emergence of tomato and sweet pepper were recorded in cocopeat as a growing media. After 30 days after seed sowing (DAS) in tomato, the highest number of seedling (103.5) were found in Cocopeat and the tallest seedling height (19.92 cm) was found in Vermicompost+ perlite. Similarly, ...

Science, Technology and Development, 2016

Effect of peat, compost (vegetable waste) and traditional practicing media (soil, sand and farmyard manure) alone and in combinations, was examined on the quality of tomato seedlings (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) at Directorate of Vegetable, DHRD, NARC, Islamabad, during 2013-14. Germination and several seedling quality variables, like, days to emergence, shoot length, height, vigor index, dry matter accumulation and benefit cost ratio, were monitored. Maximum germination percentage (95), seedlings shoot length (26.67 cm), seedling height (35 cm), seedling vigor index (3325) and minimum days to emergence (15.33) were observed in T 9 (peat, compost and traditional practicing media in 1:1:1 ratio). Maximum dry matter accumulation (34.80%) was recorded in T 1 (peat). Maximum benefit cost ratio (2.70) is calculated for T 0 : traditional practicing media (soil, sand and farmyard manure in 1:1:1 ratio). Optimum growth of tomato seedlings was observed when peat, compost and traditional practicing media were used in equal proportions.

Asian Journal of Agricultural and Horticultural Research

This research was performed on March-May 2021 to evaluate the effects of different growth media on health and growth characteristics of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) seedlings. The experiment was laid in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with five treatments and four replications. The different nutrient media used were FYM, Poultry Manure, Vermicompost and Cocopeat each with 1:1 mix with soil. The other nutrient medium being soil only as a control treatment. Seeds of Manisha variety were sown on the tray under the high-tech greenhouse nursery with respective treatments. Data entry and arrangement of collected data was done using MS Excel and further analysis was done using R-studio. At 14 days after sowing, FYM (93.33%) and Cocopeat (94.17%) had the highest germination percentage while control (70%) had the lowest percentage of germinated seedlings. Other parameters as seedling height (10.78 cm), plant stand (90.83%) and leaf number (10.75) were found higher in cocopeat +soil (1...

International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 2020

DergiPark (Istanbul University), 2023

This study was carried out with the aim of determining the utilizability of farm manure (FM), Enriched Media (EM), organic peat (P) and zeolite (Z) as organic seedling growing medias and then determining the effects of media on seedling quality. Organic eggplant and tomato seedling were produced with manure, enriched media, organic peat and zeolite in different ratios (

Biosaintifika: Journal of Biology & Biology Education, 2016

The study was conducted to develop local fruit plants and to improve vegetable production at the Plant Germplasm Garden of RC for Biotechnology-LIPI. Carambola (Averrhoa carambola), durian (Durio zibethinus) and guava (Psidium guajava) were propagated vegetatively (grafting and budding) and were grown on the media containing grass compost (K-1), spent compost of paddy straw mushroom (K-2) or oyster mushroom (K-3) in combination with rootstock length of 45-55 cm (TB-1), 65-75 cm (TB-2) and 75-90 cm (TB-3). Tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) and kangkung (Ipomoea reptans) were grown on the same media in the screen house. The highest survival rate of grafted durian (71.56%) was obtained from TB-3 grown on K-1 by budding technique. Meanwhile, the highest survival rate of carambola (68.89%) was obtained from TB-1 by grafting technique. The budding technique was not appropriate for guava (0 % of survival). Application of K-3 of 3 kgs on tomato plants resulted in the highest fresh weight, length, and diameter of the fruit, and the highest of plant height, total leaves, and biomass of kangkung. The study is expected to be applied to improve fruit plant growth and survival rate as well as a high production of organic vegetable.

2015

Production of healthy and vigorous tomato seedling is most important factor in successful commercial production and yield of quality tomato fruits. Moreover, germination of the seed is a critical stage, because the rest of the plant life is directly dependent upon the rate of its germination. Therefore, this experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of soil media on seedling growth of two tomato cultivars (Makis F1 and Nirvana F1) on different soil media. Soil media treatments were used either alone or in combination (Farm Yard Manure—FYM, compost, canal silt, FYM + compost, FYM + canal silt, compost + silt and FYM + compost +silt). Comparatively, both cultivars ‘Makis F1’ and ‘Nirvana F1’ exhibited highest plant height for soil media (T6, T7, T2 and T3) and lowest for T4, T5, and T1. Soil media had profound effect on seedling girth. T7, T8, T6, T3, T2 record the highest seedling girth while T1, T4 and T5 had the lowest. Although cultivar ‘Nirvana F1 maintained higher seedl...

Caraka Tani: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 2021

There are factors contributed to the growth and development of fruit crop seedling. Microbes are well known as plant growth promotors such as symbiotic mycorrhizae and antagonist fungi, Trichoderma spp. The main objective of this experiment is to find out the best medium composition enriched by beneficial microbes to improve papaya seedling growth. The experiment was conducted at Sumani Experimental Station, Indonesian Tropical Fruit Research Institute, Solok, West Sumatera, Indonesia from August until December 2017. The experiment was arranged in a Randomized Complete Block Design with ten treatments and three replicate blocks. The treatments were ten combinations of media for papaya seedling growth enriched by plant growth promotor microbes. In this experiment, medium soil with additional manure, rice husk charcoal and compost (single or combination) combined with mycorrhizae were used. Also, the effect of Trichoderma sp. enrichment into media composition were tested in this exper...

International Journal of Environment and Climate Change

Healthy seedling production is prerequisite for raising vigorous and profitable crops. The present investigation was carried out at Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam in the year 2018 and 2019 to access the impact of sowing media and variety on growth and incidence of disease in nursery. The treatments consisted of four different sowing media [M1-cocopeat (60): vermiculite (20): perlite (20), M2-cocopeat (50): vermicompost (50), M3-cocopeat (50): vermicompost (50): microbial consortium and M4-Conventional nursery] and two varieties [V1 (White Diamond) and V2 (CFL1522)].Thus, 8 treatment combinations were laid out in a 4x2 factorial arrangement in a Randomized Completely Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. The treatment M1, M2 and M3 were inside green house. The results revealed that seedlings raised in different sowing media surpassed the conventional sowing media for growth attributes and disease incidence. The highest seedling stem diameter (0.50 cm), fresh wei...

2017

The present experiment was undertaken to evaluate the effects of different vermicompost substitutions for vlei soil in seedling nursery production. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) seeds were planted in five treatment groups including without vermicompost, 25% vermicompost, 50% vermicompost, 75% vermicompost and 100% vermicompost. Vlei soils were incorporated into the experiment making up the different supplements. There was significant (P<0.05) influence of vermicompost amendments. Tallest seedlings were recorded from V50%(13.2cm) and V75%(12.6cm) and means from treatments V25%, V50% and V75% were significantly higher than treatment V0%. Treatment V100% recorded the highest number of leaves(5.88). Highest root fresh weight was recorded from V50%(2.16g). All treatments revealed a significant difference amongst the treatments with V50% having the highest shoot dry weight of 2.22g. The means...