PRODUCTION OF SOME INDOOR PLANTS USING NATURAL LOCAL MEDIA | ||
| Journal of Plant Production | ||
| Article 15, Volume 30, Issue 12, December 2005, Pages 8013-8035 PDF (254.07 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2005.237945 | ||
| Authors | ||
| F. M. Saadawy,; B. B. Rezk-Alla; A. S. El-Fouly | ||
| Ornamental Plant Research Oepartment, Horticulture Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Peat moss is an important component of potting media for a variety of ornamental plants. In recent years, environmental concerns and the cost of peat have escalated. In addition, many laws have been proposed to recycle and make use of the organic wastes of different crops. To achieve this, straw of broad bean and composts of bagasse, broad bean and rice were used as substitules for peat moss in this study. Consistent results, that kept the same trend over the two seasons of this study, could be summarized in the following: Using the broad bean compost medium resulted significantly in producing the tallest Peperomia plants, the highest leaf and branch number/plant, the neavrest shoot dry weight, and the heaviest fresh roots. The longest roots of Syngonium belonged also to plants grown on the broad bean compost. The highest values of the K% content of the three plants were observed In plants grown in the broad bean straw medium. The bagasse compost medium resulted significantly in the tallest Scheff/era plants and the highest number of leaves/Scheff/era plant, the heaviest fresh and dry roots of Scheff/era and Syngonium, the heaviest shoot fresh and dry weights and the highest contents of total chlorophyll, N, P, and carbohydrate of the three plants Peperomia, Scheff/era and Syngonium. The peat moss medium resulted In the longest Peperomie roots, while the rice compost medium produced the longest Syngonium plants. It is recommended to use the straw or compost of many crops such as broad bean, sugar cane (baqasse) and rice as cheap natural media instead cf the expensive imported peat moss. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| bean straw; baqasse; peat moss; rice straw; compost; Peperomia; Scheff/era; Syngonium; natural media | ||
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