Research Article

Effect of potting mixture on growth and development of quality planting material of Bambusa balcooa.

Prashant D. Raut, Vijay M. Ilorkar and Aarti P. Deshmukh

All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Agroforestry, College of Agriculture, Nagpur (Dr. PDKV, Akola), Maharashtra, India

Corresponding author e-mail: aartideshmukh776@gmail.com

(Received: 10/02/2023; Revised: 05/04/2023; Accepted: 03/06/2023)

ABSTRACT

An experiment was conducted to find a suitable pot mixture for improving the vigor of the saplings in Bambusa balcooa. Pot mixture containing garden soil + FYM in 1:1 ratio recorded the maximum seedling height (93.75 cm), number of branches (3.25), base diameter (7.50 mm), no. of internode (8), internode distance (11.25 cm) and weight of tiller (119.50 gm)

Keywords: Bamboo, Bambusa balcooa, neemcake, poultry manure and Vermicompost.