Container type and growing media for raising quality seedling stock of Cedrus deodara.

摘要

A Nursery study has been done on Cedrus deodara with four containers (normal polybag, bottom perforated polybag, root trainer 150 cc and root trainer 250 cc) and three growing medium (Soil, Sand, FYM-1:2:3, Soil, Sand, FYM, Dalweed-1:2:3:2, and Soil, Sand, FYM, Rice husk-1:2:3:2). Deodar seedlings raised in bottom perforated polybag recorded best morphological parameters and Dickson quality index. The root trainer raised seedlings depicted better seedling quality parameters viz, sturdiness, root/shoot ratio and ratio of fibrous+lateral root to total root. Among the growing medium tried the best growth and quality parameters of Deodar seedlings were observed in M₂ (soil, sand, FYM, Dalweed-1:2:3:2). The combination of C₂M₂ (Bottom perforated polybag+Soil, Sand, FYM, Dalweed) resulted in maximum Dickson quality index.