Effect of Media and Planting Depth on Growth of Cacti and Succulents in a Pot

摘要

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of planting depth and medium composition on survivals and growth of several cacti and succulent plants mingled planting in a pot. Ferocactus horridus, Notocactus magnificus, Mammillaria klissingiana, Pseudoespostoa spp., Eriocactus leninghausii were planted deep into 3 cm to 6 cm showed better growth in plant height and width than that of planted deep into 9 cm. Soil media suitable for growth of plant and light of the weight were investigated bymixing various ratio of big size of sand, soil and perlite planting in a pot of cacti and succulents such as Pachycereus pringlei, Notocactus magnificus, Ferocactus horridus, Mammillaria spinosissima, Mammillaria spp., Faucaria tigrina, Haworthia fasciata, Echeveria pulvinata, Echeveria pumila and Crassula argentea. Their plant growth and mortality were monitored for four month after planting in a pot. The media based on big size of sand 2: soil 3: perlite 5 by volume, showed better plant growth in height and width and lighter than that of based big size of sand 5: soil 3: perlite 2. However there was no mortality of plant in all treatment.