EFFECT OF THE PLANTING DATE AND AGRICULTURAL MEDIUM ON THE VEGETATIVE GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF Chrysanthemum indicum L. Var. Daisy

Abstract

The experiment was conducted in the lath house during the season 2007 to investigate the effect of three dates of planting (1/3, 15/3, 1/4/2007) and 4 agricultural media (riverine mixture , peatmoss, riverine mixture + peatmoss , riverine mixture + animal manure) and thier interaction on the vegetative growth and flowering of chrysanthemum var. Daisy using.C.R.D design with 3 replicates. Results showed that the dates of planting, the agricultural medium and thier interaction had a significant effect on the vegetative growth and flowering of plant. The highest average of plant height, leaves number, leaf area, flower branches number,flowers number /plant and flowers diameter were realized at the intraction of planting the offsets in peatmoss with the first planting date which were 77.55cm, 120.44 leaf 62.96 dcm2, 20.33 flower branches, 74.33 flower/plant and 9.56 cm respectively, while the riverine mixture alone in the third planting date gave the lowest average which were 44.22cm, 60.89 leaf 23.81cm2, 4.00 flower branches, 15.22 flower/plant and 5.73 cm respectively .