Influence of growing media on vegetative growth attributes of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) cv. winter dawn under protected condition

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The present investigation was carried out to elucidate the effect of different growing media combinations including T0: (control) soil + sand, T1: soil + sand + FYM, T2: soil + sand + perlite, T3: soil + sand + poultry manure, T4: soil + sand + peat moss, T5: soil + sand + goat manure, T6: soil + sand + vermicompost and T7: soil + sand + vermiculite on vegetative growth attributes of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) cv. ‘Winter Dawn’. The results showed that T6 had the maximum survival percentage of runners (96.67%) and exhibited maximum plant height at 30, 60, 90 and 120 days after planting (DAP), reaching 8.89, 16.08, 20.18 and 23.67 cm respectively. Maximum number of leaves per plant was also observed in treatment T6 across the same day intervals, yielding 6.91, 13.56, 18.41 and 24.06 leaves per plant respectively. At the final evaluation stage (120 DAP), T6 achieved the maximum leaf area (101.44 cm²), plant spread (25.81 cm in N-S and 26.32 cm in E-W direction), maximum number of crowns per plant (4.54) and runners per plant (6.18). The highest root length at 120 DAP was also recorded in T6 (19.73 cm). The overall findings of the study stated that the treatment T6 was superior in vegetative growth parameters as compared to control T0.

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