Nauka Przyroda Technologie

2009 volume 3 issue 3 #73

Tomasz Trelka, Stanisława Szczepaniak

Effect of substrate volume on the growth and flowering of Cyclamen persicum Mill. ‘Canto F₁ Scarlet’ from midi group

Abstract.

The subject of the studies was the effect of substrate volume on the growth and flowering of Cyclamen persicum Mill. ‘Canto F₁ Scarlet’. Experiment was carried out in 2005 and 2006, in two cycles lasting from May 6 to November 20. In the experiment, pots were used with substrate volumes of 270 cm³, 340 cm³, 500 cm³ and 721 cm³. Seedling were planted on the 19th day into sphagnum peat with pH 6.0 enriched with fertilizer of Hydrocote 3-4 M type in the dose of 3 g/dm³. Substrate volume did not exert any effect on the plant height, plant diameter, tuber diameter and on the earliness of cyclamen flowering. Cyclamens grown in a greater amount of substrate created a bigger mass and they flowered more abundantly.

 

Keywords: substrate volume, Cyclamen persicum, plant growth, flowering

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For citation:
Trelka T., Szczepaniak S., 2009. Effect of substrate volume on the growth and flowering of Cyclamen persicum Mill. ‘Canto F₁ Scarlet’ from midi group. Nauka Przyr. Technol. 3, 3, #73.

Corresponding address:
Tomasz Trelka
Tomasz Trelka
Katedra Nawożenia Roślin Ogrodniczych
Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu
ul. Zgorzelecka 4
60-198 Poznań
Poland
e-mail: cattleya1@wp.pl

Accepted for print: 24.06.2009