Effect of different rooting media on growth and root development of bougainvillea cv. Mahara

The present investigation entitled “Effect of different rooting media on growth and development of Bougainvillea cv. Mahara” was conducted at premises of Pt. KLS College of Horticulture And Research Station, Rajnandgaon (C.G.) Department of Floriculture and Landscaping Mahatma Gandhi University of Horticulture and Forestry Durg (C.G.) during summer Season 2024 - 2025. The experiment consisting of twelve treatments T₁ Soil, T₂ Sand, T₃ Cocopeat, T₄ Soil + Sand, T₅ Soil + Cocopeat, T₆- Sand + Cocopeat, T₇ Soil + FYM, T₈ Soil + Sand + Cocopeat, T₉ Soil + Sand + FYM, T₁₀Sand + Cocopeat + FYM, T₁₁ Soil + Sand + Rice Husk, T₁₂Sand + Cocopeat + Vermicompost) laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD), with three replications. Data collected on best rooting media was studied for different parameters which indicates the presence of sufficient effect among the different treatments.The effect of treatment T₉ (Soil + Sand + FYM) was observed best for qualitative growth parameter like minimum days sprouting, number of sprouting, sprouting percentage, vegetative growth parameter like diameter of longest shoot/cutting, length of longest sprout/cutting, length of longest shoot/cutting, plant height, number of leaves/cutting maximum plant height and the effect of treatment T₁₁(Soil + Sand + Rice husk) was observed best for root growth parameter like number of roots/cutting, length of longest root (cm)/cutting. Minimum value was observed T₁ (Soil) for all parameters. For the successful growth and development of Bougainvillea cuttings, it can be concluded that media combination of T₉Soil+ Sand + FYM showed the best result among all the treatments, while the poorest was observed in T₁ Soil.