Pot culture of African Daisy as affected by different soil media /
by Trisha Marie N. Austria.
- Indang, Cavite : Don Severino Agricultural College, 1989.
- 34 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Applied Research IV (Agri-Science Curriculum) Don Severino Agricultural College.
Includes bibliographical references.
Science High School, College of Education (CED) Science High School, College of Education (CED)
AUSTRIA, TRISHA MARTE N., Applied Research IV (Agri-Science curriculum), Don Severino Agricultural College, Indang, Cavite, March, 1989, "Pot Culture of African Daisy as Affected by Different Soil Media," Advisers Mr, Alejandro C, Mojica
The study "Pot Culture of African Daisy as Affected by Different Soil Media" was conducted at Barangay IV, Indang, Cavite from July to October 1988 to evaluate the effectiveness of different soil media on the growth and flowering of African daisy.
A total of 300 African daisy suckers purchased from Tagaytay City were arranged in an experimental lot using a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with ten treatments and three replications. Treatments include: T, pure garden soil; T 50% garden soil + 50% chicken manure; T3 50% garden soil + 50% cow manure; 1, 50% garden soil + 50% hog manure; Ty Tagaytay loam soil; Tg 50% TLS + 50% chicken manure; T) 50% TLS + 50% cow manure; Tg 50% TLS + 50% hog manure; Ty 50% garden soil + 50% compost; and Tj) 50% TLS + 50% compost. Highly significant results were obtained on the average number of days from planting to flowering, average length of flower stalk and average diameter of flower heads. Significant results was also obtained on the average number of flowers per treatment.
It was found out in this experiment that 50% garden soil + 50% compost (Treatment 9) was the best soil medium for growing African daisy. This is due to the nutrients present in the compost, porosity of the soil medium and its greater water holding capacity that makes the African daisies matured earlier, and produced longer stalk and bigger flowers, Plants in 50% garden soil + 50% chicken manure (Treatment 2) exhibited the poorest performance in all of the plant characteristics. Chicken manure contains lot of ammonia which rendered the medium too hot for the plant causing them poor growth.