Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXIV, Issue 1
Written by Dragoș Emanuel DRĂGHICI, Sorina PETRA, Florin TOMA, Ovidiu Ionuț JERCA
The study was made in greenhouses conditions on three gerbera cultivars, 'Dune’, 'Blind Date’ and 'Balance’. We analyzed the effect of five type of substrates on growth and flowering of gerbera. The types of substrate used were following: peat is acidic both with pH 4 and with pH 5.5 peat with pH 4, peat with pH 5.5, Perlite, 50% Perlite + 50%, peat with pH 4.0 and 50% Perlite+ 50% peat with pH 5.5. The best results was obtained when we used the substrate 50% Perlite+ 50% peat with pH 5.5 regarding number of flowers, flower height, flower diameter, shoot diameter, showed significant difference among growing media.
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