EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SOIL MIXTURES ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF INDIAN SPINACH (Basella alba L)

Abstract

The experiment was conducted in the shade beside Academic building-1 in Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur-5200, Bangladesh from February to May 2023 to find out the effect of pot mixture amended with organic and inorganic source on the vegetative growth of Indian spinach. The experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 7 treatments and 3 replications. The treatments were as follows; T1 = Control (only soil) T2 = 70% soil + 20% VC + 5% sand + 5% Ash + 2.0 g kg 1 bone meal powder, T3 = 65% soil + 25% VC + 5% sand + 5% Ash + 1.5 g kg-1 bone meal powder, T4 = 70% soil + 20% VC + 5% sand + 5% Ash + 1.5 g kg-1 bone meal powder, T5 = 60% soil + 20% VC + 15% sand + 5% Ash + 2.0 g kg-1 bone meal powder, T6 = 60% soil + 25% VC + 10% sand + 5% Ash + 1.0 g kg-1 bone meal powder, T7 = 60% soil + 25% VC + 5% sand + 10% Ash + 1.0 g kg-1 bone meal powder Where, VM = Vermicompost respectively. respectively. The highest plant height (68.66 cm), branch length (3.82 cm), fresh yield (199.33g), root length (12.98 cm), the maximum leaf number per plant (49.33), root weight (12.91 g) and K (23.08) was found in T7. P (97.91) recorded in T4. The lowest plant height 24.66 cm in T1 treatment, leaf number per plant (21.33), branch length (3.00 cm), fresh yield (132.67 gm), root length (9.06 cm), root weight (10.57 g), N (0.01), P(76.45), K(13.33), S (63.31) and EC 1.46. The lowest fresh yield (132.67 gm) was found in T1.