Influence of Different Potting Media on Growth, Yield, Quality and Value Added Products of Chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflora) cv. Yellow Liliput

The present investigation was laid out in Completely Randomized design (CRD) with nine treatments and each replicated thrice. The treatment T2 i.e., Soil + Sand + Perlite + Farm yard manure 1:1:1:1) reported significantly better Performance in terms of Growth parameters like plant height (60.50 cm), Number of leaves per plant (64.00), plant spread (27.80 cm), leaf length (7.60 cm); Flowering parameters like days to first flower bud appearance (84.00 days), days to 50% flowering (120.00 days), flowering duration (74.00 days), flower diameter (5.70 cm), stalk length (11.50 cm) and Yield parameters like number of flowers per plant (72.00), Individual flower weight (3.80 g), flower yield per plant (152.00 g), flower yield per 100 pots (15.20 kg).