Experiments were carried out to clarify the effects of NPK content of fertilizers on the development of leaves out of new bulblets, and to investigate the relationship between the state of fleshness of a new bulblet and the weight and the number of le...
Experiments were carried out to clarify the effects of NPK content of fertilizers on the development of leaves out of new bulblets, and to investigate the relationship between the state of fleshness of a new bulblet and the weight and the number of leaves that develop from it.
The results were obtained in this work as follows:
1. It was found that, of the three fertilizer elements studied, only nitrogen influenced the development of leaves from new bulblets in leaf cuttings; phosphorus and potassium seemed to have no effects.
2. The application of fertilizer during the final stage of bulblet formation was found to be more effective than fertilizer treatment at the stage when the bulblets begin to grow fleshy.