In order to produce better quality of gladiolus corm, one of the cultivar, Red Beauty was
used to find out the effect of plant spacing, planting depth and the levels of nitrogen application
on the leaf growth and growth of new corm.
1. Additional ...
In order to produce better quality of gladiolus corm, one of the cultivar, Red Beauty was
used to find out the effect of plant spacing, planting depth and the levels of nitrogen application
on the leaf growth and growth of new corm.
1. Additional 2 cm deep planting required another 2 days to emerge and resulted in 5 cm shorter
plant height.
2. Rate of emergence investigated at 25 days after planting showed 100% when planted 5 cm
deep.
3. Rate of new leaf production was not affected by planting depth.
4. Leaf area growth, fresh and dry weight and growth of new corm was best when planted
7cm deep.
5. Plant height, leaf area and new corm development showed was best when planted in 20×25
cm dencity with 30 kg / 10a nitrogen.