Effect of Growing Media on growth and potential of Linharn (Launaea sarmentosa) production in Phuket province

Abstract

The objective of this research was to study the growing media on the growth and potential of Linharn production in Phuket province. The experimental design was a completely randomized design (CRD) with 1 pot/replications and 15 replications. Planting the Linharn in the different growing medias was carried out with 13 formulas; sea sand (control), sea sand: rice husk (1:1), sea sand: rice husk: chicken manure, cow dung, goat dung, guano, and vermicompost (1:1:1), sea sand: coconut coir (1:1), sea sand: coconut coir: chicken manure, cow dung, goat dung, guano, and vermicompost (1:1:1). The results showed that the use of growing media; sea sand with coconut coir and cow dung (with the ratio of 1:1:1 by volume). The Linharn had as growth of height stem, number of runners, runner length, number of runners per plant, number of shoots and number of leaves, these were significantly different (p<0.01) when compared with control.