Application of Lignite Wet Ash as a Rooting Medium

Abstract

The study on 5 rooting media (coarse sand + rice husk charcoal, lignite wet ash, lignite wet ash + rice husk charcoal, lignite wet ash + coarse sand, lignite wet ash + coir dust) was conducted. It was found that the best rooting media for the rooting ability of chrysanthemun (Dendranthema morifolium) and carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus) cuttings was lignite wet ash + coir dust as they produced more root number and root length. Coarse sand + rice husk charcoal gave the shortest and lowest root number in chrysanthemum. In carnation lignite wet ash, lignite wet ash + rice husk charcoal, coarse sand + rice husk charcoal had fewest amount of root number.