Assessment of Different Growing Media on Cut Flower Performance of Two Gladiolus (Gladiolus grandiflorus) Cultivars

One of the most important problems encountered in cultivation cut flower gladiolus is soil-borne diseases and pests. This problem substantially reduces yield quality. Soilless culture very limited for it has not been studied extensively. The characteristics growing media used soilless either directly or indirectly affect Therefore, quite essential to determine appropriate cultivation. At same time good production usually depends upon various factors including type used. present study was conducted effects two different varieties (Gladiolus grandiflorus L. cv. “Purple Flora” “Ibadan”) six (peat+pumice: 1:1, v/v; peat+perlite: rice hull+pumice: 1:2, coarse sand+peat: 2:1, soil; cocopeat) on some quality parameters Batı Akdeniz Agricultural Research Institute (BATEM), Antalya, Türkiye. Quality (stem length, stem diameter, weight, flowering time, number florest) were significantly (p < 0.01) affected by cultivars. Among media, earliest (77.8 days) longest length (128.0 cm) determined peat+perlite, whereas largest florets (15.0 spike-1) recorded peat+pumice. Regarding varieties, Purple Flora (84.7 flowered earlier than Ibadan (102.7 days), while displayed more superior terms other parameters.