Evaluating Non-Composted Red Cotton Tree (Bombax ceiba) Sawdust Mixtures for Raising Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) in Pots

In modern agriculture, the substrate industry prefers porous materials for plants to provide water and nutrients in soilless cultivation. Composted sawdust is such a substrate. The interested avoiding composting because it time labor-consuming. study objective was evaluate whether non-composted (fresh) Bombax ceiba (red cotton tree) with added could be an alternative composted okra production. mixed form of banana peels (a potassium source), eggshells calcium urea nitrogen source). We conducted two independent pot experiments. Treatments were viz.: T1: non-fertilized 100% sandy clay loam soil (control) (vol/vol); T2: B. T3: 80% + 20% T4: 60% T5: (vol/vol) (@ 91 kg N ha−1). both experiments, germination seeds unaffected by mixtures. phenological development significantly greater than any Plant height, leaf relative content, stability index membrane, root length, chlorophyll content index, shoot dry fresh weight, stem diameter, single area lower all mixtures compared control. contrast T2, T5 resulted fewer days before first flower developed, increase number pods plant−1, length pod diameter pod, weight seed numbers pod−1. It concluded that amending peels, eggshells, (T5) enhanced its perspective as growth medium okra. Nonetheless, amendments unlikely establish adequate yield okra, case soil.