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The experiment entitled “Effect of potting media on growth, flower yield and quality of rose (Rosa hybrida L.) cv. Top Secret under protected condition” was carried out at Hi-Tech Horticulture Park, Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh during 2016-17. The experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three repetitions and seven treatment combinations of different available growing media viz., cocopeat, FYM, leaf mould, perlite and soil (control) in greenhouse condition. The growth parameters viz., plant height (60.46 cm), leaf area (36.98 c m2), number of leaf per flowering stalk (20.23) and stalk length of cut flower (36.23 cm) were si gnificantly maximum obtained with soil + cocopeat + leaf mould (1:1:1) media combination which followed by soil + cocopeat + perlite. Whereas, flowering parameters viz., number of days to bud initiation (13.23 days) and days taken to bud opening (12.72 day) were also recorded significantly minimum with the proportion of soil + cocopeat + leaf mould treatment followed by with soil + cocopeat + perlite (1:1:1). Similarly, the significantly maximum flower diameter (8.23 cm), length of petal (3.76 cm), width of petal (3.85 cm) and number of flowers per plant (19.48) were recorded in soil + cocopeat + leaf mould treatment and were found followed by soil + cocopeat + perlite (1:1:1). The quality parameters viz., shelf life (7.35 days) and vase life of flower (8.18 days), fresh weight of cut flower (11.69 g) and dry weight of cut flower (3.27 g) were also recorded in soil + cocopeat + leaf mould treatment and were found followed by soil + cocopeat + perlite (1:1:1).
Key words: Rose, Top Secret, Growing media, Cocopeat, Vase life.