EFFECT OF PLANT GEL ON THE FLOWERS OF BALCONIES GARDEN (Verbena canadiensis) UNDER SULAYMANI CITY CONDITIONS

ALI O. M. SHARBAZHERY; LAVA ANWAR ABU-BAKR

doi:10.26682/avuod.2017.20.1.2

ALI O. M. SHARBAZHERY Dept. of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sulaymani, Kurdistan Region-Iraq. Agricultural Research Center–Sulaymani, Kurdistan Region-Iraq.
LAVA ANWAR ABU-BAKR Dept. of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sulaymani, Kurdistan Region-Iraq. Agricultural Research Center–Sulaymani, Kurdistan Region-Iraq.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26682/avuod.2017.20.1.2

Keywords: Apartment balcony's plants, Verbena Canadensis, Plant Gel

Abstract

The experiment was carried out at the Agricultural Research Center - Bkrajo - Sulaymani City , in one Balconies with the direction to the south-west, at an altitude of 738 m, during the period between May 1^st, 2012 to December 15^th, 2012, to study the effects of plant Gel added to balcony's potting plants media under the environmental conditions of the Sulaymani city, with four level 0 , 30 , 75 and 100 gm Gel / pot. The experiment was laid out in a complete randomized design (CRD) with four replicates. The study results showed that the 100gm Gel treatment on the reduced significant irrigation requirements by 20.3% , the rate of increase in soil moisture reaches to 74.9% compared with control , also increase significantly each of the Plant branches numbers and floral clusters numbers that 250 and 251.8 % respectively when compared with control , As well as increased each of the Plant fresh, foliage dry weight at high rates for each of them, also increasing the flowering period by 169.1 % .

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