Effect of plant gel on the flowers of balconies garden (Verbena canadiensis)‎ under Sulaymani City conditions

Abstract EN

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 1st, 2012 to December 15th, 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 % .