EFFECT OF FERTILIZER TYPE

AND GROWING MEDIUM FOR

ANTHURIUM HARVEST
 FACTORS

Fertilizer - F
 Homemade liquid fertilizer – F1
 Chemical fertilizer – F2

Growing Medium – M
 Equal Proportion of coconut husks and sand – M1
 Equal proportion of hardwood charcoal, cocopeat and pine bark – M2
FACTOR COMBINATIONS
 Homemade liquid fertilizer & equal proportion of coconut husks and sand
– (F1,M1) = A
 Home made liquid fertilizer & equal proportion of hardwood charcoal, cocopeat and
pine bark – (F1,M2) = B
 Chemical fertilizer & equal proportion of coconut husks and sand – (F2,M1) = C
 Chemical fertilizer & equal proportion of hardwood charcoal, cocopeat and pine –
(F2,M2) = D
METHOD
 Five replications are used for each combination
 Select 20 anthurium plants and apply one combination for 5 plants
 Place potted anthurium in outdoor under the shed
 Sunlight is the nuisance factor
 Arrange anthurium plants as Completely Randomized Block Design
 Maintain anthurium plants in same conditions
 Measure time taken to appear first flower bud in each plant
COMPLETELY RANDOMIZED BLOCK DESIGN
Sunlight

Block 1
D A C B
Block 2
C D A B
Block 3
B D C A
Block 4
A C B D
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