Cultivation of Cassia fistula, a medicinal plant under different conditions of soil
Ritu Vishnoi
Department of Botany, Chinmaya Degree College, BHEL, Ranipur, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
G.S. Rajwar
Department of Botany, Government Degree College, Narendra Nagar, Tehari Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India.
Vineet Kumar Vishnoi
Department of Microbiology, Gurukul Kangri university, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
Jaya Upreti
Department of Microbiology, Chinmaya Degree College, BHEL, Ranipur, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
Abstract
The experiments were conducted to observe the effect of different soil and sand ratios on the growth of cassia fistula. Three different ratios of sand and soil viz; 60:40(sand: soil), 80:20(sand: soil) and 100:00(without adding sand) were taken for the cultivation and the growth was observed every month. Different growth parameters were also taken for calculating the difference among all the plants under different soil conditions as well as under different weather conditions. Different soil nutrients percentage was also calculated to find out the best nutrients requirement for cassia fistula.After observing the experiments it was concluded that the ratio 60:40 was most suitable soil condition for the growth of Cassia fistula.
Cultivation, Cassia fistula, medicinal plant, soil conditions
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