Response of different growing media on the growth and yield of gerbera in hydroponic open system

Abstract

Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii) is one of the herbaceous plants with colorful and beautiful flowers that are used as cut, pot and garden flower. Various planting beds around the world is used for growing gerbera such as perlite, rock wool, vermiculite, sand, coconut fibre (coco peat), expanded clay, organic substrates, compost cow, zeolite, pumice, sand etc. reported by Khalaj (5) and Fakhri et al. (4). Soil-less cultures have been successfully used for several decades with the aim to intensify production and reduce cost of cultivation (Maloupa et al., 6).