Author(s):

Bijeta, Kuldeep Singh Thakur and Rohit Pawar

Abstract: An experiment was conducted in naturally ventilated polyhouse at Vegetable Research Farm of Department of Vegetable Science, Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, during 2015 and 2016 to find out the most suitable growing media and plant spacing for quality and growth of the capsicum. Data with regards to interaction effect revealed that the growing media Soil + Cocopeat + Vermicompost + FYM (2:1:0.5:0.5) with plant spacings 45×60 cm resulted the maximum total carotenoids (2.10%), ascorbic acid (122.23%) and total soluble solid (7.08 °B) while minimum was recorded under Soil + Sand + FYM (2:1:1) with plant spacing 45×30 cm ( 1.86%, 117.03%, 6.28 °B ). The result revealed that among various treatment combinations growing media Soil + Cocopeat + Vermicompost + FYM (2:1:0.5:0.5) with plant spacing 45×60 cm recorded maximum leaf area index (3.23), net assimilation rate (0.083 mg/leaf area/day) and plant biomass (150.36 g/plant) and). Therefore it can be inferred that incorporation of Soil, Cocopeat, Vermicompost, and FYM with appropriate crop spacing led to the better quality and growth of capsicum.

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