This research work aimed to study the effect of different mixtures of growing media
on pepper seedlings and their ability to withstand transplanting shock.The variety QarnAlgazal
of pepper and five mixtures of growing media were used.The mixtures i
ncluded bitmoss
alone,bitmoss with equal volume of soil or sand,soil and cow manure in a ratio of
1:2,and cow manure with soil and sand in a ratio of 1:1:1.
The experiments were implemented in aplastic green house without heating in the
nursery farm of the faculty of Agriculture,Tishreen University.The completely randomizel
design was adopted with three replications for each treatment and 15 plants for each replication.
The results showed that themedia containing cow manurewere the more effective ingrowth
of sapling as represteded by the increased hieght of sapling, number and area of
leafs,fresh weight of both biomass and roots of sapling.The effect was very clear in the
media containing cow manure and soil in the ratio of 1:2.
