EFFECT OF SEVERAL ORGANIC SOIL AMENDMENTS IN GROWING MEDIUM ON GARDEN THYME TRANSPLANT PRODUCTION

Successful transplant production begins with selecting good growing media. Garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a member of the Lamiaceae family, is one of the important medicinal plant species that are used in medicine, cosmetic and food industry. This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of several organic soil amendments (cocopeat, sphagnum peat moss, peat and animal manure) applied separately in growing medium, on garden thyme transplant production. Growing mixtures were using 1:1:1 (v/v) sand, soil and organic amendment. The experiment was carried out in a randomized complete block design with four replications. Shoot height, shoot fresh and dry weights, leaf number and root fresh and dry weights were influenced by kind of organic matter and were highest in the medium that contained sphagnum peat moss.