@article{Sawat Pimsuwan_Dowroong Watcharinrat_Panida Jomsong_Tamonwan Kanchanaphusanon_Untika Suksa-ard_2020, title={THE EFFECTS OF WATERING RATES USING THE DRIP IRRIGATION METHOD ON THE ROOT MASS GROWTH OF BIRD’S NEST FERNS}, volume={18}, url={https://geomatejournal.com/geomate/article/view/474}, abstractNote={<p>The increasing demands of gardeners have made peat moss a popular option as a planting <br>material. However, the price of peat moss has increased recently. Therefore, alternative substances for use as <br>a planting material need to be studied. The root of the bird’s nest fern offers a cheaper, easier to produce and <br>more readily available source for a planting material than peat moss. The objective of this research was to <br>increase root mass growth by using drip irrigation. With an experimental design using CRD, two-year old <br>bird’s nest ferns with root mass sizes of 5 inches were watered by means of a drip irrigation method at rates of <br>200, 400, 600, 800 and 1,000 ml every 3 days. The data measured were root mass height, root mass diameter, <br>leaf length, leaf width and canopy width. The data were analyzed by ANOVA and the differences between the <br>means of treatment were compared by DMRT. The research found that the ferns which received water at a rate <br>of 800 ml produced a root mass height of 11.06 cm and a root mass diameter of 11.93 cm. They were <br>significantly different (p<0.05). The ferns which received water at a rate of 200 ml produced a leaf length of <br>29.52cm and a leaf width of 9.55 cm. The amount of water causes fern growth to significantly different (p<0.01). <br>The 800 ml rate of drip irrigation also produced the largest canopy width of 48.12 cm. </p>}, number={67}, journal={GEOMATE Journal}, author={Sawat Pimsuwan and Dowroong Watcharinrat and Panida Jomsong and Tamonwan Kanchanaphusanon and Untika Suksa-ard}, year={2020}, month={Mar.}, pages={15–20} }