Effect of Ecklonia maxima on quantitative, qualitative and vase life of Lilium cv. Brunello

In this study, the Effect of Ecklonia maxima on quantitative, qualitative and vase life of Lilium cv. Brunello, experiment based on completely randomized design with 5 treatments, 3 replication, each replication contains 5 flowers, a total of 75 Lilium cut flowers was performed. Treatments includes spray with Ecklonia maxima 2, 4, 6 and 8 mg per liter and distilled water used as a control. Quantitative and qualitative traits includes bud and flower number, bud and stem length, stem diameter, leaf number, N, K, P, Fe, Ca, Mg and vase life were evaluated. The results showed that includes spray with Ecklonia maxima 8 mg per liter treatment have a greatest effect on improved bud number and length, stem length and diameter, leaf number, N, K, Fe, Mg and vase life, spray with Ecklonia maxima 8 mg per liter treatment have a greatest effect on improved. P and Ca. flower number in 3 concentrations 4, 6 and 8 mg per liter, have a greatest. Also most postharvest flowers vase life with 16.0 days in spray with Ecklonia maxima 8 mg per liter treatment and the lowest postharvest flowers vase life with 5.3 days in the control treatme.