With the objective of determining the chrysanthemum water consumption, an experiment was carried out at the Universidade Federal de Lavras, MG, Brazil, under greenhouse condition, with two chrysanthemums cultivars, Kátia and Bi Time. A completely randomized experimental design in a factorial outline, with eight replications, two cultivars and two irrigation frequencies were used. Irrigation scheduling was based on pot plant weight. The water consumption between irrigations was obtained by weighting the pot. A class A tank, was used to obtain the evaporation and subsequent correlation with the crop water consumption. It was verified that there was not significant difference of water requirement when the cultivars were irrigated once and twice day. It was observed that the cultivars presented differentiated water requirement according to the development stage. Along the cycle, the average water consumption, for once and twice day irrigation, for cultivar Kátia was 118 and 108 mL day-1 and for the cultivar Bi Time was 98 and 113 mL day-1, respectively.
water management; water requirement; Dendranthema grandiflora
