Table 1: Summary of initial soil physical and chemical property means (n = 6) and standard errors (SE) for the soil used in this greenhouse experiment.
|
Soil Property |
Mean (± SE) |
|
Sand (g g-1) |
0.15 (0.6) |
|
Silt (g g-1) |
0.74 (0.5) |
|
Clay (g g-1) |
0.11 (0.7) |
|
pH |
6.46 (0.1) |
|
Electrical conductivity (dS m-1) |
0.090 (< 0.01) |
|
Water-soluble soil nutrients (mg kg-1) |
|
|
P |
2.7 (0.06) |
|
K |
27.7 (3.1) |
|
Ca |
20.3 (0.4) |
|
Mg |
3.1 (0.25) |
|
S |
11.6 (0.15) |
|
Na |
60.1 (0.45) |
|
Fe |
11.2 (2.0) |
|
Zn |
0.6 (0.04) |
|
Mn |
1.1 (0.07) |
|
Mehlich-3 extractable soil nutrients (mg kg-1) |
|
|
P |
25.5 (0.2) |
|
K |
97.2 (0.8) |
|
Ca |
679 (6.8) |
|
Mg |
125 (0.9) |
|
S |
15.1 (0.1) |
|
Na |
74.6 (0.6) |
|
Fe |
365 (3.9) |
|
Zn |
15.4 (0.1) |
|
Mn |
284 (2.8) |
|
Soil organic matter (%) |
2.53 (0.01) |
|
Total C (%) |
1.25 (< 0.01) |
|
Total N (%) |
0.12 (< 0.01) |
|
C:N ratio |
10:1 (< 0.01) |