Fertilizer Property | Fertilizer-P Source | |||
Pelletized CG | Powderized CG | |||
Mean | Standard Error | Mean | Standard Error | |
pH | 8.78 | 0.13 | 8.50 | <0.01 |
EC (dS∙m−1) | 226 | 2.2 | 298 | 4.1 |
OM (g∙g−1) | 0.26 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 0.02 |
TC (g∙g−1) | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 |
TN (g∙g−1) | 0.06 | <0.01 | 0.05 | <0.01 |
Water-soluble (mg∙kg−1) | ||||
P | 216 | 1.6 | 281 | 2.2 |
K | 1.5 | 0.2 | 11.4 | 0.6 |
Ca | 11.6 | 0.8 | 8.9 | 0.5 |
Mg | 157 | 1.8 | 182 | 1.3 |
Fe | 1.2 | <0.1 | 0.5 | <0.1 |
Weak-acid-extractable (mg∙kg−1) | ||||
P | 24,479 | 296 | 27,669 | 370 |
K | 230 | 1.3 | 253 | 13.1 |
Ca | 83 | 2.8 | 110 | 0.8 |
Mg | 21,444 | 254 | 24,025 | 337 |
Fe | 127 | 0.9 | 115 | 0.7 |
Total-recoverable (mg∙kg−1) | ||||
P | 116,556 | 2480 | 113,186 | 2425 |
K | 842 | 4.4 | 853 | 2.7 |
Ca | 312 | 13.5 | 256 | 2.0 |
Mg | 83,234 | 1795 | 80,360 | 1962 |
Fe | 4505 | 45.8 | 4009 | 47.3 |