Growing media | Mean values plant properties for different growing media | ||||||
P (%) | K (%) | Ca (%) | Fe (mg/kg) | Mn (mg/kg) | Zn (mg/kg) | ||
Coco peat 50% | 0.065 a | 1.50 a | 0.24 f | 41.3 d | 13.4 e | 11.8 e | |
Coco peat 40% + soil 10% | 0.072 a | 1.09 b | 0.74 b | 201.9 a | 38.2 c | 57.2 a | |
Coco peat 30% + soil 20% | 0.066 a | 1.51 a | 0.64 d | 72.5 c | 32.1 d | 22.3 d | |
Coco peat 20% + soil 30% | 0.067 a | 1.43 a | 0.42 e | 32.3 e | 15.3 e | 7.0 f | |
Coco peat 10% + soil 40% | 0.072 a | 1.30 ab | 0.66 c | 95.3 b | 46.8 a | 26.5 c | |
Soil 50% | 0.067 a | 1.11 b | 1.02 a | 92.5 b | 41.3 b | 31.4 b | |
| Summary of the statistical analysis of the treatments | ||||||
S.O.V. | df | Mean square | |||||
Substrate | 5 | 4.6 × 10−5ns | 0.18** | 0.36** | 18560** | 964.8** | 1579** |
Error | 24 | 9.3 × 10−5 | 0.04 | 7.5 × 10−7 | 5.67 | 3.46 | 2.21 |
C.V. (%) | 14.16 | 15.58 | 0.14 | 2.67 | 5.97 | 5.71 |