| Species | Manure rate | Experiment one |
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| Experiment two |
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| Plant height (cm) | Stem girth (cm) | Number of leaves | Cum. number of opened flowers |
| Plant height (cm) | Stem girth (cm) | Number of leaves | Cum. number of opened flowers | ||||
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| 16† |
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| 40† |
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| Immaculate | 0 t/ha PM | 73.6b | 3.2 (ns) | 141.9b | 6.0c |
| 113.0b | 4.5b | 188.7b | 25.7 (ns) | ||
| Immaculate | 5 t/ha PM | 80.0a | 3.6 (ns) | 127.0c | 5.2ef |
| 133.9a | 4.8b | 204.3a | 15.3 (ns) | ||
| Immaculate | 10 t/ha PM | 74.7b | 3.1 (ns) | 160.5a | 0.2g |
| 108.4c | 4.7b | 207.2a | 24.0 (ns) | ||
| Immaculate | 20 t/ha PM | 32.7f | 2.4 (ns) | 59.1g | 4.8ef |
| 60.0f | 3.8c | 95.2f | 18.6 (ns) | ||
| P.H. Baby | 0 t/ha PM | 39.2e | 3.1 (ns) | 42.7h | 0.8g |
| 59.8f | 4.6b | 96.3f | 9.5 (ns) | ||
| P.H. Baby | 5 t/ha PM | 43.8d | 4.3 (ns) | 105.3d | 13.7a |
| 81.6d | 10.9a | 176.2c | 38.0 (ns) | ||
| P.H. Baby | 10 t/ha PM | 50.4c | 3.3 (ns) | 88.3e | 9.1b |
| 70.1e | 4.9b | 145.0d | 20.0 (ns) | ||
| P.H. Baby | 20 t/ha PM | 34.4f | 3.0 (ns) | 70.2f | 4.3f |
| 62.5f | 4.6b | 117.7e | 15.2 (ns) | ||