Treatments

Germination

(%)

Shoot

length

(cm)

Root

length

(cm)

Collar

diameter

(cm)

Shoot fresh weight (g)

Root fresh weight (g)

Shoot dry weight (g)

Root dry weight (g)

Soil

reaction

(pH)

Control

100a

16.50a

22a

0.43a

3.69a

0.27a

1.08a

0.17a

8.08a

10 g/pot

91.67ab

(−8.3)

14.68ab

(−11.1)

14.38b

(−34.6)

0.38ab

(−10.6)

2.08ab

(−44.9)

0.13b

(−53.3)

0.75ab

(−30.2)

0.08b

(−55.1)

7.93ab

(−1.9)

50 g/pot

75.00b

(−25)

12.43bc

(−24.7)

9.43bc

(−57.2)

0.32bc

(−24.1)

1.45b

(−60.9)

0.11bc

(−59.9)

0.47bc

(−56.5)

0.04b

(−74.9)

7.85b

(−2.8)

100 g/pot

41.67c

(−58.3)

10.48cd

(−36.5)

7.98bc

(−63.8)

0.28cd

(−35.3)

1.16b

(−68.7)

0.08bc

(−71.9)

0.37bc

(−66)

0.03b

(−85.5)

7.75bc

(−4)

150 g/pot

33.33c

(−66.7)

10.13cd

(−38.6)

7.38bc

(−66.5)

0.21d

(−50)

0.86b

(−76.7)

0.04bc

(−84.9)

0.28c

(−73.7)

0.02b

(−88.1)

7.63cd

(−5.6)

200 g/pot

33.33c

(−66.7)

7.13d

(−56.8)

5.13c

(−76.7)

0.18d

(−57.1)

0.55b

(−85.1)

0.02c

(−93.4)

0.16c

(−85.3)

0.01b

(−94.2)

7.45d

(−7.7)

LSD @ p ≤ 0.05

24.06

4.06

7.41

0.09

1.69

0.09

0.42

0.07

0.19