Table 2. Characteristics of soil used in this study.
Characteristics | Forest soil |
pH [H2O] | 4.9 |
pH [KCl] | 4.2 |
Electric conductivity (mS/m) | 5.4 |
Total carbon (%) | 11 |
Total nitrogen (%) | 0.68 |
Total humic substance (%) | 19 |
Total phosphorus content (mg/kg) | 1,100 |
Available phosphorus content (mg/kb) | 2.0 |
Exchangeable cations | |
K (cmol (+)/kg) | 0.48 |
Mg (cmol (+)/kg) | 1.0 |
Ca (cmol (+)/kg) | 3.8 |
Na (cmol (+)/kg) | 0.096 |
Mn (cmol (+)/kg) | 0.031 |
Al (cmol (+)/kg) | 0.96 |