Table 1.

Physical and chemical properties of the studied soils.

Texture	Sand (0.5 × 10−4–20 × 10−4 m) %	Clay% (<0.02 × 10−4 m) %	θs	α	n	BD (Mg m−3)	pH	ECe (dSm−1)	N (%)	P (mgkg−1)	K (mgkg−1)
Sandy loam	71	14	0.436	0.38	1.577	1.50	7.71	1.1	1.1	7	432
Clay loam	37	30	0.524	0.72	1.351	1.30	7.72	1.5	1.0	14.2	220

OC = organic carbon and BD = bulk density.