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Table 2.

Physico‐chemical characteristics of soils

Sample site	pH	Organic matter	Total N	Total P	Total K	Hydrolysable N	Available P	Available K
Sample site	pH	(g kg⁻¹, dry weight)				(mg kg⁻¹, dry weight)
Slag heap	7.79	37.79 ± 0.35^a	0.77 ± 0.14^a	1.08 ± 0.03^a	3.1 ± 0.15^a	42.75 ± 9.32^a	21.01 ± 4.88^a	113.93 ± 9.36^a
Wasteland	6.19	109.29 ± 0.36^b	1.57 ± 0.03^b	2.03 ± 0.11^b	4.03 ± 0.15^b	88.63 ± 1.08^b	18.75 ± 1.56^a	181.43 ± 6.87^b

Mean ± standard deviation from three replicates. Different letters in the same column indicate a significant difference at P < 0.05.