Table 3.

Selected chemical and physical properties of composts

Properties	Compost (OF)	Compost (BOF)
pH	7.95 ± 0.5	8.02 ± 0.4
EC (μS cm−1)	4.08 ± 0.4	4.02 ± 0.5
Moisture (%)	26.5 ± 0.3	25.2 ± 0.5
TOC (%)	28.7 ± 0.5	26.2 ± 0.5
TN (%)	2.4 ± 0.3	2.2 ± 0.5
C/N	12 ± 0.1	11.9 ± 0.1
GI (%)	86.5 ± 0.5	87.2 ± 0.5

The data in the table are the mean of three replicates as the mean ± standard deviations with p < 0.05 according to Duncan’s multiple range test. EC, electric conductivity. TOC, total organic carbon. TN, total nitrogen. GI, germination index