Table 2.

Effect of organic compost and inorganic nitrogen fertigation on shoot dry weight and fresh yield of spinach.^a

Treatments	Shoot dry weight		Fresh yield
	(g/plant)	(%)	(Kg m−2)
Soil1	-	-	0.054c
OC	0.60 b	8.62 a	2.38 b
OC + AS	1.31 a	7.71 b	4.93 a
OC + AN	1.16 a	7.75 b	4.71 a
Significance	∗∗∗	∗∗∗	∗∗∗

Means followed by different letters within a column are significantly different. ∗, ∗∗, ∗∗∗ Significant at p < 0.05, 0.01 and 0.001 levels, respectively. NS = not significant. (OC- organic compost, OC + AS - organic compost +75 kg of N ha⁻¹ applied as ammonium sulfate, OC + AN- organic compost +75 kg N ha^-1 applied as ammonium nitrate).

¹Plant growth in soil treatment was not enough to collect leaf samples for analysis.