Table 1.
Selected physical and chemical characteristics of the experimental soil, and organic fertilizers used during experiments.
| Experimental soil | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter | pH(1:2.5 water) | Bulk density | Mineral N | Total N | TOC | SOM | AvailableP (ppm) | Exchangeable cations(cmol kg-1) | % sand | % clay | % silt | Texturalclass | |||||||
| (g cm-3) | (mg kg-1) | (%) | K | Ca | Mg | ||||||||||||||
| Test value | 5.9 | 1.35 | 1.81 | 0.04 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 9.7 | 2.07 | 0.91 | 0.07 | 63 | 20.3 | 16.7 | Sandy loam | |||||
| Organic fertilizers | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parameters | Moisture (%) | pH | EC (mS cm-1) |
Ammonium | Nitrate | Total C | Total N | Total P | Total K | Total Ca | Total Mg | C/N ratio | |||||||
| (mg kg-1) | (%) | ||||||||||||||||||
| BSF frass | 30.1 | 7.7 | 2.7 | 74.4 | 1.39 | 35.2 | 2.1 | 1.16 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.16 | 16.8 | |||||||
| SAFI organic | 29.8 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 39.4 | 92.3 | 45.1 | 3.0 | 1.23 | 1.49 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 15.0 | |||||||
TOC, total organic carbon; SOM, soil organic matter; EC, electrical conductivity.