Table 1.

Initial physical and chemical properties of experimental soil (n = 3).

Soil properties	Mean	Standard deviation
pH	5.43	0.02
Total nitrogen (%)	0.08	0.01
Available phosphorus (mg kg-1)	8.5	0.34
Soil organic carbon (%)	0.73	0.05
Exchangeable acidity (cmol kg-1)	0.92	0.06
CEC (cmol kg-1)	4.47	0.28
Sand∗	68%
Silt∗	10%
Clay∗	22%

^∗Soil parameter had only two replicates.