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. 2021 Jun 24;7(6):e07391. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07391

Table 1.

Soil physical and chemical properties of the site prior to experimentation in 2018.

Property Value
Sand (%) 62 ± 1.4
Silt (%) 26 ± 0.08
Clay (%) 12 ± 0.06
Textural class Sandy loam
Bulk density (Mg m−3) 1.59 ± 0.02
pH (water) 5.5 ± 0.05
Organic carbon (%) 1.35 ± 0.02
Total N (%) 0.16 ± 0.01
Available P (mg kg−1) 8.0 ± 0.03
Exchangeable K (cmol kg−1) 0.12 ± 0.01
Exchangeable Ca (cmol kg−1) 1.5 ± 0.05
Exchangeable Mg (cmol kg−1) 0.32 ± 0.02