Soil Nutrient Availability, Plant Nutrient Uptake, and Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) Yield in Response to N-Viro Biosolids and Irrigation Applications

Table 3

Means separation for the values of soil organic matter (OM), cation exchange capacity (CEC), and pH.

Nutrients	Year	NI^(a)	FI^(b)	N^(c)	F^(d)
OM (%)		6.68a	6.32a	6.18a	4.43a
CEC (meq/100 g)	2008	9.50a	7.75a	8.75a	7.25a
pH		4.98a	5.05a	4.95a	4.93a
OM (%)		5.50a	4.30a	4.40a	4.83a
CEC (meq/100 g)	2009	10.7a	8.83a	9.50a	9.35a
pH		4.95a	4.85a	4.83a	4.75a

^(a)N-Viro with irrigation; ^(b)Commercial fertilizer with irrigation; ^(c)N-Viro without irrigation; ^(d)Commercial fertilizer without irrigation. ^(d)Tukey’s LSD letters mean differences in mean values within a row.