Assessing the Effect of Composting Cassava Peel Based Substrates on the Yield, Nutritional Quality, and Physical Characteristics of Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq. ex Fr.) Kummer

Table 5

Average ash content (%) of mushrooms harvested on different substrates.

Substrate; type	0.8 M			1.5 M
	Composting period			Composting period
	3 days	5 days	7 days	3 days	5 days	7 days
cm	7.61 ± 0.1	7.83 ± 0.1	7.81 ± 0.3	7.48 ± 0.2	7.59 ± 0.2	7.64 ± 0.1
ncm	7.49 ± 0.2	7.47 ± 0.2	7.52 ± 0.2	7.61 ± 0.1	7.71 ± 0.2	7.69 ± 0.2
ncmcc	7.32 ± 0.1	7.41 ± 0.1	7.65 ± 0.3	7.70 ± 0.1	7.63 ± 0.3	7.82 ± 0.2
cmcc	7.55 ± 0.1	7.49 ± 0.3	7.60 ± 0.1	7.67 ± 0.2	7.34 ± 0.1	7.65 ± 0.1

Results are mean scores of 3 ± SE.