Growth Performance and Nutrient Uptake of Oil Palm Seedling in Prenursery Stage as Influenced by Oil Palm Waste Compost in Growing Media
Table 1
Selected physical and chemical characteristics of growing media.
Treatments
Bulk density
pH
C : N
C
N
P
K
Ca
Mg
Mn
Zn
Cu
(g cm−3)
(H2O)
Ratio
(%)
mg kg−1
C0
1.32
4.68
23.89
2.75
0.12
0.24
0.56
0.11
0.09
18.25
22.25
11.75
C20
1.24
4.85
26.05
5.72
0.22
0.31
0.56
0.15
0.13
22.00
29.25
13.00
C40
1.11
5.08
28.23
10.65
0.38
0.35
0.57
0.18
0.15
24.25
25.50
12.00
C60
0.95
5.13
31.33
18.47
0.59
0.49
0.53
0.22
0.22
19.50
23.75
9.75
C80
0.75
5.15
29.78
28.32
0.95
0.83
0.56
0.26
0.28
21.75
32.25
13.75
C100
0.56
5.10
61.51
73.19
1.19
1.24
0.55
0.26
0.35
21.50
46.25
23.00
Note: means with the same letter within row are not significantly different at according to LSD test. C0, C20, C40, C60, C80, and C100 represent 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100% of compost, respectively.
