Assessing Physiochemical Characteristics of Agricultural Waste and Ready Compost at Wadi Al-Far’a Watershed of Palestine

Table 4

Physiochemical properties of compost used for agriculture in the WFW.

Sample no.	EC (dS/m)	pH	N (%)	P (%)	K (%)	Na (%)	Cl (%)	Ca (%)	Mg (%)	MC (%)	OM (%)	C/N ratio
C1	8.30	7.57	2.58	0.17	6.00	0.14	1.03	0.34	0.34	9.60	46.30	10.40
C2	7.61	8.21	2.67	0.14	2.25	0.15	0.55	0.35	0.11	37.21	38.03	8.30
C3	7.05	7.27	2.58	0.11	6.40	0.06	2.00	0.20	0.07	9.69	74.73	16.80
C4	8.88	7.21	9.68	0.15	0.70	0.28	1.87	0.19	0.05	10.95	67.03	4.00
C5	5.04	8.23	2.15	0.13	2.40	0.24	1.44	0.15	0.02	20.17	56.57	15.30
C6	3.47	7.08	4.66	0.16	1.00	0.12	0.24	0.20	0.05	10.68	75.40	9.40
C7	5.60	7.34	0.79	0.09	2.25	0.14	0.69	0.52	0.50	5.38	72.74	53.30
C8	6.97	7.77	2.07	0.06	1.80	0.14	1.42	0.36	0.22	6.91	38.75	10.90
C9	4.74	7.61	0.78	0.15	1.50	0.15	0.64	0.45	0.27	7.73	22.64	16.90
C10	7.60	6.90	1.61	0.13	2.00	0.20	1.10	0.54	0.36	7.21	31.75	11.40
C11	5.67	7.67	0.83	0.13	3.75	0.11	0.73	0.40	0.49	4.01	24.50	17.10
C12	6.70	7.46	1.25	0.07	1.40	0.80	1.11	0.02	0.01	6.89	33.96	15.70
C13	4.70	8.02	2.32	0.10	2.10	0.50	0.61	0.01	0.00	16.73	34.68	8.70
C14	5.50	7.46	1.15	0.10	1.80	0.60	0.62	0.02	0.01	38.61	22.00	11.10
C15	5.50	7.25	1.97	0.10	2.40	0.42	0.69	0.01	0.00		33.89	10.00
Min	3.47	6.90	0.78	0.06	0.70	0.06	0.24	0.01	0.00	4.01	22.00	4.00
Average	6.22	7.54	2.47	0.12	2.52	0.27	0.98	0.25	0.17	13.70	44.86	14.62
St. Dev.	1.51	0.39	2.23	0.03	1.65	0.21	0.51	0.19	0.18	11.12	19.39	11.35
Max	8.88	8.23	9.68	0.17	6.40	0.80	2.00	0.54	0.50	38.61	75.40	53.30
PSI	≤4	5–8.5								25–40	>25
JSMO	≤15	≤7.5	≥1.5							≤12	≥60	≤15

Minimum values are indicated in italics. Maximum values are indicated in bold.