Research Article

Spent Mushroom Waste as a Media Replacement for Peat Moss in Kai-Lan (Brassica oleracea var. Alboglabra) Production

Table 1

Chemical composition of study media.

Media
pHEC (dS/m)N (%)P (%)K (%)Ca (%)Mg (%)

100% SMW6.10a1.331b0.34e0.16a0.53a0.51b0.15a
100% PM5.12d0.847d1.02a0.04bc0.16d0.63a0.15a
1 : 1 (SMW : PM)5.92b0.877c0.71c0.01c0.35bc0.59a0.10a
1 : 2 (SMW : PM)5.89b0.778e0.82b0.01c0.30c0.62a0.13a
2 : 1 (SMW : PM)5.77c1.345a.60d0.09ab0.42b0.58a0.12a

SMW: spent mushroom waste; PM: peat moss.
Means with the same letter within the same column are not significantly different ( ) according to Least Significant Different (LSD) test.