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

Table 2

Plant height (cm) and number of leaves/plant of Kai-lan as influenced by planting media at different growth stages.

Media	Plant height (cm)			No. of leaves/plant
	1 WAT	3 WAT	5 WAT	1 WAT	3 WAT	5 WAT
100% SMW	5.0b	4.5c	5.1d	3.8ab	1.7c	1.9c
100% PM	6.5a	17.0a	22.7a	3.9a	5.7a	7.0a
1 : 1 (SMW : PM)	4.7b	5.0c	5.0d	3.3bc	1.8c	1.8c
1 : 2 (SMW : PM)	5.5ab	5.4c	5.8d	3.2bc	1.9c	1.9c
2 : 1 (SMW : PM)	5.0b	5.2c	5.0d	3.0c	1.7c	1.5c
1 : 1 (SMW : PM) + NPK	5.5ab	10.1b	17.5bc	3.9a	4.4b	6.3a
1 : 2 (SMW : PM) + NPK	5.5ab	12.2b	20.6ab	4.0a	4.3b	6.4a
2 : 1 (SMW : PM) + NPK	5.2b	10.7b	16.8c	3.5abc	4.1b	6.1a

SMW: spent mushroom waste; PM: peat moss; NPK: inorganic fertilizer at 18 g/pot; WAT: week after transplanting.
Means with the same letter within the same column are not significantly different (𝑃<0.05) according to Least Significant Different (LSD) test.