Short-Term Effect of Vermicompost Application on Biological Properties of an Alkaline Soil with High Lime Content from Mediterranean Region of Turkey

Table 1

Physical and chemical properties of soil and organic materials used in the study.

	Soil	Vermicompost	Farmyard manure
Texture	Clay loam	—	—
pH (1 : 2.5)	7.62	7.80	8.19
EC (1 : 2.5) µS/cm	110	1450	4500
Lime (%)	17.7	—	—
Organic matter (%)	2.1	48.95	67.87
Total N (%)	0.09	1.90	1.49
C/N	13.53	14.94	26.41
P (%)	0.0013	2.05	0.78
K (%)	0.19	0.8	2.56
Ca (%)	0.40	1.89	3.03
Mg (%)	0.09	0.92	0.68
Mn (ppm)	2.67	500	741
Zn (ppm)	0.47	100	52.62
Cu (ppm)	0.25	44	72
Fe (ppm)	1.20	1575	565