Effects of Different Soilless Growing Media on the Growth and Development of Tobacco Seedlings

Table 3

The effect of soilless growing media on stem height and thickness of tobacco seedlings.

Treatments	Stem height (cm)	Stem thickness (cm)
100% pine bark	13.3d^e	0.39^bc
50% cattle manure + 50% sand	6.2^b	0.46^cd
100% coal rubbles	8.87^c	0.32^a
100% compost manure	17.07^g	0.41^cd
50% pine bark + 50% sand	12.83^d	0.33^ab
100% cattle manure	4.2^a	0.64^e
75% coal rubbles + 25% sand	8.33^c	0.29^a
75% cattle manure + 25% sand	4.63^a	0.48^d
50% compost manure + 50% sand	14.43^ef	0.42^cd
75% compost manure + 25% sand	15.5^f	0.42^cd
value	<0.001	<0.001
CV%	6.3	10.1
LSD	1.137	0.073

Least significant difference (LSD) tests at the 5% level of significance. See 2.4 data collection and data analysis.