Effect of planting dates and different growing media on seed germination and growth of pistachio seedlings

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 1 Physical and chemical properties of the growing media

Growing media	GM1	GM2	GM3	GM4	GM5	GM6	GM7
Sand g kg⁻¹	893.1	890.63	830.7	130.7	300.63	130.2	150.82
Silt g kg⁻¹	60.5	77.38	90.4	500.55	370.55	520.55	590.55
Clay g kg ⁻¹	46.4	31.99	38.8	308.82	320.82	310.6	258.33
Soil texture	Sandy			Sandy loam		Loamy
Soil pH	7.17	7.82	7.33	8.02	8.01	8.00	8.01
EC: ds m ⁻¹	0.50	1.19	1.19	3.28	2.30	1.29	3.27
OM %	1.54	2.27	2.33	6.55	5.92	4.71	4.16
Nitrogen %	0.02	0.63	0.35	3.25	0.62	1.65	1.92
Phosphorus %	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.06	0.04	0.04	0.05
Potassium %	0.04	0.70	0.68	1.06	0.89	1.04	0.85