Table 1 Physico-chemical properties of the preferred experimental site during the two seasons
Growing season | Particle size distribution (%) | OM (%) | CaCO3− (%) | pH | EC (dSm−1) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sand | Silt | Clay | Texture | |||||
2017 | 85.15 | 9.07 | 5.78 | Sandy | 0.23 | 1.39 | 8.84 | 1.35 |
2018 | 83.76 | 10.02 | 6.22 | Sandy | 0.35 | 1.33 | 7.78 | 1.20 |
Growing season | Cations (1:2) (meq/L) | Anions (1:2) (meq/L) | NPK available (mg/kg) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ca++ | Mg++ | Na+ | K+ | CO3= | HCO3− | Cl− | SO4= | N | P | K | |
2017 | 2.20 | 1.70 | 5.50 | 1.60 | 0.00 | 2.35 | 7.35 | 1.30 | 33.22 | 72.34 | 115.42 |
2018 | 2.15 | 1.72 | 5.25 | 1.63 | 0.00 | 2.20 | 7.30 | 1.25 | 23.28 | 79.34 | 98.22 |