Table 1 Effect of organic and in-organic fertilizers of growth parameters of tomato and cucumber under soilless medium.
Treatment | Plant height (cm) | Number of leaves | Leaf area (cm2) | Stem diameter (cm) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tomato | Cucumber | Tomato | Cucumber | Tomato | Cucumber | Tomato | Cucumber | |||||||||
A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | |
Control | 103.1h | 98.2h | 97.1h | 99.6h | 101h | 108h | 21f | 22h | 254.1h | 251.6h | 324.8h | 327.7h | 2.7f | 2.6h | 2.5h | 2.6h |
5 mL | 199.8g | 187.1g | 193.5g | 203.4g | 128fg | 130g | 28e | 29g | 306.5g | 301.7g | 350.6g | 357.1g | 3.1e | 2.9g | 2.9g | 3.0g |
15 mL | 275.6f | 267.2f | 226.7f | 231.1f | 135f | 139f | 38f | 34f | 366.1f | 361.1f | 420.2f | 428.6f | 3.4de | 3.3f | 3.0f | 3.3f |
25 mL | 298.6e | 289.3e | 251.8e | 260.4e | 148e | 151e | 40ef | 42e | 389.4e | 387.5e | 460.1e | 466.8e | 3.6d | 3.5ef | 3.3e | 3.5e |
35 mL | 350.1d | 345.6d | 289.8d | 297.6d | 159d | 160d | 46d | 47d | 401.1d | 405.9d | 542.1d | 546.1d | 3.8cd | 3.6de | 3.9d | 3.9d |
45 mL | 381.5c | 380.1c | 322.6c | 333.2c | 170c | 173c | 51c | 53c | 445.3c | 455.2c | 591.6c | 599.2c | 4.1bc | 4.0c | 4.4c | 4.6c |
55 mL | 420.6b | 419.2b | 366.4b | 375.1b | 199b | 201b | 61b | 65b | 486.2b | 489.0b | 635.4b | 648.2b | 4.6b | 4.4b | 4.9b | 5.2b |
In-organic fertilizer | 470.8a | 464.3a | 394.6a | 4.6.2a | 231a | 243a | 69a | 72a | 530.1a | 536.8a | 734.7a | 745.6a | 5.1a | 4.9a | 5.6a | 5.7a |
SD ± | 12.13 | 121.9 | 97.02 | 123.9 | 41.27 | 42.73 | 16.05 | 17.36 | 90.74 | 94.91 | 143.5 | 145.8 | 0.78 | 0.76 | 1.08 | 1.09 |
