Table 2 Effect of organic and in-organic fertilizers of leaf nutrient concentration of tomato and cucumber under soilless medium (means from sites A & B).

From: Organic and in-organic fertilizers effects on the performance of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and cucumber (Cucumis sativus) grown on soilless medium

Treatment

N (%)

P (%)

K (%)

Ca (%)

Mg (%)

Tomato

Cucumber

Tomato

Cucumber

Tomato

Cucumber

Tomato

Cucumber

Tomato

Cucumber

Control

3.81g

2.21g

0.44f

0.24f

4.51f

2.81e

3.92g

1.82f

0.44f

0.51f

5 mL

5.34f

3.67f

1.70e

0.50c

8.21e

3.01cd

4.45f

2.22d

0.50e

1.12c

15 mL

5.91e

4.05e

2.20d

0.57b

9.16d

3.22bc

5.12e

2.61b

0.55d

1.31ab

25 mL

6.06d

4.55d

3.10c

0.65a

9.80bc

3.84a

6.02c

2.82a

0.60c

1.41a

35 mL

10.13c

4.43c

4.20b

0.60a

10.13b

3.61ab

6.42ab

2.71ab

0.86b

1.43a

45 mL

11.14b

4.92b

3.00c

0.43de

9.65bc

3.41bc

5.63d

2.44c

0.86b

0.84e

55 mL

11.98b

5.74a

2.10d

0.40e

9.44cd

3.22bc

5.76d

2.01e

0.84b

0.81e

In-organic fertilizer

18.56a

3.54d

4.70a

0.56d

12.30a

3.01cd

6.67a

2.03e

0.91a

0.90d

SD ± 

4.84

1.05

1.37

0.13

2.20

0.34

0.95

0.36

0.19

0.32

  1. Values followed by similar letters under the same column are not significantly different at p = 0.05 according to Duncan’s multiple range test.
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