Table 3 Effect of organic and in-organic fertilizers of on mineral contents of tomato and cucumber fruits under soilless medium (means from sites A & B).

Treatment	N (mg kg⁻¹)		P (mg kg⁻¹)		K (mg kg⁻¹)		Ca (mg kg⁻¹)		Mg (mg kg⁻¹)		Fe (mg kg⁻¹)
Treatment	Tomato	Cucumber	Tomato	Cucumber	Tomato	Cucumber	Tomato	Cucumber	Tomato	Cucumber	Tomato	Cucumber
Control	20.3h	30.4h	116.2g	92.3e	2.4g	2.9e	90.1f	50.1e	33.4g	22.3f	6.6g	2.35e
5 mL	26.8g	34.4g	146.3f	108.1d	10.5f	3.3bc	106.3e	68.2c	37.8f	29.2de	8.9f	3.0d
15 mL	31.9f	36.8f	164.3e	126.0c	17.8d	3.4b	154.1d	78.6b	42.4e	38.3c	10.5e	3.5c
25 mL	41.2e	41.0e	188.8c	163.0b	24.6d	3.5b	176.8c	79.6b	49.6c	43.1b	12.7d	3.9b
35 mL	55.2d	46.3d	207.8b	105.1d	30.1b	3.0de	188.2b	65.1d	56.4b	38.2c	20.6b	3.1d
45 mL	60.4c	51.5c	178.9c	94.2e	25.8cd	3.2cd	176.6c	68.2cd	49.8c	22.1f	20.1bc	2.45e
55 mL	68.1b	56.1b	176.6d	100.1d	26.4c	3.2cd	174.3c	64.6d	48.4cd	27.7e	19.8c	2.20f
Inorganic fertilizer	80.4a	65.1a	246.7a	168.2a	36.4a	5.8a	196.3a	90.6a	60.1a	73.1a	29.7a	7.4a
SD ±	21.31	11.82	39.16	30.23	11.00	0.93	38.99	12.20	8.99	16.59	7.74	1.68

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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