Table 7 Mechanical and chemical analysis of the experimental site soil.
Sand | Silt 20-0µ% | Clay < 2µ% | Soil texture | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Course 2000-200µ% | Fine 200-20µ % | 12.66 | 4.18 | Sandy | |||||||
47.64 | 36.59 | ||||||||||
pH 1:2.5 | EC dSm−1 | CaCO3 | OM% | Soluble Cations meq/l | Soluble anions meq/l | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Na+ | K+ | Mg+ | Ca++ | CO3– | HCO3− | Cl− | SO4– | ||||
7.50 | 0.13 | 5.3 | 0.06 | 0.59 | 0.14 | 0.95 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.27 | 0.46 | 0.87 |
Available nutrients | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Macro element (ppm) | Micro element (ppm) | ||||||||||
N−3 | P−3 | K+ | Zn+2 | Fe+2 | Mn+2 | Cu+2 | |||||
51 | 12.2 | 74 | 0.13 | 1.3 | 0.28 | 0.00 | |||||
