Table 3.
Chemical properties of experimental growing media after 4 months from date of application of all growing media treatments at the experimental site

Media	Organic matter (%)	pH	EC (mS/cm)	C/N	Available P (g/kg)	CEC (c mol/kg)
Natural soil	6.8 ± 0.3c1)	5.43 ± 0.06a	0.66 ± 0.50c	1.0 ± 0.0c	2.1 ± 0.0c	23.0 ± 0.9a
Soil mixed with wood-based growing medium (1:1, w/w)	68.4 ± 15.7b	2.53 ± 0.01b	1.86 ± 0.10b	5.4 ± 0.0b	5.4 ± 0.4b	27.8 ± 0.3a
Wood-based growing medium	84.8 ± 0.9a	2.64 ± 0.02b	2.91 ± 0.10a	8.5 ± 0.0a	10.7 ± 0.9a	29.2 ± 0.3a

± Standard deviation, n=3. Means followed by different letters within columns were significantly different (p<0.05)