Effects of Different Soilless Growing Media on the Growth and Development of Tobacco Seedlings

Table 2

The effect of soilless growing media on survival and transplantable (%) of tobacco seedlings.

Treatments	Survival%	Transplantable%
100% pine bark	56.3^c	86.33^e
50% cattle manure + 50% sand	34.7^b	0^a
100% coal rubbles	79.0^de	48.5^c
100% compost manure	94.6^f	91.4^ef
50% pine bark + 50% sand	81.6^e	93.7^f
100% cattle manure	8.1^a	0^a
75% coal rubbles + 25% sand	72.4^d	41.3^b
75% cattle manure + 25% sand	11.8^a	0^a
50% compost manure + 50% sand	82.2^e	80.2^d
75% compost manure + 25% sand	91.6^f	86.8^e
value	<0.001	<0.001
CV%	6.8	5.6
LSD	7.191	5.106

Least significant difference (LSD) tests at the 5% level of significance. See 2.4 data collection and data analysis.