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

Table 4

The effect of soilless growing media on roots, shoots, and overall dry matter of tobacco seedlings.

Treatments	Root	Shoot	Total	Root: shoot
	Dry mass (g)	Dry mass (g)	Dry mass (g)	Ratio
100% pine bark	1.25d	0.98c	2.20c	0.43a
50% cattle manure + 50% sand	0.98c	1.13d	2.24c	0.57b
100% coal rubbles	0.30a	0.80a	0.95a	0.73c
100% compost manure	1.56e	1.32f	3.29f	0.53b
50% pine bark + 50% sand	0.70b	0.82a	1.37b	0.51ab
100% cattle manure	1.28d	1.22e	2.77e	0.54b
75% coal rubbles + 25% sand	0.32a	0.88b	1.09a	0.70c
75% cattle manure + 25% sand	1.13cd	1.21e	2.59de	0.56b
50% compost manure + 50% sand	0.93bc	1.11d	2.16c	0.57b
75% compost manure + 25% sand	1.28d	1.12d	2.53d	0.50ab
value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
CV%	14.9	3	6.7	9.1
LSD	0.248	0.053	0.245	0.09

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