Growth and Yield Performance of Oyster Mushroom (P. ostreatus (Jacq.: Fr.) Kummer) Using Waste Leaves and Sawdust

Table 2

Effect of substrates on primordial initiation (days) and maturity per flush of P. ostreatus.

Substrates	Primordial initiation (days) (mean ± SD)			Maturity (days) (mean ± SD)
	1^st flush	2^nd flush	3^rd flush	1^st flush	2^nd flush	3^rd flush
T1	6.33 ± 0.57^b	5.66 ± 0.57^b	6.00 ± 1.00^a	4.00 ± 0.00^a	4.33 ± 0.57^a	4.00 ± 0.00^a
T2	8.33 ± 2.30^ab	17.00 ± 1.73^a	10.00 ± 2.00^a	3.66 ± 0.57^a	3.33 ± 0.57^a	3.00 ± 0.00^a
T3	9.00 ± 1.00^a	16.33 ± 3.51^a	14.00 ± 2.64^a	4.33 ± 0.57^a	4.33 ± 0.57^a	4.00 ± 0.00^a
T4	8.33 ± 0.57^ab	6.33 ± 1.52^b	10.66 ± 7.37^a	4.33 ± 0.57^a	3.66 ± 0.57^a	4.00 ± 0.00^a

Means followed by the same superscript letter along the column are not statistically different ().