Investigating the Effects of Various Soil Amendments on Forages Production in the Field

Table 5

Performance of the soil amendments on the germination of alfalfa seeds [33].

Soil amendments	5.0 tons/ha	7.5 tons/ha	10 tons/ha	Germination (%)
	Number of seeds germinated out of 15 in each
Compost	14	13	10	82
Commercial-compost	14	13	10	82
Biochar	12	15	12	87
Soil conditioner	14	13	10	82
Control				78