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Effect of Small-Scale Farmers' Tree Nursery Growing Medium on Agroforestry Tree Seedlings' Quality in Mt. Kenya Region

Kung-u, B. J., Kihara, J., Mugendi, D. N., and Jaenicke, H. Scientific Research and Essay 3 (8):359-364. 2008.

This study assessed the effect of chemical and physical properties of-farm tree nursery growing medium on Tamarindus indica seedling quality and growth rate. Compost based growing medium gave higher seed germination percentage as compared to sand and farm medium. Compost based growing medium also gave higher seedlings survival rate and height growth than sand and farm soil. It also gave seedlings with higher sturdiness quotient. The physical and chemical properties of on-farm tree nursery growing media that had the greatest influence on T. indica seedling quality were the aeration pore volume, total pore volume, wet bulk density, total nitrogen, organic carbon, magnesium and calcium.


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Author(s): B. J. Kung-U, J. Kihara, D. N. Mugendi, H. Jaenicke

Section: Tropical Forestry and Agroforestry