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Table 3 Effect of rate of RP application on the pH of cow-dung paper-waste vermicompost mixtures

From: Enhancing rock phosphate integration rate for fast bio-transformation of cow-dung waste-paper mixtures to organic fertilizer

RP application rates (%)

Initial pH of cow-dung paper-waste mixtures

Final pH of cow-dung paper-waste mixtures

0

8.87 ± 0.01

7.98 ± 0.01

0.5

8.85 ± 0.01

7.81 ± 0.02

1

8.82 ± 0.01

7.33 ± 0.01

1.5

8.83 ± 0.01

7.64 ± 0.02

2

8.84 ± 0.01

7.68 ± 0.03

4

8.85 ± 0.01

7.77 ± 0.01

  1. All values are the mean and standard deviation of three replicates