Abstract
Humic substances prepared from different sources of organic materials were tested for their effects on nutrient uptake and growth of cucumber plants. Plants were grown in a modified Hoagland solution (iron as soluble FeCl3), with the addition of 50 mg/l of carbon in the form of humic substances derived from lignite, sphagnum moss or sedge peat. Humic substances produced highly significant increases in the growth of plant tops and roots, in the stem height, in the number of flowers per plant and in the leaf size. The addition of humic substances also resulted in an increase in the contents of N, P. K, Ca, Mg and Fe in the roots and also in the N, P and Fe contents in the shoots. Variation of effects of humic substances derived from different organic materials was not significant.
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