Direct Application of Coffee Pulp Vermicompost Produced from Epigeic Earthworms and Its Residual Effect on Vegetative and Reproductive Growth of Hot Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)
Table 4
Interaction effect of the media type and application rate on days to 50% flowering, fruit length, and biomass weight of the crop.
Media type
Application rate
Days to 50% flowering
Fruit length (cm)
Biomass weight (g)
Control
0
85.67 ± 5.05a
2.50 ± 0.34h
81.00 ± 13.99g
CEV
5
71.67 ± 3.56c
3.87 ± 0.17ef
196.67 ± 41.71e
CDV
5
80.67 ± 3.98b
3.40 ± 0.32g
171.00 ± 39.45f
CEV_CDV
5
77.67 ± 6.92b
3.67 ± 0.16fg
177.00 ± 44.71f
CEV
10
53.50 ± 4.04f
4.27 ± 0.35bc
244.00 ± 42.05c
CDV
10
67.33 ± 5.01d
3.99 ± 0.16de
199.83 ± 37.83e
CEV_CDV
10
60.83 ± 4.88e
4.07 ± 0.19cde
211.83 ± 40.13d
CEV
15
44.00 ± 7.72g
4.75 ± 0.49a
266.83 ± 49.77a
CDV
15
57.67 ± 4.32e
4.20 ± 0.30bcd
218.50 ± 42.23d
CEV_CDV
15
50.33 ± 3.44f
4.35 ± 0.34b
253.33 ± 45.21b
Mean
64.93
3.91
202
LSD
3.77
0.28
7.41
CV
4.97
6.07
3.15
value
CEV = coffee pulp Eisenia fetida vermicompost, CDV = coffee pulp Dendrobaena veneta vermicompost, and CEV_CDV = a combination of coffee pulp Eisenia fetida and Dendrobaena veneta vermicompost. Means within a column followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different at the 0.1%, 5% LSD test.