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Impact of organic food waste and their combination on soil pH at the end of the trial during both seasons
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A field experiment was conducted at the Experimental farm, Soils and water Department, Faculty of Agric., Al-Azahar Univ., Assuit, Egypt, during two successive growing seasons of 2018 and 2019. The study aims to assess the influence of organic food wastes (Eggshell, Banana peels, Green pea peels and Potato peels) are sources of some nutrients and S...
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... presented in Fig. 1 show that adding organic food waste to soil decreased the pH values compared to the control. The pH decreases may be due to the accumulation of organic acids during the decomposition of these materials in addition to the microbe's activity during both seasons, especially in C 4 treatment (combined isolated soy protein, eggshell, banana ...
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