Table 3

CEs	Population	Application of Compost Extracts
CEs	Population	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4
ACE	Bacterial (cfu Log 10 mL^-1)	7.24±0.03a	9.47±0.01b	9.46±0.01b	10.40±0.01c
ACE	Fungal (cfu Log 10 mL^-1)	4.40±0.10a	4.52±0.04a	4.20±0.10a	6.10±0.10a
NCE	Bacterial (cfu Log 10 mL^-1)	5.81±0.13a	9.13±0.05c	8.83±0.05c	8.46±0.04b
NCE	Fungal (cfu Log 10 mL^-1)	4.16±0.16a	4.20±0.10a	6.36±0.23b	6.00±0.00b

±values are SE of the means, n=3 and means with different letters with in rows are significantly different at p<0.05 in compost extracts (ACE and NCE).

Table 3: Enumeration of bacteria and fungi populations in representative samples of aerated (ACE) and non-aerated compost extract (NCE), used in Experiment 2. The compost extracts were produced at the ratio of 1:10 w/v and amended with 0.5 % v/v of molasses and 1 % v/v of soluble ‘fish and kelp hydrolysate’, and were sampled immediately prior to the application to the pots. Results are expressed as cfu Log 10 mL^-1.