S.No.

Characters                                  Quality/Quantity

1

Appearance

Brown

2

Odour

Fermented Odour

3

pH
1g / 10mL
1g / 1000 mL

9.80
 9.05

4

Alkalinity Total (as CaCO3) mg/g 96

5

Calcium (as Ca) mg /g 50

6

Magnesium (as mg) mg/g 18

7

Sodium (as Na) mg/g 105

8

Potassium (as K) mg/g 8

9

Iron (as Fe) mg/g 2.12

10

Manganese (as Mn) mg/g  0

11

Free Ammonia (as NH3) mg/g 1.12

12

Nitrite (as NO2) mg/g 0.06

13

Nitrate (as NO3) mg/g 14

14

Chloride (as Cl) mg/g 90

15

Fluoride (as F) mg/g 0.36

16

Sulphate (as SO4) mg/g 31

17

Phosphate (as PO4)mg/g 1.71

18

Silica (as Si) mg/g 34.40

19

Total Kjeldhal Nitrogen mg (TKN) mg/g 52.64
Table 1: Physico-chemical characters of Sargassum manure.