Terminal growth and trunk diameter increase of green ash following transplanting.
| Hole | Backfill | Terminal growth | Trunk diameter increase 88-90 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 88-90 | |||
| 1.2X | unamended | 26.6 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 28.1 | 32.9 | 2.24 |
| 1.2X | amended | 30.3 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 39.3 | 43.5 | 2.04 |
| 1.2X | topsoil | 27.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 26.8 | 32.2 | 1.98 |
| 2X | unamended | 19.6 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 29.9 | 33.9 | 1.96 |
| 2X | amended | 24.9 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 38.1 | 43.3 | 1.96 |
| 2X | topsoil | 26.2 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 28.3 | 33.7 | 1.96 |
| 3X | unamended | 24.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 32.2 | 36.9 | 2.14 |
| 3X | amended | 24.1 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 20.1 | 24.7 | 2.18 |
| 3X | topsoil | 24.1 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 32.8 | 37.8 | 2.08 |
There were no significant differences among treatments for any column using Newman-Keuls test for analysis of maan separation.at the 5 percentlevel.