Table 6.

The influence of soil decompaction on calico strip degradation at month 28. VM (vertical mulching); WCM (wood chip mulching); WC (white clover).

TreatmentInside canopyOutside canopy
Control11.0a8.5a
VM31.5b9.5a
WCM40.0c9.0a
VM + WCM57.0d10.5a
VM + WCM + worms72.0e47.0c
VM + WC32.5b10.0a
VM + WC + worms38.0bc32.5b
Significance of treatment< 0.001< 0.001
  • Numbers within a column followed by a common letter are not significantly different according to Tukey’s honestly significance test (P = 0.05). For treatment description, see Materials and Methods.