The Effect of Sewage Sludge on the Emergence and Seedling Growth in Cucumber

Abstract: This study was carried out as a pot experiment in the growth chamber in order to investigate the effects of sewage sludge on the emergence and seedling quality of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Seedling growing media consisted of soil, manure and pumice in the rate of 2:2:1. The manure part of the growing media was changed proportionally with sewage sludge. 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 % of 100 g of manure in 250 g of growing media were replaced with sewage sludge. No additional nutrient was applied to the treatments. The effect of sewage sludge on the time and percentage of emergence, hypocotyls length, cotyledon width and length, true leaf emergence time, shoot and root length, fresh and dry weight of shoot and root, leaf number and area were observed. It was determined that sewage sludge had a positive effect on the emergence and seedling growth of cucumber