| Fertilizer rates | Plant height (cm) | No of Leaves | Leaf area (cm2) | Fresh weight (g) | Dry weight (g) | ||||
| Stem | Leaves | Total | Stem | Leaves | Total | ||||
| 0 | 74 | 4.0 | 1512 | 42.3 | 18.0 | 60.3 | 21.8 | 8.8 | 30.6 |
| 1 | 87 | 3.9 | 2191 | 58.3 | 23.5 | 81.8 | 26.8 | 10.8 | 37.7 |
| 2 | 107 | 4.2 | 3015 | 62.2 | 28.3 | 90.5 | 30.8 | 12.4 | 33.2 |
| 3 | 115 | 5.0 | 3616 | 75.5 | 31.4 | 106.8 | 36.3 | 13.1 | 49.4 |
| LSD (P ≤ 0.05) | 5 | 1.0 | 328 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 2.9 | 4.6 |