Open AccessThe Effect of Organic Fertilizer and NPK on the Growth of the Master Pepper Plants
Author(s) -
AR Gusta,
M. Same
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/1012/1/012028
Subject(s) - pepper , fertilizer , randomized block design , cow dung , manure , mathematics , plant growth , agronomy , capsicum annuum , nutrient , organic fertilizer , factorial experiment , horticulture , biology , ecology , statistics
To meet the needs of nutrients for plants, it is done by giving appropriate fertilizer with the correct dose so that the growth of pepper plants as a source of seeds is expected to increase. Research on the Effect of Organic Fertilizer and NPK on the Growth of Pepper Mother Plants aims to stimulate the vegetative growth of pepper mother plants. The research was carried out in the Nursery and Analysis Laboratory of the Lampung State Polytechnic from May to October 2021. The treatments were arranged in a factorial design in a randomized block design. The first factor is the application of organic fertilizer in the form of cow dung manure which consists of three levels, namely K0 = giving cow manure 0 kg -1 plant, K1 = giving cow manure 2.5 kg -1 plant, and K2 = giving cow manure 5 kg -1 plant. The second factor is the four levels of NPK Mutiara fertilizer, namely M0 = giving NPK Mutiara 0 g -1 plant, Ml = giving NPK Mutiara 2 g -1 plant, M2 = giving NPK Mutiara 4 g -1 plant, and M3 = giving NPK Mutiara 6 g -1 plant. Each treatment was repeated three times, so that 36 experimental units were obtained. In each experimental unit, there were two pepper mother plants that were used as samples. The results showed that the application of cow manure 5 kg -1 pepper mother plant had a significant effect on the number of primary branches, the application of NPK Mutiara 6 g -1 plants had a significant effect on the number of primary branches, and there was an interaction between cow manure 5 kg -1 plants and NPK Pearl 6 g -1 plants had a significant effect on the height of the pepper mother plant.