EFFECTIVENESS OF ORGANIC LIQUID FERTILIZER FROM RABBIT URINE AND NUT PLANT ON THE GROWTH OF PAKCHOY (BRASSICA RAPA L) PLANT IN HYDROPONIC FLOATING RAFT SYSTEM

• Main Author: Fildzah Anggana, Edita
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Tumbuhan
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/54298
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Pakcoy (Brassica rapa L) is a vegetable which has high economic value and high demand in Indonesia. In general, the productivity of vegetable crops, especially pakcoy, is still very low, so that efforts to increase production continue to be increased by hydroponic cultivation. Hydroponic cultivation of floating rafts is the simplest and easiest to do hydroponics. However, the use of hydroponic floating rafts has a weakness, the price of nutrients which are relatively expensive for farmers, so farmers must looking for other nutritional alternatives to reduce production prices. One alternative nutrition that can be used is rabbit urine and Organic liquid fertilizer peanut plant + rabbit urine because it contains Nitrogen, Phospor, and Potassium which can reduce farmers' dependence on using AB Mix. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of using rabbit urine and rabbit urine + peanut liquid organic fertilizer on the growth of Pakcoy in the floating raft hydroponic system. The research design was compiled based on RAK (Randomized Block Design) with AB (AB Mix), AH (Hoagland), UK (rabbit urine), UKK (liquid organic fertilizer peanut + rabbit urine) and 15 repetitions. The results of this study indicate that compared to AB mix and Hoagland solutions, the effectiveness of rabbit urine (UK) and rabbit urine mixed with peanuts (UKK) on the growth of pakcoy plants was 30.38% (UK) and 34.21%. (UKK) compared to AB mix (AB), and 32.9% (UK) and 37.72% (UKK) compared to Hoagland (AH).