VARIATIONS IN THE DIAMETERS OF CUTTINGS STEM AND CONCENTRATION OF ORGANIC LIQUID FERTILIZER ESBETE 20 ON THE GROWTH OF MORINGA (MORINGA OLEIFERA LAM.)

• Main Author: Nafriadi, Risval
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/71302
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Indonesia is a tropical country where many types of plants are grown, including Moringa (Moringa oleifera L.). Moringa has many benefits because it contains high nutritional value which has earned it the nickname as Mother's Best Friend and Miracle Tree. Currently, research on Moringa only focuses on the nutritional quality and health value obtained, while research on optimal Moringa cultivation is still very little. Research on optimal Moringa cultivation techniques in order to obtain high productivity still needs to be developed in Indonesia. One of the factors that influence the success of moringa plant propagation is fertilization. Fertilization with POC is very easily absorbed by plants so that it can be done for Moringa cultivation with POC and stem cuttings method. This research was conducted in March-June 2022 at the Green House Campus ITB Jatinangor Sumedang Regency, West Java Province. Observations were made with 15 treatments and 2 replications in polybags measuring 25 cm x 25 cm, using a Randomized Block Design (RAK). The purpose of this study was to influence the dose of ESBETE 20 liquid organic fertilizer on the productivity of Moringa plants using early vegetative cuttings based on diameter variations and determine the effect of differences in the concentration of ESBETE 20 liquid organic fertilizer on the number of leaves per stem of Moringa cuttings, leaf area, number of branches per Moringa plant, secondary leaf length of Moringa plants, and number of tertiary branches of Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) in early vegetative. Moringa plants, secondary leaf length of Moringa plants, and number of tertiary branches of Moringa plants in early vegetative stages. The most optimum treatment was treatment M with a diameter of 15.00 mm > d1 ? 25.04 mm, POC 150 mL/L and 500 gr of cow manure. The results of 5% Anova analysis and Duncan's further test showed that the parameters of the secondary branch length and the number of tertiary branches were very significantly different compared to other parameters.