THE EFFECT OF KEPOK BANANA (MUSA BALBISIANA L.) PEEL LIQUID FERTILIZER ON THE GROWTH OF MUSTARD PAKCOY PLANT (BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. CHINENSIS L.)
Banana is a fruit consumed all over the world including Indonesia. However, the banana peel is still rarely utilized by the public, banana peel is usually only used for animal feed by the community. Without realizing it, banana peel contains nutrients that can be used as fertilizer for plants. Pakcoy mustard plant is a plant that is widely cultivated by the community, this is because one of them is the relatively short age of the plant so that it is in great demand by the community for cultivation. Therefore, the researchers wanted to conduct the research on the effect of kepok banana (Musa Balbisiana L.) Peel liquid fertilizer on the growth of mustard pakcoy plant (Brassica Rapa Subsp. Chinensis L.). This study aimed to: 1) determine the phosphate and total nitrogen nutrients in the liquid organic fertilizer of Kepok banana peel (Musa balbisiana L.). 2) determine the effect of giving Kepok banana peel liquid fertilizer (Musa balbisiana L) on the growth of mustard pakcoy (Brassica rapa subsp. Chinensis L.). This research method used a randomized block design (RBD) consisting of 5 treatments and 4 replications. The treatments given in this study were control P0 (0 ml of kepok banana peel liquid fertilizer), P1 (20 ml of kepok banana peel liquid fertilizer), P2 (40 ml of kepok banana peel liquid fertilizer), P3 (60 ml of liquid fertilizer of kepok banana peel)., and P3 (80 ml of kepok banana peel liquid fertilizer). The parameters observed in this study were plant height, number of leaves, and leaf width. Then, performing the ANOVA test (F test) with the applicable test criteria was that Ha was accepted if the value of Fh> Ft. From the results of this study, it was found that liquid organic fertilizer had a significant effect on the number of leaves, namely the value of Ft was 0.05 (3.26)
Liquid Organic Fertilizer, Kepok Banana Peels, Pakcoy Mustard.