THE EFFECT OF COMPOSTING APPLICATION ON SOIL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES IN OIL PALM PLANTATIONS
The larger part of oil palm plantation locales have moo levels of physical and chemical ripeness in their soils. Fertilization can make strides the soil's physical and chemical ripeness. Experts are investigating beneficial agronomic methods, such as the composting of discarded fruit bunches as organic fertilizer for oil palm plants. As a result, the goal of this study was to see how compost application affected physical and chemical soil fertility in oil palm farms. The researchers did descriptive study by examining the land of oil palm farms that were employing POM waste compost as a consequence of the experiment or research. The observation concentrated on the soil's features. For the observation parameters with a significant influence, the data was statistically analyzed using the Least Significant Difference Test (LSD). The use of OPEFB waste compost in oil palm farms improves soil quality both physically and chemically. The soil density rose from 0.78 g/cm3 to 0.95 g/cm3 with the addition of OPEFB compost. The area employing OPEFB compost demonstrated marginally improved soil permeability, resulting in constant soil moisture conditions at the field capacity level. In terms of soil chemical characteristics, the addition of OPEFB compost might increase soil quality in terms of CEC, total N, total K, exchanged K, Na, Ca, Mg, and S.
compost, oil palm, physics, chemistry, soil