Jurnal Teknik Pertanian Lampung (Journal of Agricultural Engineering)
Vol 13, No 3 (2024): September 2024

Increasing Plant Growth and Yield of Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum L.) by Providing Chicken Manure and Hormonics

Agusalim Masulili (Universitas Panca Bhakti)
Sri Rahayu (Universitas Panca Bhakti)
Sutikarini Sutikarini (Universitas Panca Bhakti)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Aug 2024

Abstract

Tomato cultivation in alluvial land requires treatments to increase productivity. The research aimed to determine the effect of interaction between chicken manure and hormonal fertilizer application on the growth and yield of tomato plants in alluvial soil. This research was conducted at the greenhouse of the Faculty of Agriculture, Science, and Technology, Panca Bhakti University from April to July 2023. A Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with a factorial pattern was employed. The treatments consisted of 2 factors. The first factor was chicken manure with 3 levels: a1= 20 g/polybag, a2= 40 g/polybag, a3= 60 g/polybag. The second factor was hormonal fertilizer with 3 levels: h1= 2 ml/l, h2= 3 ml/l, h3= 4 ml/l. The results showed that there was no interaction effect between the application of chicken manure and hormonal fertilizer on all observed variables, as well as the application of chicken manure alone. The application of hormonal fertilizer significantly affected all observed variables including plant height, number of branches, number of fruits, and fruit weight. The treatment level h2 (3 ml/l) yielded the highest result in plant height at 113.26 cm. The highest number of branches, number of fruits, and fruit weight were observed at the h3 level (4 ml/l) with values of 3.39 branches, 2.57 fruits, and a fruit weight of 86.10 grams, respectively. The treatment level h1 (2 ml/l) yielded the lowest result. Keywords: Alluvial Soil, Horticultural Commoditie, Organic Fertilizer.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JTP

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Engineering

Description

Jurnal Teknik Pertanian Lampung or Journal of Agricultural Engineering (JTEP-L) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal. The journal invites scientists and engineers throughout the world to exchange and disseminate theoretical and practice-oriented researches in the whole aspect of Agricultural ...