Aplikasi Pupuk Bokashi Feses Kambing Terhadap Pertumbuhan Tanaman Sawi Hijau (Brassica juncea L.)

Abstract

Livestock waste is a source of environmental pollution. Animal dung waste can be processed into a useful product, namely bokashi fertilizer. Bokashi fertilizer is a biological fertilizer that is needed by plants and does not cause environmental pollution. This study aims to process goat dung waste into bokashi fertilizer products applied to mustard greens and to study the best dose of bokashi fertilizer on the quality of mustard greens. This research was conducted in the experimental garden of the Faculty of Agriculture, Abulyatama University, Aceh Besar District, Aceh Province. The experimental design used was a randomized block design (RAK) with one factor: Bokashi goat feces with 4 treatments and 3 replications. The ratio of doses of bokashi fertilizer and commercial fertilizer consists of P0 = No Bokashi goat feces, P1 = 1:1 ratio; P2 = 2:3 ratio and P3 = 3:2 ratio. The results of the study The bokashi treatment of goat feces affected stem height and the number of leaves. The best goat feces bokashi fertilizer was in P2 treatment with 8 cm stem height and 9 leaves at 42 HST.