Pengaruh Konsentrasi Pupuk Organik Cair Daun Kelor terhadap Pertumbuhan dan Hasil Tanaman Anyelir China (Dianthus chinensis L.)

Abstract

The Effect of Liquid Organic Fertilizer Concentrations on the Growth and Output of China's Anyelite Plants (Dianthus chinensis L.). Chinese carnation (Dianthus chinensis L.) is one of the cultivated ornamental plants. Besides being an ornamental plant, Chinese carnation is also used as an edible flower. One of the efforts to increase the growth and yield of Chinese carnation plants is fertilization with Moringa leaf liquid organic fertilizer. This study aims to determine the effect of concentration and find the best concentration of Moringa leaf liquid organic fertilizer on the growth and yield of Chinese carnation plants. This study used a one-factor completely randomized design with 5 treatments of moringa leaf liquid organic fertilizer concentrations, namely 0 ml/l, 50 ml/l, 100 ml/l, 150 ml/l, and 200 ml/l, each repeated 5 times. The observed variables were plant height, number of leaves per plant, leaf area per plant, number of branches, days to flowering, number of flowers per plant, fresh weight of flowers per plant, and total soluble solids of flowers. The results showed that the application of Moringa leaf liquid organic fertilizer had a very significant effect on the growth and yield of Chinese carnation plants. Treatment P2 concentration of 100 ml/l Moringa leaf POC gave the highest results in the growth of Chinese carnation, found in the variable plant height of 20.94 cm, plant leaf area of 916.26 cm2, and days to flower appearance of 37.40 hst. Treatment P3 concentration of 150 ml/l Moringa leaf POC is the best concentration in the variable number of flowers per plant 50.00 florets, fresh weight of flowers per plant 7.90 g, and total soluble solids of flowers 17.08 0brix. Based on the results of this study, it is necessary to conduct further research on the use of Moringa leaf liquid organic fertilizer to obtain the optimum concentration and maximum growth and yield of Chinese carnation plants.