Growth of passion fruit plants on various origins of cuttings and concentration of Liquid Organic Fertilizer

Abstract

It is a report of an experiment aimed to determine part of branch cutting along with the concentration of liquid organic fertilizer which is best for the growth of passion fruit seedling. The experiment took place in Lemo-Lemo Village, Sub-district of Pattapang-Tinggi Moncong, Regency of Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi. The experiment was designed in the form of a 2-factor factorial experiment in a Randomized Block Design. The first factor consisted of four levels of concentration of liquid organic fertilizer, namely: (1) without application of liquid fertilizer, (2) concentration of 5 mL L-1, (3) concentration of 10 mL L-1, and (4) concentration of 15 mL L-1. The second factor was the source of cuttings with three levels: (1) base cutting, (2) middle cutting, and (3) tip cutting. The results showed that application of liquid organic fertilizer of 10 mL of L-1 gave the best influence on several variables. They were shoot length (38.33 cm), number of leaves (9.17 leaf unit), number of branches (7.33 branch), length root (22.27 cm), and leaf area (13.81 cm2). Compared to base and tip cuttings, the middle cuttings gave the best influence on several variables. These variables were: shoot length (38.33 cm), number of leaves (9.17 leaf unit), number of branches (7.33 branches), root length (22.27 cm), and leaf area (15.67 cm2). The interaction between the concentration of 10 ml L-1 and the middle cutting gave the best effect on shoot length (38.33 cm) and root length (22.27 cm).