Performance of Some Soil Physical Properties of Arabica Coffee Plantation in Solok Regency

Abstract

Arabica coffee also known as mountain coffee is one of the plantation crops that has great potential to be developed on agribusiness scale in Solok Regency due to its suitability on agro-climate region for growth and also may provide great expectation of financial benefit for farmers as well as for economical aspect for the region. A study of soil physical properties under different age of arabica coffee was conducted from April to November 2020 in Lembah Gumanti, Pantai Cermin and Danau Kembar subdistricts, Solok Regency, West Sumatra. The aim of this study was to analyse some of soil organic matter, particle size distribution (soil texture), bulk density, total porosity, and aggregate stability index on different ages from five locations of arabica coffee plantation. Results showed that the soil physical properties of the arabica coffee of 1, 4, 8, and 13 years old, and secondary forest has been changed. The only the soil permeability of the 20-40 cm depth showed significantly different. These may be due to the difference in organic matter application and management in different age of arabica coffee plantation.