The Effect of Soaking Coconut and Atonic Water as a Growth Regulatory Substances on the Growth of Patchouli Plant Cuttings (Pogostemon cablin Benth)

Abstract

Patchouli plants can be planted vegetatively, one of which is stem or branch cuttings. To multiply patchouli cuttings vegetatively, you can use coconut water and Atonik as natural growth regulators. Coconut water and Atonik are very easy to obtain and are used as natural growth regulators which can function as a plant growth booster, have harvest power, improve quality, increase plant yields, increase the photosynthesis process, increase protein synthesis and also increase the absorption of nutrients from within. The aim of this research was to determine the effect of providing appropriate growth regulators from coconut water and Atonik on the growth of patchouli plant cuttings. The place and time of this research was carried out at Los Shadows, Agronomy Laboratory, Plantation Plant Cultivation Study Program, Polytechnic Agricultural State Samarinda . This research was conducted for 4 months starting from November 2021 to February 2022. The method used was a Complete Random Treatment with 3 treatments, namely immersion using water for 10 minutes (P0), treatment using 1000 ml coconut water for 10 minutes (P1) , treatment using atonic 10 ml/ 990 ml water for 10 minutes (P2). The research results showed that the use of atonic growth regulator as a soaking agent intreatment P2 with a dose of 10 ml with a mixture of 990 ml of water and a soaking time of 10 minutes showed the success of cuttings with a greater number of shoots and roots compa.red to treatments P0 and P1. The P2 treatment showed the highest average number of shoots and roots with immersion in theatonic growth regulator with an average growth of 3.4 shoots in the first month and 8.5 in the second month, as well as an average number of roots of 9.2. beginning of planting until the end of the research. The results of the research showed that the use of the atonic soaking agent in the P2 treatment with a dose of 10 ml with a mixture of 990 ml of water and a soaking time of 10 minutes showed the success of cuttings with a greater number of shoots and roots. compared to treatments P0 and P1. The P2 treatment with atonic growth regulator soaking showed the highest average number of shoots, namely 3.4 shoots in month 1 and 8.5 shoots in month 2, 12.0 shoots. Meanwhile, the number of root was 10.4 in month 3 land.