The growth response of chili plant in sand land with the provision of organic material, zeolite and cane blotong

Abstract

The problem of chilli cultivation on land, for example is not optimal plant growth because it is not supported by adequate nutrition and water. Therefore, technological applications are needed to improve soil fertility in sand fields to optimize production, including the provision of organic material, zeolite sand and sugar cane blotong. The purpose of this research is to get the best dose of organic fertilizer, zeolite and sugarcane blanch to improve water retention, and cation exchange capacity and chilli growth in sandy land in Puger District and to get the best interaction dose between organic fertilizer, zeolite and sugar cane.This research activity was carried out from May to November 2019. The research was conducted at the Green House Laboratory of Plants and Bioscience - Polije, Jember, East Java at an altitude of 90 m above sea level. The design that will be used in this experiment is RAK design with 3 factors. The first factor is the dose of organic fertilizer with a level of 20 tons ha-1 and 40 tons ha-1, the second factor is the dose of zeolite which is 20 tons ha-1 and 40 tons ha-1 and the third factor is the concentration of sugar cane which is 20 tons ha-1 and 40 tons ha-1. The total combination of treatments amounted to 8 and repeated 3 times with each unit consisting of 4 plant pots so that a total of 96 unit plant pots. The results showed that the application of organic fertilizer was able to increase plant height increase at the observation of 2 weeks after planting, flower and stem diameters appeared, while the administration of zeolite sand significantly affected plant height increase 2 weeks after planting.