This study aims to determine the effect of onion peel POC and planting media composition on the growth and production of cayenne pepper. This study was conducted at the Greenhouse Laboratory of the Faculty of Agriculture, Muslim University of Indonesia from June to September 2022. This study used a Randomized Block Design (RBD) two-factor factorial pattern. The first factor is the POC dose of shallot skin which consists of 4 levels, namely control, 200 ml/L, 250 ml/L 300 ml/L and the second factor is the composition of the growing media which consists of 4 levels, namely control, soil: compos: roasted husk = 1:1:1, soil: compost: burnt husk = 1:2:1, soil: compost: burnt husk = 2:1:2. So that 16 combinations were obtained, each combination was repeated 3 times so that 48 experimental units were obtained. The parameters of this study consisted of plant height, flowering start time, number of branches, fruit weight, and production per hectare. The results of the LOF administration of onion skin did not affect all the observation parameters. Planting media material showed that the application of soil:compost: roasted husk=2:1:2 had a very significant effect on plant height and had a significant effect on flowering age, planting fruit weight, and production tons/day. The interaction of onion peel LOF and the composition of the growing media did not give the best effect on all observation parameters.
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