APLIKASI TEKNIK IRIGASI TETES DAN KOMPOSISI MEDIA TANAM PADA SELADA (Lactuca sativa)
ABSTRACT: The effort
to develop artificial
planting media and
technique for more
practical irrigation in the cities growing since the area of land
available for farming is getting less. A glass house experiment was run to
compare the performance of three types of planting media, i.e. 100% rice husk
charcoal (RHC), a mixture of RHC (50%) and andosol (50%) and 100% andosol,
which was watered in periodical (once a day, once in two days and once in three
days respectively) by means of drip irrigation technique. A weekly observation
were made on plant growth parameters (plant height, number of leaves, wide,
length and the area of leaves)
and the shoot
length. A daily
observation was performed
for the room temperature (in
the morning, noon
and afternoon) and
amount of water
needed for irrigation. The
plant was harvested
after 31 days
and the yield
was determined by gravimetry method for fresh vegetable and
in a dry form. The result showed that
the use of a mixture between RHC (50%) and 50% andosol watered once ion two
days gave the best plant growth and production yield.
Keywords: Planting Media,
watering interval, lettuce, drip irrigation
Penulis: Siti Mechram
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd060008
