Testing Organic Polybag for Papaya (Carica papaya L.) Nursery
Aniek Iriany, Halim Prasetyo, and Mochamad Chanan
Department of Agrotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, University of Muhammadiyah Malang, Malang, Indonesia
Abstract
There are some procedures to advance the quality of papaya; one of which is by sufficing the need of high-quality seeds in proper amount. Using plastic polybag for plant nursery will negatively pollute the environment and is polybagential for resisting the root-s growth. Therefore, organic polybag is claimed as the best solution due to its excellence of not undergoing segregation process during seed plantation. In addition, it also has good drainage and aeration to support the root-s growth. Further, this current research aimed at testing the use of organic polybag for papaya nursery. There were 7 treatments in total with organic polybag as the main highlight. The control variable was organic polybag (PO – with 60% of water hyacinth: 40% banana pseudo stem). Meanwhile, the 7 treatments comprised 59% of water hyacinth: 40% banana pseudo stem: 1% manure [POA – organic polybag with chicken manure; POS – organic polybag with cow manure; POK – organic polybag with goat manure); and POP – organic polybag with manure made of Tithonia diversifolia] and 59% of water hyacinth: 39% banana pseudo stem: 2% combined manure [POAS (chicken + cow manures), POAK (chicken + goat manures), POAP (chicken + Tithonia diversifolia manures)]. The variables under observation consisted of height of plant (cm), number of leaves (blade), diameter of stem (mm), length of root-s penetration (day), dry weight of stem (g), and weight of root (gr). Moreover, the data were analyzed by using F-test, followed by BNJ or Tukey appealing test with 5% of significance and finished by correlational analysis in between variables of observation. The use of organic polybag for papaya nursery resulted in significant effect when it was compared to the control on variables of observation (such as number of leaves, length of root, dry weight of root, and diameter of stem); yet, it was relatively different compared to that of in POP treatment on height variable (from 21 to 28 days after planting), in POA treatment, and in POAK treatment on stem-s diameter variable.
Keywords: Nursery, Papaya, Organic Polybag
Topic: International Conference on Sustainable Agriculture