Red pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is a commodity that has a high economic value and the prospective... more Red pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is a commodity that has a high economic value and the prospective to be developed in Indonesia. In the dry season, the rising temperature make high soil temperature, soil moisture is low and to loss of water through evaporation. One of techniques can increase production of red pepper by modify the microclimate around the plant is to use mulch. The purpose of this research were 1) to study the effect of kind of organic mulch on the growth and yield of red pepper, 2) Determine the best mulch for the growth and yield of red pepper. The research used Randomized Block Design with 7 treatments of organic mulch and each treatment was repeated 4 replications. The treatment are without mulch (M0), paddy straw mulch (M1), Sunhemp mulch (C. juncea) (M2), Pistia stratiotes mulch (M3), E. crassipes (Mart.) Solm. mulch (M4), corn stalk mulch (M5) and Mucuna pririens mulch (M6). Observations on experimental plots were divided into two kinds, namely observation of plant and environmental monitoring. Observations performed nondestructive plants when the plants were 14 DAP, 28 DAP, 42 DAP, 56 DAP, 70 DAP and 84 DAP. Parameter observation plant plant height, leaf area, number of leaf, total number of fruits, fresh weight of fruit per plant , fresh weight of fruit, length fruit (cm), and diameter fruit. Environmental parameters include soil temperature and soil moisture, weed density (%) and dry weight weeds (g). Testing the effect of treatment is done by using the F test (analysis of variance) with a level of 5%, the event significant effect between treatments, the comparison test performed using LSD 5%. The results showed that organic mulching significant effect on plant height, leaf area, leaf number, number of fruits, fresh weight of fruit per plant and fruit diameter. Corn stalk mulching can improve yieldt of 79%, paddy straw mulching can improve yield of 64% and C.juncea mulch can improve yield of 56% compared with control.
Red pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is a commodity that has a high economic value and the prospective... more Red pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is a commodity that has a high economic value and the prospective to be developed in Indonesia. In the dry season, the rising temperature make high soil temperature, soil moisture is low and to loss of water through evaporation. One of techniques can increase production of red pepper by modify the microclimate around the plant is to use mulch. The purpose of this research were 1) to study the effect of kind of organic mulch on the growth and yield of red pepper, 2) Determine the best mulch for the growth and yield of red pepper. The research used Randomized Block Design with 7 treatments of organic mulch and each treatment was repeated 4 replications. The treatment are without mulch (M0), paddy straw mulch (M1), Sunhemp mulch (C. juncea) (M2), Pistia stratiotes mulch (M3), E. crassipes (Mart.) Solm. mulch (M4), corn stalk mulch (M5) and Mucuna pririens mulch (M6). Observations on experimental plots were divided into two kinds, namely observation of plant and environmental monitoring. Observations performed nondestructive plants when the plants were 14 DAP, 28 DAP, 42 DAP, 56 DAP, 70 DAP and 84 DAP. Parameter observation plant plant height, leaf area, number of leaf, total number of fruits, fresh weight of fruit per plant , fresh weight of fruit, length fruit (cm), and diameter fruit. Environmental parameters include soil temperature and soil moisture, weed density (%) and dry weight weeds (g). Testing the effect of treatment is done by using the F test (analysis of variance) with a level of 5%, the event significant effect between treatments, the comparison test performed using LSD 5%. The results showed that organic mulching significant effect on plant height, leaf area, leaf number, number of fruits, fresh weight of fruit per plant and fruit diameter. Corn stalk mulching can improve yieldt of 79%, paddy straw mulching can improve yield of 64% and C.juncea mulch can improve yield of 56% compared with control.
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