Abstract:
Peatlands have good prospects for use as agricultural land. Peatlands have
many problems, one of which is high acidity. Organic goat manure is
expected to be able to overcome the problem of peatlands. Therefore, this
study aimed to determine the best combination of peat media and organic
goat manure on the pH of the media and the growth of pepper plant stem
cuttings. This research was carried out for three months (October to
December 2021), including taking peat soil in Sukamaju Village, Landasan
Ulin Timur District, Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan; taking pepper cuttings
in Senakin Village, Kotabaru Regency, South Kalimantan; planting pepper
cuttings in the Greenhouse Department of Agroecotechnology Faculty
Agriculture at Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarbaru, South
Kalimantan; and observing the pH of cutting media at the Production
Laboratory of the Agroecotechnology Department, Faculty of Agriculture,
Lambung Mangkurat University, Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan. This
research used a completely randomized design (CRD) with one factor. The
factor studied was the composition of the planting medium (K), which
consisted of five treatments: k1 = 100% peat + 0% organic goat manure,
k2 = 75% peat + 25% organic goat manure, k3 = 50% peat + 50% organic
goat manure, k4 = 25% peat + 75% goat manure organic fertilizer, and k5
= 0% peat + 100% goat manure organic fertilizer. The results showed that
the treatment with the composition of 0% peat + 100% organic goat
manure (k5) is the best for increasing the pH of the media (6.50). The
composition of 50% peat + 50% organic goat manure (k3) was the best in
increasing shoot height and number of leaves (4.44 cm shoot height and
1.08 leaves), but not different from the composition of 25% peat + 75%
organic fertilizer goat manure (k4) on the percentage of live cuttings,
number of shoots, and leaf width (70% live cuttings, 0.70 shoots, and 2.69
cm leaf width).
Keywords:
manure,
percentage of live,
soil acidity,
stem cutting,
sub-optimal wetlands
