Pengaruh Naungan dan Efektivitas Cocopeat Sebagai Media Tanam pada Pertumbuhan Tanaman Pisang Barangan (Musa Acuminate Lin) Tahap Aklimatisasi

Abstract

The Effect of Shade and Cocopeat as Planting Media on the Growth of the Barangan Banana (Musa acuminte lin) at the acclimatization stage. Bananas are a superior commodity, providing quality seeds is important, so the problem of planting media and providing shade at the acclimatization stage of young plants is important to achieve. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the provision of shade and the effectiveness of cocopeat as a planting medium for Barangan bananas at the acclimatization stage. This research was conducted in an open field, Medan Marelan, North Sumatra in September-November 2021. The study used a separate plot design with the main plot providing shade with two levels, namely no shade and 50% paranet shade and cocopeat as a subplot with 5 levels, namely 100%. cocopeat, 100% topsoil, 75% cocopeat; 25% topsoil, 50% cocopeat: 50% topsoil, and 25% cocopeat: 75% topsoil. Processing data using ibm spss statistics software. The effect of shading was significantly different from observations of plant height, number of leaves, stem diameter, leaf thickness and canopy dry weight. The use of cocopeat 25%: topsoil 75% increased plant vegetative growth in the number of leaves, stem diameter and plant chlorophyll. The interaction without shade and the effectiveness of cocopeat as a growing medium was significantly different where plants using cocopeat 25%: topsoil 75% and without shade showed better vegetative growth than plants with shade and other comparisons of cocopeat. The results show that the best results are the average use of 25% cocopeat compared to 75% soil, this shows that plants can grow optimally when the planting medium has good porosity