Growth of Palm Oil Seeds (Elaeis Guineensis Jacq.) on Solid Organic Fertilizer and Waste Tea Compost in Pre Nursery

Abstract

Increasing the area of oil palm plantation, Impact on the procurement of seeds in large quantities and quality. The aim of this research was to evaluate Growth of Palm Oil Seeds (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) on Solid Organic Fertilizer and Waste Tea Compost in Pre Nursery. This research was conducted at Percut Sei Tuan, Deli Serdang, Medan, from March to May 2016. This research used Randomized Block Design Factorial with two factors. The first factor was organic fertilizers mashitam (B) were no fertilizer mashitam (B0), B1 (15 g / polybag), B2 (30 g / polybag) and B3 (45 g / polybag). The second factor was waste tea compost (M) with four factors were M0 (no waste compost tea), M1 (10 g / polybag), M2 (20 g / polybag) and M3 (30 g / polybag). The results indicated that growth of palm oil seed showed significant effect on Solid Organic Fertilizer and Waste Tea Compost in Pre Nursery variable such as leaf area 10 weeks after planting, crown wet weight, wet weight on bottom, dry weight on top and dry weight on bottom. Palm oil seed showed no significant effect on waste tea compost. Similarly the interaction of solid organic fertilizer and waste tea compost showed no significant effect. The information presented strongly suggests and confirms that the solid organic fertilizer can be fully harnessed for palm oil seed in pre nursery even for commercial purposes by and for farmers in order to increase crop production.