THE EFFECT OF GAMAL LEAVES (Gliricidia sepium) AND BANANA STEM BOKASHI ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF CHERRY TOMATO (Lycopersicum cerasiforme Mill.)

Abstract

The effect of gamal leaves (Gliricidia sepium) and banana stem bokashi on the growth and yield of cherry tomato (Lycopersicum cerasiforme mill.). The demand for cherry tomatoes is increasing along with the growth of the small and medium enterprises culinary, but their production is still limited. Efforts to increase production are carried out by applying organic fertilizers. Gamal leaves (Gliricidia sepium) and potential banana stems as materials for organic fertilizer. Bokashi is a compost produced from the fermentation process of organic matter with EM4 products. The aim of the study was to determine the effect of bokashi dose of gamal leaves, banana stems and a combination of both on the growth and yield of cherry tomato plants. Experiments in polybags were arranged in a non-factorial randomized block design with 10 treatments with five replications. Treatment doses of bokashi gamal leaves, banana stem bokashi and combination treatment of bokashi leaf and banana stem were 0 (control), 300, 600, and 900 g/polybag, respectively. The analysis used variance with the F test and continued with the Least Significant Difference Test (BNT) with a level of 5%. The results showed that all treatments of gamal leaf bokashi, banana stem bokashi and their combination showed significant and significantly different effects on all growth parameters and yields of cherry tomatoes. The number of flowers planted, the number of fruit planted, the weight of the fruit, the dry weight of the fruit, and the total length of the roots were obtained in treatment k9 (900 g/polybag bokashi gamal leaves and banana stem bokashi). Keywords: cherry tomatoes, organic fertilizer, bokashi leaf gamal, banana stem bokashi