PENGARUH KOMBINASI PUPUK KANDANG BEBEK DAN PUPUK KASCING TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN DAN HASIL TANAMAN TOMAT CHERRY (Solanum lycopersicum var. Cerasiforme) VARIETAS MERAH

Cherry tomato (Lycopersium esculentum) is a horticultural product that belongs to the Solanaceae family and is rich in vitamins A and C, cherry tomatoes have economic advantages over other types of tomatoes. The advantage lies in the high and relatively stable selling price. Duck manure is a basic fertilizer that contains macro nutrients such as N, P and K and micro nutrients. Kascing fertilizer is one type of organic fertilizer that contains macro and micro nutrients and growth hormones that are ready to absorb plants. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of duck manure and vermicompost on the growth and production of cherry tomato plants, to determine the appropriate dose of duck manure on the growth of cherry tomato plants, and to determine the effect of vermicompost on the growth and yield of cherry tomatoes. This study used a factorial randomized block design (RAK), which consisted of 12 treatments consisting of 5 samples and 3 replications, namely: B0 (Control), B1 (Duck Cage Fertilizer 75 grams/plant), B2 (Duck Cage Fertilizer 150 grams/plant). ) and B3 (225 gram/plant of Duck Cage Fertilizer), K0 (Control), K1 (50 gram/plant of Kascing Cage Fertilizer) and K2 (100 gram/plant). The data were analyzed using the 5% BNJ follow-up test. Based on the research results that, giving. Duck manure on cherry tomato plants has an impact that has an effect on both the growth of cherry tomato plants and the production of cherry tomato plants where in the observation variable plant height it was found that the best treatment was in the B1K2 sample with a dose of 75 grams of duck manure with 100 grams of vermicompost fertilizer while in The fruit sweetness level variable was found to be the best treatment in K0 (control) and K2 treatments with a dose of 100 grams of vermicompost fertilizer