PENGARUH PEMBERIAN BRIKET KOTORAN KAMBING SEBAGAI PELEPAS LAMBAT PUPUK PADA TANAMAN CABAI MERAH (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) DI LAHAN PASIR PANTAI

Penelitian dengan judul “Pengaruh Pemberian Briket Kotoran Kambing
Sebagai Pelepas Lambat Pupuk Pada Tanaman Cabai Merah (Capsicum annuum
L.) Di Lahan Pasir Pantai” dilaksanakan di lahan percobaan Universitas
Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta dari bulan Agustus 2015 sampai dengan bulan
November 2015. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji pengaruh pemberian
pupuk kandang kambing dalam bentuk briket dan bentuk pupuk kandang kambing
terhadap pertumbuhan dan hasil tanaman cabai merah.
Penelitian dilaksanakan dengan metode percobaan yang disusun dalam
Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) dengan perlakuan yaitu P1= 40 ton briket /
hektar, P2= 35 ton briket / hektar, P3= 30 ton briket / hektar, P4= 40 ton pupuk
kandang kambing / hektar, P5= 35 ton pupuk kandang kambing / hektar, dan P6=
30 ton pupuk kandang kambing / hektar dan diulang 4 kali.
Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pemberian pupuk kandang kambing
30 ton / hektar memberikan hasil terbaik terhadap pertumbuhan dan hasil tanaman
cabai merah.
Kata kunci : Pemupukan, Kotoran kambing, Briket
The research titled "The Effect of goat dung Briquettes As Slow Release
Fertilizer on Red Chili (Capsicum annuum L.) in Coastal Sandy Land" was
conducted at farm of Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta from August 2015
up to November 2015. This study aimed to examine the influence of goat dung in
the form of briquettes and goat dung fertilizer on growth and yield of red chili.
The research was conducted using experimental method, and arranged in
completely randomized design (CRD) with treatments of P1 = 40 tons of
briquettes / hectare, P2 = 35 tons of briquettes / hectare, P3 = 30 tons of
briquettes / hectare, P4 = 40 tons of goat dung fertilizer/ hectare, P5 = 35 tons of
goat dung fertilizer/ hectare, and P6 = 30 tons of goat dung fetilizer / hectare,
and all treatments were repeated for 4 times.
The results showed that application of goat dung fertilizer with dosage of
30 tons / hectare gave the better results on growth and yield of red chili.