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THE EFFECT OF NEW FORMULA LIQUID ORGANIC FERTILIZER

AND WATER SPRINKLING ON URBAN PORTABLE RICE FIELDS

Sofyan Samad, Shubzan A. Mahmud, Hayun Abdullah, Sugeng Haryanto,

Radhiatunnisa S. Samad

Khairun University, North Maluku, Indonesia

E-mail: [email protected], shubzanandimahmud90[email protected],

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ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT

Received:

September, 26

2021

Revised:

October, 16

2021

Approved:

October, 18

2021

The spread of the corona virus is the impact of the

community's household economy and the decline in

community food security. Goals Growth and production of

upland rice through the provision of a new formula liquid

organic fertilizer (POC FB) in bucket media above the

house to meet people's food during the covid-19

pandemic. Place in Gambesi from March to August 2020.

Upland rice seed ingredients, new formula liquid organic

fertilizer (POC FB). Treatment with 5 levels (FOC FB) with

doses / pot as follows: 0 cc / liter of water (B0), 10 cc /

liter of water (B1), 15 cc / liter of water (B2), 20 cc / liter

of water (B3) , 2 5 cc / liter of water (B4), 30 cc / liter of

water (B5). Lack of water as a dissolved material and the

availability of small bucket media or upland rice plants

can affect upland rice growth and yield variables. The

results of the analysis of variance showed a new formula

liquid organic fertilizer at a dose of 30 cc / liter of water /

bucket (B5). yielded 70 cm high and 42 tillers, 44 cm

panicles and 39 g dry weight when compared with other

treatments. POC FB is a liquid organic fertilizer that

provides macro and micro elements so that it accelerates

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the growth, development, height, tiller, panicle and

harvest weight of upland rice plants.

KEYWORDS

POC FB, Bucket Media, Production, Upland Rice

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INTRODUCTION

The spread of the corona virus has an impact on all fields (Cholily, Putri, &

Kusgiarohmah, 2019). However, the impact that is quite significant is in the declining

economy and community food (Hanoatubun, 2020) (Kurniawansyah, Amrullah,

Salahuddin, Muslim, & Nurhidayati, 2020) (Ardiningrum, Junaidi, & Umiyati, 2021). In

addition, people do not do work outside the home. The government advises people to

wash their hands, wear masks and keep their distance (Marzuki et al., 2021). The

availability of rice food in a pandemic condition plays an important role. In addition, the

availability of rice supply is uncertain (Helmi & Ali, 2020) (Pramudita et al., 2020)

(Irbayanti, 2020) (Masniadi, Angkasa, Karmeli, & Esabella, 2020).

Rice (Oryza sativa) is a food for the world community which is usually grown

singly on open land/fields (Senoaji, 2012). The community needs the most pagan rice and

there must be plenty of rice available in the long term. Long droughts affect the

availability of rice, this phenomenon will occur in several parts of Indonesia (Oktaviana,

2018) (Andono, Andi, & Irma Setianingsih, 2017). The role of the community is to

strengthen their food and one of them is to encourage the community to produce their

own rice needs (Saleh, Nainggolan, & Butarbutar, 2012). In Indonesia, lowland rice crops

have decreased, while Indonesia's population in 2025 is estimated at 235 million people

(Hasan, 2012). The high population needs sufficient food so they are not food importers.

Utilizing a narrow agricultural environment, namely engineering a large rice field

media environment into a small bucket media environment, urban communities can plant

upland rice in bucket media as an effort to increase rice production. The city of Ternate

does not have rice fields, so they grow rice in a bucket media environment. Based on the

above problems, I anticipate doing independent research by planting upland rice in a

bucket media environment above the house for city families.

RESEARCH METHOD

Location of Gambesi Village, South Ternate, North Maluku, from March -

August 2020 during the COV lD-19 pandemic period. The altitude is 10 meters above sea

level. Upland rice ingredients, new formula liquid organic fertilizer (POC FB). This study

used 54 buckets. Treatment design with 5 levels (FOC FB) new formula liquid organic

fertilizer and 3 repetitions. Research method with doses per bucket as follows: 0 cc / 500

ml of water / bucket (B0), 10 cc / 500 ml of water / bucket (B1), 15 cc / 500 ml of water /

bucket (B2), 20 cc / 500 ml water / bucket (B3), 25 cc / 500 ml of water / bucket (B4), 30

cc / 500 ml of water / bucket (B5).

How the Upland Rice Cultivation works.

The workings of upland rice cultivation in a bucket media environment is as

follows: Selecting high quality upland rice seeds, soaking them in water for one night,

submerged seeds are used as seeds. Planting time at the end of the rainy season, watering

twice in the morning and afternoon with a volume of 1000 milliliters of water / bucket, if

there is no rain, for 90 days. Embroidery is done when there are dead plants. After the

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plants grew and were 20 DAP from the nursery, they were transferred into bucket media.

Weeding is done when there are weeds. Fertilization by spraying. Harvest 90 DAP plants.

Parameters of height (cm), tiller number, panicle length (cm), weight (g) were analyzed

for variance and (BNT 0.05).

RESULT AND DISCUSSION

The application of new formula liquid organic fertilizer has an effect on plant

height (cm), number of tillers, panicle length (cm), and dry weight (g) at harvest are

presented in Table 1.

Table 1. Average plant height (cm), number of tillers, panicle length (cm), and dry

weight (g) Treatment height (cm) panicle tillers (cm) weight (g)

Perlakuan

tinggi (cm)

anakan

malai (cm)

bobot (g)

0 cc / 500 ml air / ember (B

)

10 cc / 500 ml air / ember (B

)

15 cc / 500 ml air / ember (B

)

20 cc / 500 ml air / ember (B

)

33 c

25 cc / 500 ml air / ember (B

)

30 cc / 500 ml air / ember (B

)

BNT α 0,05

7,65

5,57

3,93

3,3

Note: The average number followed by the same letter and in the same column is not

significantly different at the BNT level 0.05

Treatment (B5) 30 cc / 500 milliliters of water / bucket resulted in a height of 70

cm and was not different from treatments B4, B3, B2 but different from treatments B1

and B0. The component of the number of upland rice tillers in the bucket media was 42

tillers and it was different from other treatments. Treatment B4 was not different from

treatment B3, B2 but different from treatment B1, B0. While the panicle length

component resulted in 44 cm of panicle length and was different from other treatments.

Treatment B4 was not different from B3, B2 but different from treatment B1, B0.

Likewise, the weight component of treatment B5 resulted in 39 g of weight when

compared to other treatments and was not different from treatment B4 but different from

treatment B3, B2, B1, B0. Treatment B3 was not different from treatment B2 and

different from treatment B1, B0 (Table 1).

Discussion

Food crops are the main source in supporting people's lives and balancing the rate

of function of rice fields into housing for residents and forests are no longer cut down for

rice fields so they do not damage the environment. Planting upland rice in buckets above

the house provides a more comfortable, comfortable and sustainable environment for all

time. Rice planting media buckets above the house does not require agricultural tools

such as hand tractors and others. Watering twice 1000 milliliters in the morning and 1000

milliliters in the afternoon was able to encourage the growth, development and fruiting of

rice in bucket media.

The application of liquid organic fertilizer with a new formula of 30 cc / 500

milliliters of water / bucket had an effect on all treatments and resulted in 70 cm high

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upland rice, 42 upland rice tillers, 44 cm long panicle for upland rice and 39 g dry weight

of upland rice. This means that the application of a new organic fertilizer formula of 30 cc

/ 500 milliliters of water / bucket has met the nutrient needs of the bucket media and is

able to encourage the growth of upland rice plants. It was explained by Tisdale and

Nelson, 2008 that the nutrient components of plant metabolism and the growth of

meristem cells and strengthened by Hakim, 2009 that the influence of environment,

physiology and genetics on plant growth Rice plants are grown in bucket media above the

house, which means there is no need to print the fields and the results can meet the needs

of a family of 4 people for 1 household.

Economically, giving 1000 milliliters of water regularly in the morning and

evening during vegetative, generative and productive growth for 90 days. 1000 milliliters

of water is economically worth Rp 50 x 2 times a day x 90 days the supply reaches Rp

9,000.- for one growing season. Water as a solvent and creates an environment for

sustainable rice plant growth (SRP (2015). Leaf transpiration (evaporation) and loss of

water through the cuticle and stomata (Wihardjaka, A. 2015). Environmental influences,

especially direct sunlight radiation is used from the leaves for photosynthesis and

responded by plants in the form of morphological adaptations so that the availability of

water affects the mobility of growth, development, temperature regulation, as the main

constituent of the cytoplasm and the area for absorption of water from the soil into the

xylem through the cell wall and across the plasma membrane (symplast). Rice growth in

the presence of water, nutrients and sunlight makes organic rice a sustainable source of

carbohydrates (Carlile, 2019).

In addition, the relationship between the level of availability of water and fertilizer

in the bucket media on the growth rate of upland rice plants is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. The relationship between the level of availability of water and the application of

fertilizer in bucket media to the growth rate of upland rice..

Figure 1 shows the growth of upland rice that is not given fertilizer and that is

given fertilizer according to the level of fertilization and is linearly correlated with the

following equation: Y = 2.571x +55.33 R2 = 0.938. The above equation shows that the

plant height decreases with the absence of fertilizer for upland rice plants in the bucket

media. This is based on the R2 test that 99.06% is influenced by the size of the bucket

media. The relationship between the level of availability of water and fertilizer in the

bucket media to the growth rate of upland rice tillers is shown in Figure 2.

y = 2,5714x + 55,333

R² = 0,9382

100

0 2 4 6 8

Tinggi (cm)

(POC FB)

Tinggi (cm)

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Figure 2. The relationship between the level of availability of water and the application of

fertilizer in bucket media to the growth rate of upland rice tillers.

The application of a new formula of liquid organic fertilizer has an effect on the

relationship between the level of the bucket media and the growth rate of the number of

tillers of upland rice plants. Figure 2 shows the growth of upland rice that is fertilized

according to the level of fertilization and is linearly correlated with the following

equation: Y = 3.257x + 21.93 R2 = 0.913. The above equation shows that the number of

plant tillers decreases with the presence of too small a bucket medium. This is based on

the R2 test that 99.09% is influenced by the size of the bucket media.

The relationship between the level of availability of water and fertilizer in the

bucket media to the growth rate of panicle length (cm) for upland rice plants is shown in

Figure 3.

Figure 3. The relationship between the level of availability of water and the

application of fertilizer in bucket media to the growth rate of panicle length (cm) of

upland rice

The application of a new formula of liquid organic fertilizer has an effect on the

relationship between the level of the bucket media and the panicle length growth rate of

upland rice plants. Figure 3 shows the growth of upland rice that is not fertilized and

given fertilizer according to the level of fertilization and is linearly correlated with the

following equation: Y = 3.257x+23.6 R2 = 0.928. The equation above shows that the

panicle length of the plant decreases with the presence of a small bucket of media that is

fed with upland rice fertilizer. This is based on the R2 test that 99.07% is influenced by

the size of the bucket media.

The relationship between the level of availability of water and fertilizer in the

bucket media on the dry weight yield (g) of upland rice plants as shown in Figure 4.

y = 3,2571x + 21,933

R² = 0,9131

0 2 4 6 8

Jumlah anakan

(POC FB)

Jumlah anakan

Linear (Jumlah

anakan)

y = 3,2571x + 23,6

R² = 0,9283

0 2 4 6 8

Panjang malai

(cm)

(POC FB)

Panjang malai

(cm)

Linear (Panjang

malai (cm))

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Figure 4. The relationship between the level of availability of water and the application of

fertilizer in bucket media to the dry weight (g) of upland rice.

The application of a new formula of liquid organic fertilizer has an effect on the

relationship between the level of the bucket media and upland rice. Figure 4 shows the

dry weight of the unfertilized and fertilized yields according to the level of fertilization

and linearly correlated with the following equation: Y = 3.828x+17.26 R2 = 0.981. The

above equation shows that the panicle length of the plant decreases with the application

of upland rice fertilizer. This is based on the R2 test that 99.02% is affected by the size of

the bucket media.

Upland rice cultivation in bucket media with the application of a new formula at a

dose of 30 cc / liter of water / bucket after harvest and analysis gave the best results, and

this was seen as 70 cm plant height, 42 tillers, 44 cm longest panicle and 39 g weight,

generally yielding better for all observed parameters. These results suggest that the

application of a new formula of liquid organic fertilizer has an effect and provides

fulfilled nutrients for the growth and production of upland rice plants on bucket media.

Small bucket media affect the growth and production of upland rice, and large bucket

media will produce even better ones. The new formula liquid organic fertilizer has the

role of improving soil structure, soil chemistry and biology, and nutrients are available to

accelerate the growth of plant height, tiller formation, panicle lengthening and produce

the highest weight.

Drought reduces the growth of rice plants Therisia S. C (2011). Furthermore, lack

of water inhibits leaf chlorophyll synthesis (Hendriyani and Setiari, 2009). In addition,

lack of water inhibits the growth of tillers (Santoso 2010). Environmental factors of the

bucket media can affect the growth and development of roots due to the limited

availability of water, the soil of the bucket media is too narrow affecting the absorption of

water, nutrients, for the growth of tillers. In addition, inhibited nutrients affect the

elements N and Mg for chlorophyll synthesis (Syafi, 2008). Chlorophyll is used for

metabolism during photosynthesis (Li et al, 2006).

Tillage of loose soil and a large bucket of media can make upland rice roots more

quickly absorb water, nutrients and nutrients by the roots which are transported to the leaf

surface through Xylem. and the results of photosynthesis are distributed to all parts of the

plant through the phloen tissue. Water is essential and lack of water inhibits tiller growth

and rice is sensitive to drought stress (Sulistyono at al 2012). In addition, the cell slope

becomes small, reducing the number of tillers (Humaerah A.D. 2013). Furthermore, it can

reduce panicles and reduce weight. This shows that the fertilizer provided can meet the

nutrients in the bucket media for cell elongation, tiller formation, panicle and yield weight

of upland rice at harvest.

y = 3,8286x + 17,267

R² = 0,9816

0 2 4 6 8

Bobot (g)

(POC FB)

Bobot (g)

Linear (Bobot (g))

 
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CONCLUSION 
 
Based on  the  above  discussion,  it  can be  concluded  that  the  lack  of  water as  a 
dissolved material and the availability of a small bucket of media or a place for upland 
rice to grow can affect the growth and harvest variables of upland rice. The results of the 
analysis of variance showed a new formula liquid organic fertilizer at a dose of 30 cc / 
liter of water / bucket (B5). yielded 70 cm high and 42 tillers, 44 cm panicles and 39 g 
dry weight when compared with other treatments. POC FB is a liquid organic fertilizer 
that  provides  macro  and  micro  elements  so  that  it  accelerates  encouraging,  growth, 
development and accelerating the harvest of upland rice plants. 
 
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