THE ROLE OF NUTRIENTS IN IMPROVING THE YIELD OF STRAWBERRY PLANTS

Abstract

The research aims at studying the kinds of nutrients and interval given on the yield of strawberry plants. This research was conducted at Mendirat Village, District of Kranggan, Temanggung Regency, Indonesia, from June until to September 2017 and March until to September 2018. Two treatment factors were arranged in Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The first factor was the kinds of nutrients of seven levels i.e. rice water, MSG, shrimp paste, brown sugar, brown sugar and rice water, brown sugar and MSG, and brown sugar and shrimp paste. The second factor was the interval in applying the treatment, which consisted of two levels,, i.e. every 5 days and every 10 days. The result of this research showed that the kinds of nutrients with brown sugar and shrimp paste and interval given of 10 days produced the hight yield weight of fruit per plant and weight per fruit.

Keywords

• Nutrients
• interval
• strawberry
• yield