Effect of different booster on growth performance of Dendrobium Biggibum

• Main Author: Insyirah Aisyah Che Ismail
• Format: Undergraduate Final Project Report
• Published: 2022
• Online Access: http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/13284/

Orchids are viewed as the most wonderful and important cut bloom and pruned plants wherever all over the world. Dendrobium higibbum are regularly planted as an enlivening plant. Orchid need sufficient nutrients in order to make sure it growth nicely.Therefore, this study was carried out to find out the effect of different organic booster on the growth of Dendrobium bigibbum. The organic booster used were Fermented Plant Juices (FPJ), Fermented Fruit Juices (FFJ) and plain water were used as control. FPJ and FFJ were used in this study in order to overcome the problems when used organic fertilizer. It is because, other organic fertilizer were expensive, hard to find and etc. Organic fertilizer like FFJ and FPJ were cheap, easy to find and environmentally friendly. Plus, each of this organic booster has a different function on the growth of Dendrobium higibbum. Charcoal and coconut husk chips were used as growing medium for dendrobium. The parameter measured were orchid height, leaf length, leaf w idth, stem diameter and number of leaf. Then, the data were analysed to find out the best organic booster for Dendrobium bigibbum. Data from this 8 week study, suggest that FPJ was the best organic booster for dendrobium. It is observed that, the orchid applied with FP1 recorded the highest measurement for plants height (28.5 cm), leaf length (13.4 cm). leaf width (3.75 cm), stem diameter (3.77 cm). and number of leafs (4.1 cm). FPJ is recommended as an effective organic booster for Dendmbrum bigibbum. It also cost effective, environmentally friendly, and %en easy to make.