Effect of compost made with kitchen waste towards the growth of water spinach (Ipomoea Aquatica)

• Main Author: Asmaa’ Syuhada Aminuddin
• Format: Undergraduate Final Project Report
• Published: 2022
• Online Access: http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/13516/

Kitchen waste is an excess solid waste production while preparing and processing food from the kitchen as a source of compost ingredient as straightforward as burying food scraps in the ground or utilising a three-stage composting container or tumbler. The composting process will help convert this kitchen waste into a more beneficial organic waste for plant growth. This organic waste will back to the soil as an effective soil amendment with the sustainability of the environment. The objectives of this study were done to study the effect of kitchen waste compost on the growth of water spinach (Ipomoea aquatica). This final year project was conducted from October 2021 until December 2021. The treatment of compost using four treatments of compost, namely Treatment 1, T1 (Compost, Control), Treatment 2, T2 (Compost + EM of 10 ml), Treatment 3, T3 (Compost + EM of 20 ml), Treatment 4, T4 (Compost + EM of 40 ml). The soil and compost are mixed as media for planting the water spinach. This project was conducted every day regarding the composting process and plant growth. Plants were grown in the open area, the same environment for all treatment. The results exhibited that T4 (305.40 ± 35.21 mm) is highest in the plant height and the highest length of roots (139.40 ± 12.82 mm). However, the highest length of leaves was exhibited in T2 (61.40 ± 6.07 mm). In addition, state findings and significance proved positively to the study% objective. Composting can drastically reduce the volume of waste in the country as a treatment for organic waste by offering nutrients suited for agriculture and can be used instead of chemical fertilisers. Compost can also be used as soil additions and is environmentally beneficial, hygienic, cost-effective, and toxic-free.