PENGARUH PUPUK ORGANIK TERHADAP PERTUMBUHAN AWAL BUAH NAGA SUPER MERAH (Hylocereus costaricensis (Webb.) Britton. & Rose) DI KABUPATEN KEPAHIANG PROPINSI BENGKULU

Study of effect some organic fertilizers toward early growth of dragon fruit super red
(Hylocereus costaricensis) has been done on January-April 2013 in Kepahiang Regency.
This research used Completely Randomized Design with five treatments (combination of
garden soil, rice hulls, and manure from chicken, cow and goat). As the result, some organic
fertilizers on shoot height growth were significant different, but non significant different
from the first shoot, shoot diameter and total growth of shoot. A good organic fertilizer for
optimum growth of plants Hylocereus costaricensis is a mixture of chicken manure toward
shoot height reached 17.34 cm