RESPON TANAMAN KATUK (Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr.) TERHADAP PEMBERIAN BERBAGAI DOSIS PUPUK KCl DAN URINE SAPI

Abstract

Katuk (Sauropus androgynus (L.) Merr.) is an indigenous plant commonly utilized as vegetable, traditional medicine, and food color. Efforts for developing katuk plant that are using environmentally friendly fertilizer. This study was aimed at assessing the effects of the administration of KCl fertilizer and cow urine on the growth and production of katuk (sweet leaf). A randomized block design with two factors, namely KCl fertilizer anf fermented cow urine was used in this research. KCl fertilizer and fermented cow urine rates consisted of four levels each, namely 0 % R, 33% R, 67% R, and 100% R. Application of cow urine resulted no significantly effect to plant height, number of buds, leaf area and level of chlorophyll at all level, whereas cow urine