Analysis of kale (brasicca oleraceae) crop cultivation using verticulture method in the city of padang panjang

Abstract

Urban Agriculture is an effort to use minimalist space in urban areas to produce the desired production. This production is related to fulfilling food needs, living comfort amid urban air pollution and presenting an aesthetic feel in the city house. Limited land, urban distance away from sources of food production is not an obstacle to actualizing the economic potential of urban land. Things that can be done planting in various ways such as verticulture using paralon media which are arranged vertically. This study aims to see the growth of vegetable kale by vertical verticulture method in the city of Padang Panjang. Kale (Brasicca oleraceae) is a vegetable that is still one species with cabbage or cabbage. Kale is a seasonal and short-lived vegetable, around 40-50 days after the seeds are planted. Kale has good prospects to be developed in Indonesia because of its high nutritional content and high economic value. The material used is a 2-meter-high Parallon pipe that has been perforated, with soil and compost media. The design used in this study was a completely randomized design with treatment: (1) 100% soil, (2) 75% soil + 25% compost, (3) 50% soil + 50% compost, (4) 25% soil + 75 % compost, with four (4) replications. Activities carried out include vertical verticulture pots making, nurseries, giving fertilizers according to treatment, planting, maintaining plants, watering, weeding weeds and controlling pests and diseases, harvesting, data collection and analysis, and preparing reports. The data collected consists of; (1) plant height at 10, 20, and 30 days after planting.