The development and the growth of salak pondoh fruit (Salacca edulis L.) planted using different planting methods

Abstract

The cultivation plays an important role in determining the quality of salak pondoh (Sallaca. L), for instance, the planting methods. There are various methods of planting salak pondoh (Sallaca. L), monoculture (only salak pondoh) and polyculture (salak pondoh is cultivated with other plants). The goal of this research is to analyze the development and the growth of stamens on salak pondoh (Sallaca. L) using different patterns of cultivating. The plot for this research is a garden only for salak pondoh plants (monoculture) and for salak pondoh plants cultivated with other plants (polyculture). The parameters to observe are the morphology of plants, size of stamens, and environmental factors such as temperature, pH, and moist of soil. The result shows that different patterns of cultivating affect the development and the growth of stamens on salak pondoh with polyculture system. The soil temperature in monoculture system is higher than polyculture and the morphology observation towards salak pondoh plant also shows the difference between polyculture and monoculture system.