Pemanfaatan Kompos Kulit Buah Kakao Pada Pertumbuhan Bibit Kakao Hibrida (Theobroma cacao L)

Abstract

Cacao (Theobroma cacao L) is one of the potential export commodity as foreign exchange income. Beside the
demand for cacao keep increasing cause of cacao processing industrial growth. The cocoa cultivation start from
preparing the seeds from a fine variety and applying right cultivation methode. This research aimed to determine the
effect of cacao pods compost on the growth of cocoa hybrid seedlings and was held on Engineering Laboratory, Faculty
of Agriculture, University of Riau for 6 months, starting from May to October 2012. The design used was Completely
Randomized Design (CRD), which consists of 5 treatments that are 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 gram per polybag of cacao pods
compost and 3 replications for each treatment. The provision of treatment which show that by giving cacao pods
compost with dose of 100 g per polybag gave best seedling growth than another treatments.

Keywords : hybrid cacao , compost, cacao pods