Composition of Planting Media on Growth Banana Seeds (Musa paradiciaca)

The composition of planting media on the
growth of banana seedlings (Musa paradiciaca). The
yellow Musa paradiciaca banana has now been developed
in East Kutai by the Department of Agriculture Food and
Horticulture (DAFH) under the name banana grecek
which means good and attractive. This greek banana is a
typical plant or germplasm from East Kalimantan in
accordance with the Decree of the Minister of
Agriculture. Conventional seed development by growing
buds on the hump is what is done to multiply the banana
seeds. The planting medium greatly affects the growth of
shoots on the banana hump to prepare banana seeds
The purpose of this study was to obtain a suitable
planting medium for the growth of kepok banana
seedlings and to obtain healthy banana seedlings from
banana weevil. The expected results from the Urgency of
Research are: Increase knowledge about banana weevil as
a banana plant seed material, Obtain suitable growing
media for the growth of banana seedlings, research results
can be used as reference material when teaching or used
as material for reference books and provide information
to the public in particular banana farmers how to
multiply banana seeds with weeds and suitable media for
banana seedlings.
The research was carried out in the demonstration
garden laboratory of Plantation Cultivation of the
Samarinda State Agricultural Polytechnic and was
carried out for 4 months. In this study, a non-factorial
completely randomized design method was used with the
treatment of the composition of the growing media on the
banana weevil. The composition of the media in the
treatment are: Mo = Soil: Sand (2: 1), M1 = Soil: Sand:
Compost (2: 1: 1), M2 = Soil: Sand: Burnt husk (2:1:1),
M3 = Soil :Sand : Compost : Burnt Husk ( 2:1:0.5:0.5).The results of this study can be concluded the fastest
number of days for shoots to appear on the hump was in
the treatment M3 = soil: sand: compost: roasted husk
(2:1:0.5:5) for 36.37 days, M2 = soil: sand: husk (2:1:1)
for 43.33 days, M1 = soil: sand: compost (2:1:1) for 45
days and M0 = soil: sand (2:1) for 60 days.