Fermented weed juice as catalyzer on growth and yield of Luffa acutangula / Mohamad Amir Shah Yusop …[et al.]

Weed was commonly described as unwanted plant. It was a highly successful wild plant. adapted to rapidly
colonies bare ground or land that constantly being disturbed Weeds may give the benefit effects if it was
converted to natural fertilizer such as Fermented Weed Juice. The application of fermented weed juice in
natural farming system can reduce the application of chemical fertilizer in agriculture and at the same time
reduced the unwanted plant in the field The objectives of this study were to identify the best types and rate of
Fermented Weed Juice on growth and yield of Luffa acutangula. This study was conducted at 100 Acre.
UiTM Jengka. Pahang from May 2012 until January 2013. The study was carried out by using Randomize
Completely Block Design with 13 treatments andfour replications. The treatments consist of three types of
weed that were Amaranthus spinonsus. Chromolena odorata. and Asystasia gangetica with 10ml. 20ml, 30ml
and 40ml of fermented weed juice applied as foliar fertilizer. Data collected were analyzed by using
MINITAB and Microsoft Excel to compare the each treatment. Asystasia gangetica with 30 ml give the best
effect to the height, number of leaves and number of fruits of Luffa acutangula. From this study it can be
concluded that Asystasia gangetica with 30 ml was the best treatment among the others.