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Porang plant (Amorphophallus muelleri Blume.) is one of the plants that have the potential to be cultivated in peatlands needed to increase its production. This study aims to increase the growth of smallholder plants on peat media until six months after planting through bulbil size with dolomite treatment. The research type was a 4x3 factorial experiment arranged based on a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). The first factor is bulbil size which consists of four levels, e.g., B1 (5.0 g-7.5 g), B2 (>7.5 g-10 g), B3 (>10 g-12.5 g), B4 (> 12.5 g-15.0 g) and the second factor dose of dolomite consists of three levels, e.g., D1 (2.5 ton.ha-1) D2 (5.0 ton.ha-1) D3 (7.5 ton.ha-1) -1). These two factors resulted in 12 treatment combinations, with three repetitions. Each experimental unit consisted of three plants. Parameters observed were growth power, plant height, stem diameter, crown width, rachis length, number of leaves, number of tillers, and number of tubers formed. The results showed that the application of dolomite could improve some of the chemical properties of peat soil. The bigger the bulbil size, the better the growth of people and the administration of 7.5 tons of dolomite.ha-1 increased several plant growth parameters such as growth power and plant height.

The research was aimed to see the effect interaction of giving tofu dregs compost and npk fertilizer to get the right dose towards growth and the highest production of purple eggplant. The research was conducted at Experimental Garden, Faculty of Agriculture, Riau University, Pekanbaru. The research was conducted for 5 months, from february to june 2020. The reasearch was conducted experimentally in 2 factors. The first factor was the of tofu waste compost consists of 3 levels (0, 10 and 20 ton.ha-1). The second factor was the of NPK fertilizer (0, 100 and 150 kg.ha-1) which consist  of nine treatments combination. The observed parameterswere  the height of the plant (cm),  the days of flowering (days), the days of harvesting (days), the  fruit length (cm), the fruit diameter (cm), the number of fruits per plant (fruit), the fruit weight per fruit (g), the fruit weight per plant (g) and the fruit weight with plot (g). The data  in this research was analyzed in using variance and followed by Duncan's multiple distance test at 5% level.  The results showed that tofu waste compost and NPK fertilizer increased the growth of eggplant such as  the height of the plant,  the days of flowering, the days of harvesting, the number of fruits per plant, the fruit length, the fruit weight per fruit, the fruit weight per plant and the fruit weight with plot and does not increase fruit diameter. The giving tofu waste compost at a dose  20 ton.ha-1  and NPK fertilizer 150 kg.ha-1  gave the best eggplant growth and production until the plants were 90 DAP

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) comes from the Palmae family which is a source of vegetable oil. The production of oil palm plants that continues to increase certainly needs efforts, one of which is through fertilization. This study aimed to see the effectiveness of the frequency of treatment with slow release potassium fertilizer on the productivity of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) plants that have produced on peatlands. This has been implemented in an oil palm plantation in Pangkalan Baru Village, Siak Hulu District, Kampar Regency. The research has been carried out for six months starting from February 2021 to July 2021. This research was conducted using a non-factorial Randomized Block Design (RAK). The treatment consisted of 4 levels of treatment, namely a dose of 3 kg given 1 time / 6 months, a dose of 3 kg given 1.5 times / 6 months, a dose of 3 kg given 2 times / 6 months, and a dose of 3 kg given 3 times / 6 months. Each treatment was repeated 5 times. Therefore, 20 experimental units were obtained. Each experimental unit consisted of 3 sample plants so that the total number of sample plants used was 60 plants. The observed parameters were the number of female flower bunches, the number of male flower bunches, sex ratio, number of bunches, bunch weight, fresh fruit weight, and fresh fruit volume. The results of the research that have been carried out show that the application of treatment with a dose of 3 kg given 1.5 times / 6 months significantly increases the weight of bunches, weight of fresh fruit, and volume of fresh fruit on mature oil palm plantations on peatlands.