PRODUCTIVITY OF SEVERAL TYPES FORAGE WITH DIFFERENT PATTERNS OF PLANTING AND BIOSLURRY DOSAGE

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The experiment was to determine the productivity several types of forage with different patterns of planting and bioslurry dosage. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse for 3 months. Completely randomized design (CRD) was used with split plot pattern, of four replications. The main plot was planting pattern of Panicum maximum cv. Trichoglume (P); Clitoria ternatea (C); and Panicum maximum cv. Trichoglume+Clitoria ternatea (PC); subplot was dosage of bioslurry fertilizer, of 0 tons/ha (D0); 10 tons/ha (D1); 20 tons/ha (D2); and 30 tons/ ha (D3). Variables observed were: plant height, number of tillers, number of branches, number of leaves, leaf dry weight, stem dry weight, root dry weight, total forage dry weight, leaf dry weight ratio with stem dry weight, total forage dry weight ratio with root dry weight, and leaf area per pot. The results showed that planting patterns could increase the growth of Panicum maximum cv. Trichoglume. Fertilization with bioslury dosage of 10-30 tons/ha could increase the growth of the grass and the best result was if fertilized with a dosage of 20 tons/ha (D2). It can be concluded that the growth of Panicum maximum cv Trichoglume can be increased through cropping patterns with a combination of planting between grass and legume and through fertilization with bioslurry starting from 10-30 tons/ha, and the best dosage was 20 tons/ha.