Growth Assessment of Out-Planted Arabica Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) As Influenced By Different Organic Based Foliar Fertilizers

Abstract

A study on the growth response of out-planted Arabica coffee as influenced by different organic foliar fertilizer application was conducted at (ASSCAT) Agusan del Sur State College of Agriculture and Technology Coffee Project Plantation, Bunawan, Agusan del Sur. This study was carried out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with four treatments replicated three times and a total of 12 plots. The treatments used were as follows control no fertilizer, Growmore 3g (T₀), and 2.0ml Wokozim (T₁) and 2.0ml California growers (T₂) and 2.0 ml Hyfer (T₃). The result revealed that, in terms of final stem diameter was highly significant difference between treatments means observed. However, there were no significant difference observed on the plant height increment, initial stem diameter, initial and final number of leaves and number of branches on the growth response of Arabica coffee applied with different organic foliar fertilizer.