Effect of Kitchen Waste Compost and Vermi-Compost in Combination with Chemical Fertilizer on the Production of Tomato

Abstract

An experiment was carried out to develop standard production method of winter tomato under Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and value chain development at the farmer’s field named Mojnu Mia son of Nishan Mondal located at Char dudiagacha, Adarvita, Madarganj, Jamalpur, Bangladesh with the assistance of HELVETAS, Swiss Inter Cooperation, Bangladesh, Jamalpur during November 2015 to April 2016. BARI Tomato-14 was used in the study. Eight treatments were constructed with the fully matured compost for each evaluation, these were, T₁=Recommended dose of Chemical fertilizers (RD), T₂=Vermi-compost 1.5 t/ha +2/3^rd RD, T₃= Vermi-compost 1.5 t/ha + ½ RD, T₄= Kitchen waste 3 t/ha +2/3^rd RD, T₅= Kitchen waste 3 t/ha + ½ RD, T₆=Vermi-compost 1.5 t/ha, T₇=Kitchen waste 3 t/ha and T₈=No fertilizer. Results clearly indicated that application of vermi-compost and kitchen waste compost significantly increased tomato production. A wide range of variation was observed among the treatment combinations. Days to 50% flowering varied from 46.67 to 49.33 days, the highest days was required in T₅ (Vermi-compost 1.5 t/ha + ½ RD). The T₂ treatment (Vermi-compost 1.5 t/ha +2/3^rd RD) gained higher number of fruits per plant (36.33), individual fruit weight (98.46 g), fruit length (5.53 cm), fruit diameter (6.45 cm), yield per plant (3.59 kg), yield per plot (71.72 kg) and yield per hectare (95.63 t) while lower number of fruits per plant (20.17), individual fruit weight (70.47 g), fruit length (5.31 cm), fruit diameter (6.22 cm), yield per plant (1.43 kg), yield per plot (28.65 kg) and yield per hectare (38.20 t) obtained from the T₈ treatment (no fertilizer). Individual fruits weight also differed statistically with recommended dose (RD) of fertilizers while compared with different compost treatments. Reduced size fruits have harvested while only applied compost, but good size was observed even 25% reduction of RD. Therefore, it is recommended for the application of vermi-compost that improves the quality of tomato and developed value chain for the farmers which ultimately improve the life standard of those.

Keywords: Kitchen waste compost, vermi-compost, chemical fertilizer, production, quality, tomato value chain

Cite this Article

H. Rahman, A. Akter. Effect of Kitchen Waste Compost and Vermi-Compost in Combination with Chemical Fertilizer on the Production of Tomato. Research & Reviews: Journal of Crop Science and Technology. 2017; 6(3): 15–24p.