THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF FERMENTED SEA WEED AS FOLIAR FERTILIZER ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF PEANUT

The study on the effect of different leveles of fermented sea weeds on growth and yield of peanut was conducted at Mindanao State University-General Santos City from Novermber to February 2019 in order to determine the effects of fermented sea weeds on peanut. The experiment was carried out in a Randomized Complete block Design(RCBD) with 4 treatments replicated 3 times. The treatments were the following: T1-control (no application); T2-10%(fermented seaweeds); T3-15%(fermented seaweeeds); T4-20%(fermented seaweed). The application of different level of fermented seaweed showed highly significant affect the plant height, number of pods, weight of marketable, weight of unmarketable and pod yield. Treatment 3 obtained the highest result in terms of plant height(40.76) Treatment 4 in terms of number of pod per plant(16.46). Treatment 4 in terms of weight of marketble per plant (30.46), in terms of 100 seeds Treatment 4(70.33) and pod yield T4(2.38). The result ofthis study showed highly significant effect of the different levels of fermented seaweed on the plant height, number of pods, pod yield, marketable pod, weight of 100 seeds, and number of pod plant of peanut, while in weight of unmarketable and days of flowering showed not significant on treatments. It is suggested that a follow-up study must be conducted with additional different levels of Fermented seaweed alone under varying conditions. Makenzie(2002) reported that seaweed also have some value an organic fertilizer in agriculture district close to seashore, where they are readily capable, seaweeds fertilizer provides non-toxic foliar reaction. They are rich in vitamins, minerals, amino acids, trace elements and natural plants stimulants known to promote vital growth and rooting of plants.