COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BANANA STALK,

PINEAPPLE PEEL, AND MALUNGGAY LEAVES AS FERTILIZER

ON THE GROWTH OF PECHAY.

MONDEJAR, JR. ARTURO B.

OCAMPO, ARNEL M.

DACILLO, ANGELINE M.

RIOS, REGINE B.

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements in Practical Research 1 at

Altamarino-Clasio High School

Curry,Pili,camarines Sur

2019
 CHAPTER I

THE PROBLEM

Background of the Study

Farming has been the life of some of the people in the locality. A variety of inorganic

fertilizers are used by the farmers in the field of agriculture. Inorganic or chemical

fertilizers are useful yet it has a lot of negative impact to the soil. Soil health relies on a

balance of macronutrients and micronutrients, as well as microbial health. It vastly more

complicated than simply adding nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to the ground and

calling it a day but not all fertilizers are made the same and not all are healthy for the

soil.

This study aims to evaluate effectiveness of organic fertilizers from banana stalks,

pineapple peel and malunggay leaves to create a substitute for chemical fertilizers used

in planting vegetables.

Banana Stalk are present everywhere in our locality. After harvesting banana fruit,

banana stalks are left behind as a waste. Also, when our locality disrupted by

calamities, a lot of banana stalk are being wasted. The nutrient content of banana stems

varies, as dry matter content ranges from 3.60-9.80%, crude protein ranges from 2.40-

8.30%, crude fat ranges from 3.20-8.10%, extract material without nitrogen range from

31.60-53.00%, ash ranges from 18.4-24.70%, crude fiber ranges from 13.40-31.70%,

neutral detergent fiber ranges from 40.50-64.10%, acid detergent fiber ranges from

35.60-45.50%, cellulose ranges from 19.70-35.20%, hemicellulose ranges from 4.90-

18.70% and lignin ranges from 1.3-9.20% 3. One type of banana plant grown by the
community includes Ambon green bananas, these banana plant stems contain

12.99% dry matter, 4.07% crude protein, 3.80% crude lipid, 36.33% crude fiber, 47.21%

material extract without nitrogen and 8.59% ash (Rochana, 2017) Based on the large

biomass potential of the banana plant, efforts should be made to optimize its utilization

despite limitations. Anaerobic fermentation technology can be used to prevent the decay

process as well as reduce tannin compounds. The addition of chemical compounds as a

source of nitrogen, sulphur and phosphorus can increase the utility of the food

substances.

Pineapple peel also viewed as a waste. In the market, a lot of banana peel were

spoil away, sometimes others are left along the highways. Given the value of different

nutrients in 100 grams of pineapple, Calcium-16mg, Energy-52, Carbohydrates-

13.7gm, Dietary Fibre-1.4gm, Iron-0.28,mg Magnesium-12mg, Protein-0.54g

Phosphorus-11mg Potassium-150mg Vitamin A-130 I.U, Vitamin B1- 0.079mg,

Vitamin B2-0.031mg, Vitamin B3-0.489mg, Vitamin B6-0.110mg, Vitamin C-24 mg,

Zinc - 0.10 mg (Joy P. P.,2010) show that pineapple contains potassium and

phosphorus that indicates its capability of being an effective fertilizer.

Moringa Oleifera (Malunggay), a plant from the family Moringacea is a major crop in

Asia and Africa. It has a lot of nutritional value yet we cannot hide the fact that there are

some malunngay leaves that are being wasted. Some are those that rejected in

preparation of malunggay dishes at home or in restaurants because of its condition.

Others are those that are not suitable for cooking or production of malunggay
products. It has been studied for its health properties, attributed to the numerous

bioactive components, including vitamins, phenolic acids, flavonoids, isothiocyanates,

tannins and saponins, which are present in significant amounts in various components

of the plant. Moringa Oleifera leaves are the most widely studied and they have shown

to be beneficial in several chronic conditions, including hypercholesterolemia, high

blood pressure, diabetes, insulin resistance, non-alcoholic liver disease, cancer and

overall inflammation. Malunggay is known for its nutritional and medical purposes to the

people, on the other hand, they might be applicable to the plant growth and

development.

This study is essential in minimizing the huge number of biodegradable wastes and

used them as an effective organic fertilizers that are eco-friendly. This study ought to

measure the effectiveness of the three mentioned variable and determine which among

is the most effective organic fertilizer.

Statement of the Problem

This study targets to compare the effectiveness of Banana stalk, Pineapple peel

and malunggay leaves as fertilizer, thus the study ought to answer the following

questions:

1. What is the level of the effectiveness of banana stalk, pineapple peel, and

malunggay leaves use as fertilizer for pechay in terms of:

a. Height
b. number of leaves
c. Width of the biggest leaves
2. Which among banana stalk, pineapple peel, and malunggay leaves is the most

effective fertilizer?
 3. Is there a difference in the growth of pechay with or without the application of the

banana stalk, pineapple peel, and malunggay leaves fertilizer?

4.

Objectives

1. Determine the level of effectiveness of banana stalk, pineapple peel, and

malunggay leaves use as fertilizer for pechay in terms of:

a. Height
b. b. number of leaves
c. Width of the biggest leaves
2. Identify which among the three (banana stalk, pineapple peel, and malunggay

leaves) is the most effective fertilizer.

3. Determine if there is a difference in the growth of pechay with or without the

application of the banana stalk, pineapple peel, and malunggay leaves fertilizer.

Assumption

Banana stalk, pineapple peel and malunggay leaves are effective organic

fertilizers on the growth of pechay.

Hypothesis

H1: There is no significant difference in the growth of pechay with or without the

application of banana stalk, pineapple peel, and malunggay leave organic fertilizers.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This study will be beneficial to the following:

STUDENTS: this study will help the student to know new effective organic fertilizers that

can be applied to their plant.

TEACHERS: this study will help the teachers to gain new information in the new

discover type of organic fertilizer that can be taught to the students as substitute for

chemical fertilizers.

COMMUNITY: this study will help to the community people by knowing new substitute

fertilizers that can be used in their plants at their backyard.

FARMERS: this study will help the farmer of being practical by using this three organic

fertilizers instead of the expensive chemical fertilizers.

FUTURE RESEARCHER: this study will serve as guide for new researchers.

Scope and Delimitation

This study will be conducted at Altamarino-Clasio high school, Curry, Pili,

Camarines Sur. This study focuses only on the three variables of this study namely:

banana stalk, pineapple peel, and malunggay leaves. The respondents of this research
are the Senior High School(SHS) agriculture students who has the knowledge on the

process of decomposition of the three variables and the application of this throughout

the experiment and also, SHS teachers who facilitates the study. The study covers the

growth of pechay from seeding up to transplanting the seedling. There are five(5)

sample pechay plants for Banana stalk fertilizer, five(5) for Pineapple peel, five(5)

samples for malunggay leaves fertilizer and five(5) samples for no fertilizer that are

planted to four different plots. Plots will be made in the SHS agriculture land area.

Locale of the Study

The study will be conducted in Altamarino-Clasio High School at Curry, Pili,

Camarines Sur. The experiment will be done in SHS agriculture land area. The area of

the experiment is suitable for planting because of its location and the quality of the soil.

CHAPTER II

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE & STUDIES

 This chapter presents the related literature and studies after the thorough and in-

depth search done by the researchers. This will also present the synthesis of the art,

theoretical and conceptual framework to fully understand the research to be done and

lastly the definition of terms for better comprehension of the study.

RELATED LITERATURE

Banana Stalk

Banana (Musa paradisiaca) is one of the most important gigantic and oldest cultivated fruit

crops grown almost everywhere in Bangladesh. Presently, the banana pseudostem is

hazardous waste in Bangladesh whilst it has been used in several countries to develop

important bio-products such as fibre to make yarn, fabric, apparel as well as fertilizer, fish feed,

bio-chemicals, paper, handicrafts, pickles, candy, etc. Looking at this perspective, entrepreneurs

of Bangladesh should take this golden opportunity and do the needful for such kind of business.

The land of our country is suitable for banana production. Its fruit is a healthy diet and

demandable in local markets as well as the free waste could be utilized to produce such bio-

products which will contribute directly in our national economy. Thus, farmers or entrepreneurs

should cultivate more banana trees in unproductive lands of coastal and hilly areas for extra

income from the useless wastes and ensure eco-friendly environment. Women can also be

employed in production of different bio-products from banana wastes and thus, they can

contribute to their livelihood improvement. In conclusion, this review on banana waste utilization

will be of help to the farmers, entrepreneurs, planners, scientists as well as Bangladesh

government to take proper initiatives in socioeconomic improvement of Bangladesh. (Mohiuddin,

et. Al., 2013)

 Banana, a plant that many grow in Indonesia. Utilization of banana mostly just takes the

fruit and leaves, while the trunk of banana has not been much used. The existence of Ca, P and

K in banana trunk, then the banana trunk can be used as alternative raw material for the

production of liquid fertilizer. Produce liquid fertilizer from banana trunk done with the extraction

process using a process temperature of 70 0 C and stirring speed of 240 rpm. Results from the

extraction process to analyze levels of Ca, P and K. Where available Ca content: 16.2% weight,

P content: 30.05% weight and K content: 21.5% weight with volume 600 ml of solvent and 15

minutes of stirring time.(Pembuatan, P. et Al., 2018)

Banana plants are considered as one of the world’s most useful plants. Almost all of

the parts of this plant, for example, fruit, peel, leaf, pseudo-stem, stalk, and

inflorescence, can be utilized. The banana fruit itself is one of the most popular fruits

that is a valuable commodity all around the world. Nevertheless, banana pseudo-stem

usually becomes biomass waste once the harvest time of banana fruit is finished.

Therefore, researchers have started to extract the fibers and other components from the

stem and used them to produce various value-added products. The central core can be

used for making pickle, candy, and soft drink, whereas banana pseudo-stem sap (BPS)

can be used for mordant for fixing a color and organic liquid fertilizer, while the scutcher

can be used for making compost and vermi-compost. (Subagyo et al., 2018)

Pineapple Peel
Pineapples are tropical fruit that are rich in vitamins, enzymes and antioxidents. They may help

boost the immune system, build strong bones and aid indigestion. Also, despite their sweetness,

pineapples are low in calories.

Pineapples are members of the bromeliad family, and one of the few bromeliads to

produce edible fruit, according to the biology department at Union County College. The

fruit is actually made of many individual berries that fuse together around a central core.

Each pineapple scale is an individual berry.

Pineapples’ nutritional benefits are as fascinating as their anatomy. “Pineapples

contain high amounts of vitamin C and manganese.(Flores, L These tropical treats are

also a good way to get important dietary fiber and bromelain (an enzyme).

Although the sunny yellow flesh of the pineapple (Ananas comosus) is sweet, a

large part of the fruit is inedible. Composting transforms pineapple’s tough, spiny rind

and stiff, spiky top into nutrient-rich material that can be used in the garden to improve

soil texture and fertilize plants. Composting kitchen scraps also helps cut the amount of

waste and garbage that ends up in the landfill and helps fulfill any local ordinances with

that goal. Fruit and veggie peels are high in nitrogen and useful for creating balanced

compost.(SFGate,)

Malunggay Leaves
 Trials on the potentials of moringa for organic farming have shown that leaves

contain substances, which when sprayed on crops enhance growth and yield of crops.

Moringa is nutrient-rich plant with combination of antioxidants, amino acids, nutrients,

potassium (K), calcium (Ca), iron (Fe) and vitamins.(Merwad, A., 2016)

The Moringa Oleifera,commonly known as horseradish and locally known as

malunggay. Moringa is nowamong the priorities of the national government in its

research and development he malunggay plant has permeated every facet of human

life viaagriculture, health, commercial, and industrial uses to name a few. One of the

reasons for great popularity of this plant is due to tremendous range of nutrients

inherent in them.Hence, the search for all the possibilities of this plant as a contributor

to the development of the country has been highly given importance. Since moringa is a

low-cost and easy

to procure type of plant, they have been spread throughout the country with benefitsunk

nown to many. One of these is the viability of malunggay as a plant fortifier.

Many people use synthetic fertilizers to give extra life to their lawn and garden, but only

a few people consider the potential drawbacks of these fertilizers programs because of

its innumerable benefits (Ortega, J.)

RELATED STUDIES
Banana Stalk

In order to solve the problem of waste disposal after banana harvest, a study

conducted in Asian Agricultural Research used banana stalk to produce banana stalk

organic fertilizer, through a plot experiment. The researcher compare the influence of

normal organic fertilizer (Wanlubao) and banana stalk organic fertilizer as base

fertilizers on Chinese cabbage growth, and evaluate the economic benefits of banana

stalk organic fertilizer. The results show that organic fertilizer has little effect on water

content and nutrient content of Chinese cabbage, but has significant effect on plant

height and leaf width. Using organic fertilizer can increase the production of Chinese

cabbage by 22.50%-43.10%. With 6750 kg/ha normal organic fertilizer, Chinese

cabbage gets the highest yield, which reaches 30135 kg/ha, followed by the treatment

of 6750 kg/ha stalk organic fertilizer. At farmers’ conventional fertilization level (4500

kg/ha), stalk organic fertilizer can increase the yield by more than 3.50% in comparison

with the normal organic fertilizer, and the economic benefit increases by 1800 yuan/ha.

As a kind of banana waste cycling product, banana stalk organic fertilizer is of low cost

and good effect, and can be used instead of normal organic fertilizer. (Ding, Z. et al.,

2016)

The research was targeted to determine the effect of organic fertilizer prepared

from the composting of banana waste on growth, development, morphologically and

productivity of Sorghum bicolor 'cv (Tabat)'. In order to convert huge of banana residues

parts wastes and to reduce the chemicals fertilizers pollution, the banana compost was

used on Sorghum bicolor in this study. This type of organic fertilizer detected magnitude

of morphological changes on different parts of the plant used in this experiments. The
other uses of the banana compost were the improvement of texture, structure, water

holding capacity, permeability and productivity of the soil. The experiments were

conducted at the green house of In these experiments banana compost was used at

different levels (10g, 20g and 30g) for each 500g of clay soil, which were equivalents to

1 ton, 2 tons and 3 tons per fedan respectively. Two controls, control virgin soil and

control with recommended nitrogen level were used. The results showed that the

treatments with 3 tons banana compost level had its significant (P < 0.05) over the both

controls with a maximum growth rate in the plants morphology as well as length of the

plants of 11.9cm. and the mass productivity of one gram. (Elnour, 2016),

Pineapple Peel

Inyang et al(2011) studied the effects of Pineapple peel (PP) composts on soil

microbial community structure and enzyme activities that were evaluated in Uyo,

Southern Nigeria . Two types of composts were produced, one pineapple peel (PP)

compost and the other, PP Supplemented with poultry dropping (PD) . During the

composting process, analysis of the composts showed that N03 had a range of 1.32-

3.17 mg/g, PO4 had 2.84-3.91 mg/g and TOC 13.31-16.8 mg/g. pH was 8.41-9.2 while

temperature was 30.4-30.8oC. Water content was 36.7-28.4%. Except for water

content, all other parameters had higher value in the PD supplemented PP compost.

Ammendment of soil with these composts, showed higher microbial populations in PD

supplemented PP compost. The bacterial groups estimated were totalheterotrophic (TH

B), phosphate solubilizing (PSB), cellulose utilizing (CUB), nitrifying (NB) and coliform

bacteria (CB). THB was the highest while CB was the least. Soil enzyme activities

showed that dehydrogenase had the highest range of activity (18.62-28.31), followed by
cellulase (10.71-22.31). Urease was more activein the PD supplemented PP compost

(19.7) than the control soil (3.1). Alkaline phosphatase followed the urease trend which

increased in activity with increase in pH. Acid phosphatase did not show significant

change in neither composts nor compost-amended soil.

Liu, C.H. et al.(2013) conducted a field experiment was at a commercial orchard

located in the Shenwan region of Zhongshan (22°11′N-22°47′N; 113°09′E-113°46′E),

Guangdong Province, P. R. China, to investigate the effects of pineapple residue

returned as compost on the bio-chemical properties of soil and growth performance of

pineapple plants and fruits. The local climate is characterized by a southern subtropical

monsoon climate, with a mean annual precipitation of over 1791 mm that mostly occurs

from March to September, and an average annual air temperature at approximately 22.2

°C. The monthly average temperature reaches a high of approximately 28.5 °C between

July and August, and the low monthly average occurs from 434 The effects of

composted pineapple residue on soil properties Journal of Soil Science and Plant

Nutrition , 2013, 13 (2), 433-444 December to February at approximately 13.6 °C. The

soil type of the experimental area is a sandy loam soil of pH 4.0, with 15.0 g kg-1

organic matter, 91.05 mg kg-1 available N, 18.55 mg kg-1 available P and 27.0 mg kg-1

available K at 0~15 cm depth.

The result of Liu et al. (2013) study suggested that CPRR markedly decreased the

soil bulk density and increased the contents of available P and K. CPRR significantly

increased the abundance of bacteria and actinomycetes, and the activities of catalase,

acid phosphatase and invertase in the soil were notably heightened. Growth

characteristics, including the plant height, length of leaves and roots, leaf width, number
of leaves and fresh weight of the aboveground and belowground parts were significantly

increased by CPRR. The contents of chlorophyll, soluble sugars, and soluble protein, as

well root vigor were also markedly increased. CPRR also increased the fruit transverse

and longitudinal diameters, weight and yield of next-cropped pineapple.

Malunggay Leaves

A field experiment was conducted in 2016 and 2017 planting seasons at the

Teaching and Research Farm of Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria to assess the

growth and yield response of maize plant to organic and inorganic fertilizer. The study

comprised of 6 treatments viz; Control, 100 % NPK 15-15-15, 100 % Moringa leaves

(MO), 100 % Poultry manure (PM), 50% Moringa leaves (MO) + 50% NPK and 50%

Moringa leaves (MO) + 50% Poultry manure (PM). All the treatments except the control

were applied at the rate of 60 kg N/ha. The experiment was laid out in a randomized

complete block design (RCBD) with 3 replications. (Moji, H.T. et.Al. 2018).

Moji, et al.. study results showed that application of Moringa leaves with NPK at 4, 8

and 12 WAP significantly (p < 0.05) increased the growth parameters and grain yield of

maize when compared to application of NPK, poultry manure and moringa leaves alone

including the control treatment. The highest grain yield (4.5t /ha) was obtained from

MO+NPK while the grain yield (3.6 t/ha) were obtained with NPK during 2016 cropping

season. The Moringa leaf with NPK had a significant (p < 0.05) influence on grain yields

of maize during second cropping than NPK alone in 2017. The treatment MO+NPK and

NPK alone produced maize grain yield by 4.4 t/ha and3.9 t/ha respectively. Therefore,
the use of MO+NPK at 60 kg N/ha was judged more economic than NPK, PM and PM

+MO in the studied area.

Adiaha, M.(2017) also studied the Potential of Moringa oleifera as nutrient–agent

for biofertilizer production. The result of this research finding has proven Moringa

oleifera as been effective as a nutrient-agent for biofertlizer production. Plant analysis

data proves Moringa to be a good nutrient carrier, containing nutrient elements that can

enhance effective and productive cultivation of crops, while in-turn maintaining soil

fertility status.

An experimental study was also carried out at the Teaching and Research Farm of

Landmark University Omu-Aran, Nigeria in the Savannah ecosystem of Nigeria from

November to March for evaluating the response of sweet bell pepper to Moringa Leaf

Extract (MLE) and Organo Bio Degradable fertilizer (OBD⁺). The treatments included

four levels of Organo-Bio Degradable fertilizer (0g, 20g, 40g and 60g) Moringa Leaf

Extract at ratio 1:32 (v/v) was sprayed directly at the plant at 1 and 2 weeks after

transplanting respectively and replicated thrice in a Completely Randomized Design

(CRD).The results showed that plant height, number of leaves, fruit weight and yield of

sweet bell pepper were significantly (P≤0.05) influenced by the application of Moringa

Leaf Extract and Organo-Bio Degradable fertilizer (OBD⁺).(Dunsin, O. et al, 2015)

SYNTHESIS OF THE STATE OF THE ART

Banana Stalk

Ding, Z. et al. study used banana stalk as fertilizer. In his study, they conducted a

plot experiment to compare the influence of normal organic fertilizer (Wanlubao) and

banana stalk organic fertilizer as base fertilizers on Chinese cabbage growth. Their

study is the same as what the researcher will do in the banana stalk. Ding’s study

compared it to wanlubao organic fertilizer while in our research, it would be compare to

pineapple peel and malunggay leaves organic fertilizer. The plant that we are going to

use is pechay which is different from what they have used in their study. A plot

experiment will also be done in the conduct of this research.

Another is the study done by Elnour. In his study they composted banana waste and

analyze the effect of it on the growth, development, morphologically and productivity of

Sorghum bicolor 'cv (Tabat)'. This research will also make a compost of banana stalk

and will observe its effect to the plant that will be used in the study.

Pineapple Peel

In the study done by Inyang et.al (2011), they studied the effects of Pineapple peel

(PP) composts on soil microbial community structure and enzyme activities. Two types

of composts were produced, one pineapple peel (PP) compost and the other, PP

Supplemented with poultry dropping (PD). In this study, The effectiveness of pineapple

peel fertilizer will be measure based on the height, number of leaves and width of the

biggest leaves unlike to Inyang, they studied the soil microbial community structure and

enzyme activities. In this study, only plain pineapple compost compared to the other two

variable and no supplementation from poultry dropping.

Malunggay Leaves

In Moji, et al. study, they incorporated malungggay extract with NPK and poultry

manure. In this study, plain malunggay compost will be used as fertilizer to pechay.

Dunsin, O. et al. also used malunggay extract as plant enhancer, the only

difference is that their method. Moji’s experiment sprayed the malungggay extract

directly to the plant unlike in this study, malunggay compost will be apply on the soil.

GAP BRIDGED BY THE STUDY

Multiple study has been conducted which value countries about the banana

stalk, pineapple peel, and malunggay leaves used as fertilizer. Results showed that

this tree can be used as fertilizer, some study stated that they are somewhat an

effective fertilizer. The purpose of this study is to compare which among banana stalk,

pineapple peel, and malunggay leaves is the most effective fertilizer. By comparing

the three, the researcher will identify which among them is the most effective to use

as fertilizer for pechay.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
 This diagram shows the comparison of the Three types of organic fertilizer that

will effectively affect the growth of pechay plant.

PP Organic
Fertilizer
(Composted
pineapple peel)
BS Organic ML Organic
fertilizer Fertilizer
(composted (Composted
banana stalk) malunggay leaves)

Growth of
Pechay

Figure 1:

Conceptual framework of the study.

As shown in the conceptual paradigm of the study, the banana stalk(BS),

Pineapple Peel(PP) and malunggay leaves(ML) organic fertilizers are the independent

variables and the pechay plant the dependent variable. This simply shows that there

are three kinds of organic fertilizer that may affect the growth of pechay.

DEFINITION OF TERMS
Banana Stalk. The main stem of banana plant often with its dependent parts. In this

study, it will undergo decomposition process and will be used as fertilizer for pechay.

Crow bar. Use to cultivate soil. In this study, this will be use in preparing the plot for

planting pechay to be used in the experiment.

Decomposition. The state or process of rotting; decay. In this study, banana stalk,

pineapple peel and malunggay leaves will undergo decomposition before they were be

used as fertilizer.

Moringa oleifera (Malunggay). Is the most widely cultivated species in the

genus Moringa, the only genus in the plant family Moringaceae.

Malunggay leaves(ML).In this study, it will undergo decomposition process and will

used as fertilizer for pechay.

Nursery. Are places where seedling is raised for planting .This will be used to place

the seeding before transplanting.

Pechay. Is an erect biennial herb, cultivated as an annual about 15-30 cm tall in

vegetative stage .ovate leaves are arranged spirally as spreading .the petioles are

enlarged and grow upright forming sub-cylindrical bundle. In this study, it will be used

to test the effectiveness of banana stalk, pineapple peel and malunggay leavesa.

Pineapple peel - the skin, rind or outer layer of a Pineapple (Ananas Comusus). In this

study, it will undergo decomposition process and will be used as fertilizer for pechay.
Pick-mattoc -a digging tool with a head having a point at one end and a transverse

blade at the other. In this study, it will be used in preparing the plot to be used in the

experiment.

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 CHAPTER III

RESEARCH DESIGN & METHODOLOGY

Research Design

This study will be use experimental and descriptive method.

Experimental design was used to know if Malunggay, Banana stalk and Pineapple

peel) are effective as a fertilizer for the growth of pechay. Experimental design it is also

used observational method to know the most effective fertilizer. Descriptive design was

used to determine if malunggay leaves, banana stalk, and pineapple peel can be used

as a fertilizer for the growth of pechay and to determine the effect of different types of

fertilizer.

This study will provide the result of the most effective fertilizer. It can help the

farmers in improving their strategies in terms of making different ways of fertilizer. This

will also provide some tips on how to make fertilizer effectively.

This research design was used to know and determine the effect of fertilizer.

Instrument

A checklist will be used by the researcher in gathering the data.

The checklist is compose of 4 table, the first table is for BS fertilizer, the second is

for PP fertilizer , the third is for ML fertilizer and the fourth is for non-fertilized pechay.

The table contains the pechay plant identified per plot. The table also contains the data
to be gathered namely: height, number of leaves and width of the biggest leaves. There

will be one checklist per week of observation.

This checklist contains notes and the signature of the researcher to ensure that the

contents will be valid, onsistent and accurate in measuring the variables of the study.

Meter stick will be use to measure the height and width of the biggest leaves of

pechay. Observation was used as a data gathering tool in getting the effect of the

three(3) variables in the growth of pechay.

Data Gathering Procedure

This presents the step by step process to be utilized in gathering the data for the
fulfillment of the study.

PREPARATION STAGE

The process of composting of Banana stalk, Pineapple peel and malunggay leaves

to be used in the experiment will be from April to June.

The seed sowing and the preparation of plot to be use in experiment will be on

June to July. A total of 4 plots will be on cultivated. One plot for each of the 3 organic

fertilizer from Banana stalk, Pineapple peel and Malunggay leaves, the other one is for

nonfertilized pechay plant. Each plot will be 1ft by 3ft in size.

DATA GATHERING STAGE

Right after the preparation and transplanting of pechay the actual conduct of

data gathering will be on July to September 2019, from the last week of July up until the

second week of September 2019. The data will be gathered to through check list paper

made by the researcher containing the data to be gathered during the experiment.

The height, number of leaves and the width of the biggest leaves of pechay will be

measured weekly. It will be measured using meter stick. One checklist will be used per

week.

DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION

The final stage of the study is to summarize the gathered data per week.

The data will be tabulated and analyzed on September 2019 to come up with the

results and conclusion. The data that will be obtained will use different statistical tool.

Checking, editing and writing the final paper will be done on the last week of September

up to the first week of October 2019.

Statistical Analysis

The data that will be gathered in this study will be interpreted using different

statistical procedures or styles. This includes weighted mean and ranking.

Weighted Mean will be used to identify which among the three variables is the most

effective fertilizer. The height and the width of the biggest leaves of pechay in each plot

will be tabulated and will compute the mean. This will be used in determining the

average height and width(of the biggest leaves) of all the week of data gathering.

Ranking will be used in determining the most effective fertilizer among the three

variables.