Bio-efficacy of Rotten Banana (Musa acuminata) as Natural Fertilizer for Tomato

Growth

Introduction

One of the easiest and the most popular vegetable to grow in the home

garden are tomatoes. However, while tomatoes are easy to grow it does not mean

that you will not have tomato plant problems. Knowing the most common tomato

growing problems will help you keep your tomato plants happy and healthy. Yet,

tomatoes are very important in our daily lives, because its one of the most needed

seasonings in our food that we eat in order us to have, to feel a good taste. Moreover, it

is good to our skin.

According to (Heather Rhoades, 2018) if your tomatoes are well watered and

seem to wilt more after being watered, then chances are your tomatoes are being

affected by fungal wilt. Fungal wilt on your tomato is caused by either verticillium

wilt fungus or fusarium wilt fungus. In addition, if your tomato plant is in unconditional

place like hot it can ruin your tomato into biodegradable plant.

Rotten banana (Musa acuminata) primarily composed of carbohydrates and

contain decent amount of several vitamins, minerals and antioxidant. Potassium,

vitamin C, vitamin B6 and resistant starch are among the healthy nutrients in rotten
banana. (Atli Arnarson, PhD, 2014). However, the nutrient change is not necessarily

bad. Regardless of how rotten a fruit is, you still gain numerous benefits from it.

(Cortney Staruch, 2017)

Bananas are naturally slightly radioactive, more so than most other fruits,

because of their potassium content and the small amounts of the isotope potassium-40

found in naturally occurring potassium (Amarnath and Balakrishnan, 2007).

Statement of the problem

This study will help the researchers determine and answer the following questions:

1.1 Determine the nutrient components present in the rotten banana why it can

help the tomato healthy

1.2 Determine the effectiveness of rotten banana as the primary ingredient in

making natural fertilizer

1.3 There is a significant difference between the blundered rotten banana in

terms of the components present in tomato plant

 Methodology

Materials needed:

 1 kg. Rotten Banana

 1 cup of Tap water

 ½ cup cornstarch

 Moisturized soil

 Tomato plant

 Bowl and Whisker

 Blender

Procedure:

1.) First place/collect all the materials needed in this study.

2.) Next, place the ½ cornstarch in a bowl and then pour gently the 1 cup of tap

water while whisking.

3.) Then, blend the rotten banana in a blender; mix the mixed rotten banana with the

mixed cornstarch and tap water.

4.) Put the mixture and the moisturized soil in a bowl and mixed gently.

5.) Lastly, pour the mixture around the tomato roots and observe for at least one (1)

week.

Sample Collection and Preparations

 The rotten banana used for this investigation were obtained from Fruit

Stand in the Maranding, Lala, Lanao del Norte (Lala Public Market). After which,

the rotten banana was rinsed with clean water to remove the dirt. The tomato

plant was obtained at the garden of the researchers house and was taken care

for this investigation in Purok Bougainvillaea, Barangay Tenazas, Lala, Lanao del

Norte.

Results and Discussion

Table 1. Plant height with Organic Fertilizer

Plant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Average

( cm ) ( cm ) ( cm ) ( cm ) ( cm )

1 2 5 6 8

2 2 6 6 8

3 3 4 5 7

4 2 3 6 9

5 2 5 6 8

6 3 5 7 9

7 3 6 6 9

8 3 5 7 8

9 2 6 7 9

10 2 4 6 8
Table 2. Plant height with Inorganic Fertilizer

Plant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Average

( cm ) ( cm ) ( cm ) ( cm ) ( cm )

1 2 4 6 8

2 2 5 7 9

3 3 4 6 9

4 2 5 7 8

5 2 4 6 9

6 3 5 7 9

7 3 5 6 7

8 3 6 6 7

9 2 4 7 8

10 2 5 6 8
Table 3. Plant height with No Fertilizer

Plant Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Average

( cm ) ( cm ) ( cm ) ( cm ) ( cm )

1 2 5 6 8

2 2 6 6 8

3 3 4 5 7

4 2 3 6 9

5 2 5 6 8

6 3 5 7 9

7 3 6 6 9

8 3 5 7 8

9 2 6 7 9

10 2 4 6 8