Soil nutrient improvement with organic amendments: a basis for lemon orchard management

Raushanfikr Bushron; Atiqah Aulia Hanuf; Alfian Tri Yulianto; M. Wasilul Lutfi; Dinda Mahartian Yunita; Retno Suntari; Soemarno Soemarno

doi:10.20961/stjssa.v22i2.99868

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Raushanfikr Bushron Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang, , Indonesia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0587-7659 (unauthenticated)
Atiqah Aulia Hanuf
atiqahaulia@ub.ac.id
Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang , Indonesia http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7516-8340 (unauthenticated)
Alfian Tri Yulianto Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang , Indonesia http://orcid.org/0009-0005-9743-3818 (unauthenticated)
M. Wasilul Lutfi Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang , Indonesia http://orcid.org/0009-0002-3304-5312 (unauthenticated)
Dinda Mahartian Yunita Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang , Indonesia http://orcid.org/0009-0004-0755-8995 (unauthenticated)
Retno Suntari Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang , Indonesia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9627-9944 (unauthenticated)
Soemarno Soemarno Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Brawijaya University, Malang , Indonesia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7058-6495 (unauthenticated)

Vol. 22 No. 2 (2025): December

RESEARCH

Submitted February 25, 2025

Accepted June 16, 2025

Published August 30, 2025

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Lemon trees require the nutrients they extract from the soil. This research aims to analyze the impact of organic matter application on enhancing soil nutrient availability and improving soil chemical properties using a pot-scale incubation experiment. This study used a completely randomized design with eight treatments and four replications. The pot treatment used 10 kg of air-dry soil per pot mixed with an organic matter dosage of 30 tons ha^-1 and was observed at 2, 4, 8 weeks after applications. The treatment consisted of P1 (topsoil, control), P2 (subsoil, control), P3 (topsoil + compost), P4 (subsoil + compost), P5 (topsoil + cow manure), P6 (subsoil + cow manure), P7 (topsoil + goat manure), and P8 (subsoil + goat manure). The results indicated that compost and manure fertilizer had a significant effect in increasing soil chemical properties (pH, organic carbon content, cation exchange capacity, total-N, available-P, and exchangeable-K), with topsoil treatment having the highest value compared to the subsoil treatment, almost at all parameters. The topsoil treatment + 30 tons haâ»Â¹ cow manure significantly increased the N-total by 44.44% at 8 and 12 WAA on the control treatment. The topsoil treatment + goat manure 30 tons ha^-1 significantly increased P-available by 13.63 - 29.74% and exchangeable-K by 40.61 - 62.88% at 4, 8, and 12 WAA against the control treatment. Based on these findings, the best fertilizer method of topsoil treatment + 30 tons haâ»Â¹ of manure is recommended to increase the soil fertility of the lemon tree soil.

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Bushron, R., Hanuf, A. A., Yulianto, A. T., Lutfi, M. W., Yunita, D. M., Suntari, R., & Soemarno, S. (2025). Soil nutrient improvement with organic amendments: a basis for lemon orchard management. SAINS TANAH - Journal of Soil Science and Agroclimatology, 22(2), 180-189. https://doi.org/10.20961/stjssa.v22i2.99868

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