DAFTAR ISI

RINGKASAN ............................................................................................................ i KATA PENGANTAR .............................................................................................. iii RIWAYAT HIDUP................................................................................................... iv DAFTAR ISI.............................................................................................................. v DAFTAR TABEL.................................................................................................. vii DAFTAR GAMBAR ............................................................................................. viii DAFTAR LAMPIRAN.............................................................................................. ix I. PENDAHULUAN ......................................................................................... 1 1.1 Latar Belakang ............................................................................................... 1 1.2 Perumusan Masalah ....................................................................................... 4 1.3 Tujuan Penelitian ............................................................................................ 4 1.4 Hipotesis Penelitian........................................................................................ 51.5 Manfaat Penelitian .......................................................................................... 5 II. TINJAUAN PUSTAKA................................................................................. 6 2.1 Sampah Daun ................................................................................................. 62.2 Kompos .......................................................................................................... 72.3 Cacing Tanah ................................................................................................. 8 2.3.1 Pheretima diffringens.......................................................................... 10 2.3.2 Lumbricus rubellus ............................................................................. 10 2.4 Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Kehidupan Cacing Tanah................... 11 2.5 Jenis Tanaman Yang Digunakan Sebagai Kompos ....................................... 13 2.6 Vermikompos................................................................................................. 14 2.6.1 Keunggulan Vermikompos .................................................................. 15 2.6.2 Produksi dan Kualitas Vermikompos ................................................... 162.7 Pengaruh Aktivitas Cacing Tanah Terhadap Kadar Bahan Organik dan

Ketersediaan N, P, K...................................................................................... 172.8 N Tersedia ...................................................................................................... 18 2.9 P Tersedia....................................................................................................... 18 2.10 K Tersedia ...................................................................................................... 19 III. METODE PENELITIAN............................................................................. 203.1 Tempat dan Waktu ......................................................................................... 203.2 Alat dan Bahan............................................................................................... 203.3 Perlakuan dan Rancangan Percobaan............................................................. 203.4 Pelaksanaan..................................................................................................... 21 3.4.1 Persiapan Media .................................................................................... 21 3.4.2 Pengomposan dengan Cacing Tanah .................................................... 23 3.4.3 Pengukuran Suhu .................................................................................. 23 3.4.4 Pemantauan Cacing Tanah.................................................................... 24 3.4.5 Analisis Kompos Daun ......................................................................... 24 3.4.6 Parameter Pengamatan.......................................................................... 253.5 Analisis Statistik ............................................................................................ 26

IV. HASIL DAN PEMBAHASAN.................................................................... 274.1 Perkembangan Hidup Cacing Tanah.............................................................. 27 4.1.1 Populasi dan Kokon Cacing Tanah....................................................... 27 4.1.2 Panjang dan Bobot Tubuh Cacing Tanah ............................................. 294.2 Karakteristik Kimia Kompos Sampah Daun.................................................. 304.3 Karakteristik Vermikompos ......................................................................... 30 4.3.1 Kelembaban, Suhu, dan pH Vermikompos......................................... 30 4.3.2 Kadar Bahan Organik Pada Vermikompos ......................................... 32 4.3.3 N Total Vermikompos......................................................................... 34 4.3.4 Nisbah C/N Vermikompos.................................................................. 37 4.3.5 N Tersedia Vermikompos ................................................................... 39 4.3.6 P Tersedia Vermikompos.................................................................... 41 4.3.7 K Tersedia Vermikompos ................................................................... 444.4 Hubungan Bahan Dasar Kompos dengan Aktivitas Cacing Tanah ............... 46 4.5 Perbandingan Cacing Tanah Pheretima diffringens (K1) dan Lumbricus

rubellus (K2) Terhadap Bahan Organik, dan Ketersediaan N, P, K.............. 48 V. KESIMPULAN DAN SARAN.................................................................... 51 5.1 Kesimpulan .................................................................................................... 515.2 Saran............................................................................................................... 51 DAFTAR PUSTAKA ................................................................................................ 52 LAMPIRAN............................................................................................................... 56