Evaluación del desempeño productivo de la lechuga (Lechuga Batavia) fertilizada con diferentes cantidades de Lombicompostaje

Abstract

The use of vermicomposting as organic fertilizer favors in most cases the growth and productive performance of horticultural crops, the objective of this work is to know the correct dosage of its use, in this way it will be possible to correctly perform these types of plants in different systems such as urban agriculture or home gardens, in turn will be a positive reflection on the environment, favoring self-consumption, sustainable production and food security, since these represent a sustainable alternative when it comes to growing safe food of good quality that will considerably reduce diseases due to the consumption of contaminated food or malnutrition. In the present work a study was carried out using different amounts of vermicomposting (0%, 20% and 40%) on the sowing of lettuce (Batavia lettuce), different variables were studied, the first one was germination, in this an acceleration was evidenced On the first day with 20% inclusion of vermicomposting (P 0.05). From day 40, the variables height of the plant and number of leaves are influenced by the addition of 20% of vermicomposting with an average height of 5.44 cm and 7.2 average leaves at day 46 (P <0.05), these physical characteristics indicate that the addition of 20% vermicomposting is the most recommended for lettuce (Batavia lettuce