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Lada (Piper nigrum L.) merupakan tanaman rempah yang memiliki peran penting dalam meningkatkan perekonomian Indonesia. Upaya peningkatan produktivitas lada di Indonesia khususnya di Lampung karena mengalami penurunan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan pengaruh pemberian pupuk kompos black soldier fly dalam meningkatkan produktivitas tanaman lada. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di kebun praktikum Politeknik Negeri Lampung, pada bulan Agustus 2020 sampai dengan Desember 2020, menggunakan Rancangan Acak Kelompok (RAK) faktor tunggal dengan 4 perlakuan dan 5 ulangan, sehingga terdapat 20 satuan percobaan. Perlakuan terdiri atas 4 taraf, yaitu tanah/kontrol (B0), tanah – sekam bakar 3:1 (B1), tanah – kompos BSF 3:1 (B2) dan tanah – sekam bakar – kompos BSF (B3). Analisis data penelitian menggunakan uji F, jika ada perbedaan maka dilanjutkan dengan uji BNT taraf 5%, Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa perlakuan tanah – sekam bakar 3:1 (B1), perlakuan tanah – kompos BSF 3:1 (B2) dan tanah – sekam bakar – kompos BSF (B3) memberikan pengaruh dalam meningkatkan diameter batang, jumlah cabang dan persentase bunga menjadi buah tanaman lada pada umur 16 minggu setelah tanam.   Kata Kunci : kompos black soldier fly, pertumbuhan, tanaman lada perdu

The effort to increase productivity of coffee plants in long PENDAHULUANPenyebab menurunnya produksi kopi di Lampung salah satunya adalah usia tanaman kopi yang sudah tua, karena sudah melewati usia 20 tahun (Sumirat, 2013). Demikian pula, Puslitkoka (2013) menyatakan bahwa produktivitas tanaman kopi di Lampung telah menurun akibat banyaknya populasi tanaman kopi yang sudah tua, termasuk kurangnya perawatan lahan dan frekuensi pemupukan sehingga menyebabkan produktivitas tanaman kopi menjadi menurun. Di samping itu, petani masih menggunakan bibit tanaman bersifat tidak seragam, rentan terhadap

Pepper is one of the spice crops that contribute to improving the Indonesian economy. Pepper cultivation is carried out on a small scale to a large scale. Pepper propagation by cutting is considered quite effective and efficient. Politeknik Negeri Lampung has been develop the Pepper Nursery Unit since 2007. This unit runs a business in the production of climbing pepper seedling, shrub pepper seedling, and pepper nursery training. The aim of this program is to support the mission of Politeknik Negeri Lampung in preparing itself to face college campus autonomy through the acquisition of revenue from established business units, accelerating the process of developing an entrepreneurial cultural system in the campus environment, providing competency development opportunities for staff and students, and increasing the role of the Politeknik Negeri Lampung for the community, especially in agriculture. The impact of this program is the availability of hight quality pepper seedling, increasing income generating Politeknik Negeri Lampung, establishment of the Pepper Nursery Unit and training service, improving the skills of Politeknik Negeri Lampung students in pepper nursery, developing entrepreneurial potential for students and staff, as well as increasing the role of Lampung State Polytechnic in community service activities.Keywords—Campus entrepreuneurship, estate crop, nursery business.

In efforts to increase the production of shrubs pepper with good quality, it is necessary to engineer the physical environment, especially the microclimate and the provision of organic matter to produce quality pepper plants. Weather or climate is a factor that affects plant growth and development. Microclimate includes light intensity, temperature, and humidity. Microclimate modification is changing the environment from unsuitable to suitable. Microclimate modifications include: using shade and giving organic matter can improve soil properties such as texture, moisture and soil temperature. This study aims to: (a) obtain the characteristics of the microclimate, including: temperature, humidity, light intensity that enters the shrubs pepper under one layer (25%) and two layers (50%) shade as well as presenting compost to the growing media, ( b) observing the growth and production of shrubs pepper that were used one layer (25%) and two layers (50%) shade and presenting compost to the growing media, and (c) getting the interaction from using one layer and two layers and presenting compost to the media plant. This study used a randomized block design (RAK) with a factorial pattern with 3 replications. The first factor of shading is 25% (one layer) and 50% shading (two layer). The second factor is the combination of planting media used, namely soil, husk-charcoal soil (2:1), compost-soil (2:1), and husk-compost-charcoal soil (2:1:1). These two factors were applied to the age of one year and two years of shrubs pepper. Data analysis was performed by means of variance (F test) at a 5% significance level, and if there was a significant difference in effect, continued with the Least Significant Difference (BNT) test. Microclimate variables include: (a) light measurements, (b) temperature and humidity measurements, (c) soil moisture measurements. The agronomic variables of shrubs pepper cultivated include: (a) stem diameter, (b) number of branches (c) number of segment, and (d) number of shoot. The results of the observations showed that the using too much shade can be decreased plant growth. The combination of burn husk-compost-soil can be increased stem diameter, number of branches, and number of shoot of shrubs pepper.