In Wakatobi district nutmeg trees are generally cultivated in mixed planting with coconut. The research employed observation method where sample plants were determined purposively based on intersection of nutmeg and coconut tree crowns; 42 plots of pairs of nearest neighboring plants. In each plot of pair of plants, plant density of nutmeg and coconut was calculated (individually and in total), then microclimate components (solar radiation, temperature and relative humidity) and nutmeg plant characteristics (vegetative and prodution components) were measured. Research results showed that plant density of nutmeg (218 plants ha -1 ) had exceeded its optimum number of population, plant density of coconut 144 plants ha -1 with relative density ratio of 58:42% or nutmeg was more dominant than coconut. Transmitted radiation and temperature below the crown was decreasing, and in contrast, intercepted radiation and relative humidity increased in line with the increased plant density of nutmeg. This condition led to the decrease in sum of fruits, weight of mace, and weight of kernel of individual nutmeg tree. Coconut plant density had non-significant correlation and non-significantly contributed to microclimate and production components of nutmeg. This indicated that the tendency for decreased production of nutmeg is less affected by coconut trees, but more because of shading effect of nutmeg trees due to close distance among them. In other word, there occured intraspecific competition (nutmeg and nutmeg), and not interspecific (nutmeg and coconut). Therefore, coconut can be cultivated in mixed planting with nutmeg through appropriate plant spacing.
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