Nutritional Control of Bell Peppers Growth with a Hydroponic System Using the Singh's Fuzzy Time Series Method

Abstract

Research into Hydroponic technology is currently very interesting, especially with the increasingly narrow land area that can be utilized in agriculture. Hydroponic technology helps in the development of cultivated plants with limited land, even with limited sunlight. In this study, the authors conducted research on controlling the growth of bell pepper plants with Hydroponic technology. In controlling the growth of bell pepper plants, the author keeps records in monitoring and following up as needed so that the bell pepper plants can grow normally. In this research, the author used 5 units of bell pepper plants in a laboratory scale. The data recorded is the collection of water Ph data, nutrient levels based on PPM (Parts Per Millions). Data was taken for 29 days after 60 days of plant seedling period. After the supervision data is obtained, then analysis was carried out using the Fuzzy Time Series Singh Method, which was used to determine the pattern and forecasting of nutrition for bell pepper plants from time to time. The accuracy of forecasting in the provision of nutrients in this study the author sees from the resulting RMSE results of 22.573, and for MAPE 5.183%, with this data it can be concluded that the forecasting method is in a good category.