GERBERA
= herbras – Gerbera jamesonii
- As Ornamental Plant and cut flower
Perennial plant ,
Origin from South Africa
famili Compositae
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Produce divisions and flowering
continously everytime from old clump
secara bergantian
High can reach until 50 cm, root
spread (serabut)
Single Leaf, roset shape, bercelah
tidak rata ditumbuhi bulu, flowering at
tip of the stem, long stalk.
berbentuk cakram
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Petal of Flower have
similarity with
kumpulan pita
tersusun rapi
membulat
Each of stalk,various,
red, pink, yellow,
krem dan orange
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There are 3 structure petal of Gerbera flower:
 Single : petal of flower – only 1 layer,
usually single ( white, red and yellow )
 Double : petal of flower consist of 2 layer
 various flower, more than 1 colour .
 Triple : petal of flower consist of 3 layer 
the colour more than 2 colour.
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Growth Requirement
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Vegetatif – Generatif growth optimal in
the altitude of 600 – 1400 m dpl
Full intensity of light, temperature 21 –
27 0 C, minimum 160C
Fertile soil, rich organic material, have
good aeration and porous.
pH 5.5 – 6, soil  must have good Water
Holding Capacity
Add gambut atau pukan yang telah
terdekomposisi
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Cultivation of
Plant
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Seed and Propagation of
Plant
Field Cultivation
Plantting
Re-planting
Watering
Weeding dan
penggemburan
Defoliation
Fertilizing
Handling of Pest and
Disease
Harvest and Post Harvest
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Seed and Propagation of Plant
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Seedling should be have same size  agar
tumbuh serempak
Free from pest and disease ,
Provided with prosperous enough
Seedling from tissue culture  Commercial for
breeder  from Holland Florist de Kwakel BV,
Presman Gerbera BV, Piet Schreurs de Kwakel BV
Generatif propagation  for pot plant or vegetatif
with splitting / divisions or cut rimpang divisions
from mother plant that healthy and the age up to
1,5 years
The young divisions  not produce generatif
shoot yet.
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Washing and clean up with leave it 2 -3
leaf
Pulse and place for few minute in Benlate
0.5 g/l or Previcur 1 cc/l for 15 minute
For stimulate the root  used Rootone F (
Plant Growth Regulator + fungicide )
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Planting to the row, with mix media
Soil : pukan = 2 : 1 with plant spacing
5 x 5 cm (for smaller varieties) and
7x7 cm ( for bigger varieties )
Drench 1 – 2 / day  see the weather
condition
Ready to planting  age’s 3 – 4 weeks
when have 12 new leaves and
root 3 – 5 cm
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Cultivation the field
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Cultivate 2 – 3 weeks before planting
cangkul dengan deepth 40 cm until soil structure
fertile enough
Make row width 1 m heigth 25 cm, and the
distance between row 50 cm
Add pukan/organic material decomposizied 2 – 3
m3/100m2 – mix until complete
1 weeks before planting + Urea 40 g, TSP 60g
and KCl 75g per m2
Soil sterilization with basamid or steaming
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Planting
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Palnting with 40 cm between outside of the row
and 30 inside row
Plant hole : 1 cangkulan
Planting all of root  leher akar tertimbun
tanah, jangan ada akar yang terlipat atau
diluruskan ke bawah tetapi dihamparkan
horisontal didasar lubang  early morning or
afternoon  drench / watering it.
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Replanting
Replanting not more than
30 days in the morning or
afternoon.
Watering
Normal condition : require
6 liter/hr/m2
Before the initiation of
flowering  can applied
overhead sprinkler, after
that  can use drip irigation
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Weeding dan penggemburan
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Weeding to reduce the competition between
plant and weed.
Penggemburan to increase the soil porosity  to
make better aerase & drainase.
Weeding and penggemburan biasanya  do it
all together dengan pembubunan to make main
stalk  in surface of soil.
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Defoliation
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Put off dried leaf and dried flower, wilted or
infected pest and disease
Do it together with penjarangan rumpun.
Crowded clump  invite the pest and disease
 flower has decreasing quality  smaller
stem and size of flower smaller too.
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Fertilizing
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Organic gertilizer –pukan ayam before basic fertilizer  reapplied every each years : 1 – 2 kg/m2
Plant that age : 1 – 2 month after planting  200g Urea,
100 g KNO3 dissolved with 100 l air with application 3
liter/m2 – watering the row once a week.
After the age 2 month more  10 – 5 g NPK 15:15:15 per
plant and 7 gram MgSO4 / m2 sowing surrounded the plant
 application 1 years  once time
Foliage fertilizer and Plant Growth Regulator (ZPT) 10 lliter
foliage fertilizer/m2
Green Vitabloom (30-10-10) and yellow 5-50-17 with
consentration 3 g / liter every weeks, need rotation
Atonik 1cc/10 l water  applied together with vitabloom,
to stimulate root and leave growth .
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Handling Pest and
Disease
Tungau, kumbang,
ulat, kutu daun,,
thrips, belalang, siput
Penyakit Bercak daun
Coreospora, kapang
kelabu, tepung
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Harvest and Post Harvest
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1st flower and 2nd flower (3 – 5 month
after planting )  put off because <
standar, more than 6 month  better
quality
¾ rise and open up – ready to harvest
and have 1 – 2 lingkar cincin benang sari
Harvest with hand, the method : Panen
dengan tangan dengan cara memutar
dan pull off – pulse into the water and
placed in the shade place.
Per clump  produce 5 – 15 kuntum/
years or 35 – 105 kuntum per m2
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Harvest :
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Sortiage < 40 cm pull off
> 40 cm good flower, free
from pest and disease,
fresh and each of flower
wraped by paper
berbentuk kerucut, ikat per
10 tangkai – wraped
paper.
For delivery outside city
and export  packing in
special kardus
ditata mendatar dan
rtangkai sejajar, tangkai
diberi tabung plastik yang
berisi air
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