Mengatasi Kegagalan Fruit - Set Dengan Pembuangan Bekas Tandan Bunga dan Anakan Pada Salak gula Pasir (Salacca zalacca var. Gula Pasir).

Overcoming the Failture of Fruit-set by Removing Former Flower Stem and Shoot on Salak Gula Pasir Fruit ( Slacca zalacca var. Gula Pasir). This research aimed to overcome the failture of fruit-set by removing former flower bunch and shoot on salak gula pasir (Salacca zalacca var. gula Pasir). This research was a factorial experiment, designed using randomized completed block design with 2 faktors. The first factor was removal of former flower bunch, consisted of 2 levels (removed and not removed), and the second factor was removal of shoot, consisted of 2 levels 9 removed and not removed). There by, there were 4 treatments combination and replicated 7 times so that 28 plant was required. Thr result of the research showed that the greatest percentage of frut-set (80,15%) was obtained on the shoot removal treatment, where as the fruit-set of the treatment on which shoot was not removed was 60,34%. On the removal of former flower bunch treatment, there was no significant difference on removal and not removal treatment between the percentages of fruit-set. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keywords: Shoot, Former Flower Stem, Fruit-Set, Salak Gula Pasir.