Effect of Pottery Irrigation and Mulching on Melon (Cucumis melo) Growth and Soil Properties of Alfisol and Entisol

The water supply in dry land depends on the rainfall, which causes agricultural constraints and limited supply. pottery irrigation method is considered capable of overcoming shortages during season. Pottery uses porous clay, so slowly comes out wet surrounding soil. research aimed to study influence subsurface with without mulching watermelon growth soil properties clayey Alfisol sandy entisol. was conducted July 2019 experimental field Faculty Agriculture, Karanganyar Regency. design used a nested 3-factor treatment that were type (T), fertilization (P), use mulch (M). types (T1) Entisol (T2). methods fertigation 100% (P1), 50% (P2), banding (P3). Mulch application included control, (M0) (M1). combination P1M1 alfisol entisol showed highest moisture values 23.1% 22.5%, respectively. fruit weight melon soils indicated by same (P1M1) 580.33 g 616.5 g,