Meeting the demands of local and global needs and finding solutions to address environmental issues regarding appropriate agricultural strategies, the study is driven to search for alternative sources of plant growth enhancer through utilizing materials that are locally available in the country and are usually considered as waste products. Chicken bones, although considered as waste, has high mineral content that can be well suitable as a natural source of calcium and phosphorus which are an essential nutrients for plant growth. On the other hand, malunggay stalks also contain substantial amounts of valuable macro- and micro-nutrients. The study focuses on formulating plant growth enhancer, using chicken bones and malunggay stalks, and comparing it to the commercial in shoot length, leaf area, and number of leaves with varying concentrations. The study is a quasi-experimental divided into three phases: formulation, application of experimental and commercial plant growth enhancer, and the measurement of the growth of the plants. Gathered data has been tabulated and treated with T test and Two-way ANOVA. With the findings, chicken bone and malunggay stalks can be used as plant growth enhancer.

Agriculture is one of the vital movers of a country‟s economy. In the Philippines, almost one third of the total land area of 29.187 million hectares is under intensive cultivation. There is a high potential of generating labor and livelihood and agricultural products. These potentials however, are being hindered due to lack of appropriate agricultural strategies. Thus, this study aims to integrate new approaches of enhancing the growth of the plant by utilizing the chicken bones and malunggay plants.

        Bone fractions from chicken and malunggay (Moringa oleifera) stalks have been regarded as waste since there is a limited scientific documentation of the nutritional value of these residuals. Thus the immediate thinking of the people is to throw the chicken bone fraction and the malunggay stalks without much thought. Contrariwise, a recent study (Sirirat, 2004) claims that chicken bone is rich in calcium and contains Calcium - Phosphorus ratio of 2:1 making it an inexpensive alternative calcium and phosphorus source. On the other hand, malunggay stalks, like the malunggay leaves, also contain substantial amounts of valuable macro- and micro-nutrients such as Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P) and Potassium (K). These nutrients are the very critical minerals needed in the growth of the plant. This substantiates the need to explore the use of chicken bones and malunggay stalks to be integrated in the agricultural strategies of plant growing.

The experimentation had undergone three phases. First was the formulation of plant growth enhancer, followed by application of plant growth enhancer to the soil and the planting of pechay seeds, and lastly measurement of growth of the plants.

During the formulation process, the chicken bones and the malunggay stalks were chopped into powder-like texture. The powdered chicken bones and malunggay stalks were divided into five setups.  For setup 1, pure malunggay stalks were added to the soil. For setup 2, pure chicken bones were added to the soil. For setup 3, every 25 grams of malunggay stalks 75 grams of chicken bones was added. For setup 4, every 75 grams malunggay stalks 35 grams of chicken bones was added. For setup 5, every 50 grams of malunggay stalks 50 grams of chicken bones was added. These mixtures are then added to the soil. The pechay seeds are planted to the soil afterwards.

Measuring the growth of the plants was done using tape measure. Three factors were considered: shoot length, leaf area and number of leaves. The shoot length of the plant was measured from the top soil to the tip of the highest leaf. This was repeated in every setup. For the leaf area, each plant?s leaf was measure through computing its width and length. For the number of leaves, each plant?s leaf in every setup was counted. This was repeated in every setup.

 At the end of the study, the researchers were able to conclude that chicken bones and malunggay stalks have the potential to be an alternative plant growth enhancer. Considering the minimal acquisition cost of the materials and the comparative performance it has showed for the leaf area, shoot length, and the number of leaves in relation to the commercially available one and the vermiculture, a latent source of the plant growth enhancer can be the leftover portions from chicken and malunggay and may serve as an alternative for the customary sources of plant growth enhancer, which currently spring from inorganic matter. The concentration of the experimental plant growth enhancer does not affect the performance in the leaf area, shoot length and number of leaves. The concentrations then do not generally influence on the growth performance. For economic reasons, one can use the greater concentration of malunggay stalks without sacrificing the quality of the plant growth enhancer. Concurrently, this study will significantly help in the research of finding better agricultural strategies for the intensification and diversification of agricultural product systems and at the same time provide alternatives in attaining a sustainable environment.