Zingiber officinale Roscoe also known as Halia Bentong is one of the popular medicinal plants. Conventional cultivation techniques were often used in ginger cultivation in Malaysia. Soil diseases were major issue in an agriculture and result in widespread land use. Futhermore, excessive post -harvest waste is another environmental issue that must be addressed. As a result, an experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of organic fertilizer which are Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ) and Fermented Fruit Juice (FFJ) versus AB fertilizer on the growth and development of Halia Bentong. This experiment aims to promote reduction of land use problems as well as pollution by using soilless bench fertigation (a mixture of paddy husk and cocopeat). Ginger cultivation through fertigation system can overcome soil infertility and protect against soil -borne diseases. Throughout the 8 weeks of planting, plant height, number of leaves, number of tillers, and average whole plant weight were observed and recorded. To determine the best fertilizer application, the mean value of each parameter of Halia Bentong growth was recorded and calculated. Complete randomized design (CRD) was used in this experiment. Total of 24 samples were tested for Halia Bentong cultivation, with 12 samples as control (using AB fertilizer) and 12 samples as treatments (FFJ and FPJ). The data were analized and recorded using one -way ANOVA and the Tukey Test was used to compare the mean between treatments at a significance level of 5%. The study's findings revealed that using organic fertilizer (FPJ and FFJ) as additional booster can improve the growth performance of Halia Bentong when compared to using only AB fertilizer (24.44 ± 4.08 for Plant height; 5.64 ± 0.32 for number of leaves; 1.32 ± 0.12 for number of tiller). As a result, organic fertilizers (FPJ and FFJ) were recommended for Halia Bentong cultivation.
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