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1. INTRODUCTION
Post harvest treatment is very important to minimize post harvest losses after harvest.
There are so many causes of losses after harvest such as biological factors,
microbiological, psychological, mechanical, physical, and chemical, etc. These losses in
serious condition would create a major economic impact for the farmer. Thus, serious
treatment after harvest is needed urgently to fix these problems.
In modern countries, technology for post harvest treatment is vastly used and is very
advanced compared to developing countries. This condition should be given serious
attention, especially in this globalization era, which uality of any product must to be
increased to standard, if we want to survive in this hard!time!for!developing!country.
"rom this report, we will try to see post harvest management of green vegetable, in this
case, lettuce, in our country. #e will $now how lettuce is harvested, shipped, and
handled in traditional methods. This information then will be compared with modern
lettuce treatment. #e hope that this survey report will be useful for those who read it
and it will adeuate to give information for those who needed it.
%ettuce is a cool!weather crop, and growing it in hot weather ta$es special care.
&andungan, our survey site is a cool place 'which ma$e it suitable for resort place(, thus
lettuce is easily grown there. %uc$ily, lettuce is attac$ed by relatively few insect pests,
primarily aphids and thrips. &oth are fairly well controlled with insecticide soap, such
as )!Pede* brand 'also sold to gardeners as the +afer* brand(. If the water is hard,
the spray solution should be mixed with softened or distilled water because the calcium
in hard water seuesters the fatty acids and greatly reduces the potency of the spray.
)any greens crops are poor competitors with weeds. dditionally, weeds growing
within rows can inadvertently be harvested along with the crop and contaminate the
product. s a result, considerable effort may be expended in cultivation and hand
weeding to assure a clean field.
-reen %eaf %ettuce is one of the most popular vegetables that we usually eat. It contains
some $ind of nutrition value.
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Serving Size: 1-1/2 cups, shredded
Amount Per Serving After Cooking
Calories 15 Total Fat 0g
Sodium 30mg Total Carbohydrates 4g
Dietary Fiber 2g Protein 1g
General Information:There are four categories of lettuce/ crisp head, butter head, leaf
and romaine. %eaf lettuce is distinguished from other varieties of lettuce in that it
doesn0t have a 1head.1 2a$ leaf, red leaf and green leaf are all leaf lettuces. They are
crisp and flavorful, but generally more perishable than head lettuces. They are available
year!round. Selection and Storage:void lettuce with age deterioration/ leaf edges that
are slimy or dar$. %ettuce lasts longer if washed when brought home. +oa$ lettuce in a
sin$ full of cold water, stirring with hand to loosen dirt. %et sit a few minutes. 3rain and
then dry lettuce in a salad spinner or blot with paper towels. It must be dry. +tore
loosely wrapped in a paper towel inside a plastic bag in the refrigerator for up to one
wee$.
2. SURVEY ET!ODO"OGY
2ur survey methodology is direct field survey and Internet surfing to gain more
information. #e surveyed -ang baru Traditional mar$et in +emarang, and traditional
mar$et and lettuce field in &andungan. &andungan is a nice place estimately one our
away from +emarang. &andungan has $nown for its vegetables and fruits production, its
veggies mar$et, and a resort place for +emarang citizen. #ithin &andungan, there are
several mar$ets, motels, hotels, and villas. &eside that, there are villages near the place
that produces veggies and fruits such as lettuce.
The Internet surfing is needed to obtain information about modern treatment of lettuce
and green veggies. #e have to surf the Internet since such information is not available
in boo$s at the campus library. This information is needed to be compared with actual
condition of post harvest treatment of lettuce in our survey site.
#. RE$ORT %INDING
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5. &andungan first visit
s mentioned before, we surveyed two main places, which are +emarang '-ang baru
mar$et( and &andungan '&andungan mar$et and lettuce field(.
2ur first visit to &andungan was useless and did not even worth the effort. t that time,
we didnt obtain any useful information. #e as$ed some greengrocers about the lettuce
they sold. They said that the lettuce was grown by local farmer on their own field at
villages around &andungan. They said that the lettuce, along with other veggies that
produced there, are just sold at &andungan mar$et not distributed to other places such as
+emarang.
#e also visit the place of the farmer. )r #awan is a vegetables farmer, which is also a
6ru$un tetangga7 chief at local village. 8e owns a medium sized field, which he uses to
plant various vegetables at once. 8is small portions of field were grown with lettuce,
while the other portion is grown with carrot, etc. #hen we as$ed about the exact size of
his field, he simply said the he doesnt $now. 8is field is shapeless, not suare or round,
so it might be hard to measure it. &ut then, maybe he is just not friendly enough to
answer our uestions. )r #awan stated that after harvest, there is no treatment at all, he
just washed it and stac$ in on a large bas$et. Then somebody will buy it and sell it again
in the &andungan mar$et, period. 8is lettuce then would end in the mar$et right away,
sold out by the green grocer.
t that time, we didnt $now that there is a central mar$et 'sem )ar$et( at
&andungan, which is used for shipping large!scale products to nearby cities such as
semarang. #e went home empty handed, with information not good enough to be
presented.
5.4 -ang baru mar$et survey
few wee$s later, a friend said that there are some green grocers around -ang baru
mar$et +emarang which sells lettuce, carrot, and other ordinary veggies. The good news
is that the vegetables are always fresh and always available every day. #e immediately
went to the place in purpose of survey. #e wanted to $now wheres the veggies come
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They said that a pic$ up car should arrive at the place after they pic$ed up the freshly
harvested veggies directly from the field.
These nice people also told us the place of the lettuce field. The name was )ejeng
village, and some other villages. The nearest place was )ejeng village, just infront of
&andungan Indah 8otel in semarang direction. #e rushed to place, and found out that
some farmers were harvesting at that time. 8ow luc$y we were..
?ust beside the road, there were two female farmers harvesting lettuce in a field. s you
can see in picture =. They directly pic$ed the ;:!days!grown lettuce from the soil and
washed it in a small pond. 8eres the pond as you can see in picture ;. +he said that
they washed in the irrigation channel, but we doubt it since an irrigation channel should
be flowed with water. The pond they wash the lettuce in is filled with not!flowing
water.
The farmer stated that the field was her own. &ut then again, when we as$ed the size of
the field, she said that she has no idea about it. #e also as$ed her another uestion li$e
post harvest management of the lettuce. +he explained that after harvest, she washed the
lettuce while at the same time hand sorting the damaged leaves. fter that she tied a
bundle of these lettuces with some $ind of rope and set them in a big plaited bas$et. The
same bas$et, which weve seen in -ang baru mar$et. Picture @. +he said that soon,
around 4 pm, a buyer using pic$up car would be there to buy and pic$ed it up using the
pic$ up. +he stated that she gave no other treatment to the crops beside that.
5.= Aentral mar$et survey#e then went bac$ to central mar$et to see the shipment of the crops. t the central
mar$et around 4 pm, the products were delivered by the pic$up to the mar$et for a short
wait. +oon, another car would pic$ it up and delivered it to the destinations, such as
+emarang. ccording to our observation, the crop at this condition is not given any post
major post harvest treatment li$e chemical spray, sealed box, etc. The lettuce is simply
shipped from this mar$et using pic$up car 'still using the big plaited bas$et(. This
condition indicates that post harvest management of lettuce from bandungan is still at
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low level or we can say, still using traditional method. The mar$et is shown in picture 9.
Its shown that the car from the field is already of loaded by local laborer for next car
that shipped the crop to +emarang. It ma$es sense if the shipment everyday reaches
+emarang '-ang &aru mar$et( at around 5!= pm.
&. SURVEY RESU"T
#e can conclude systematically the plot of lettuce distribution from bandungan to
semarang with explanation about the post harvest management applied to the lettuce/
. %ettuce is ready to be harvested
4. %ettuce is harvested
3uring the harvest, the farmers doesnt give any particular treatment to the lettuce, they
simply washed it using water 'note that the water they used is not clean(. Then the
lettuce is tied and set into a bas$et. The lettuce is hand sorted during this time.
5. Transport from lettuce field to central mar$et
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"rom the field, after bough by another people, the lettuce is send to the central mar$et
by a pic$ up car. The lettuce at this point is stac$ed with other veggies, and still
contained in a plaited bas$et. The pic$ up car is not even covered with any protection
from neither dust nor sunlight. The distance from the field to central mar$et, estimately
is about 5 $m. 2r maybe : minute trip by car.
=. Transport from central mar$et to -ang baru mar$et semarang
"rom central mar$et to +emarang, they use another pic$ up car. The lettuce at this point
is stac$ed with other veggies, and still contained in a plaited bas$et, the difference is
that this time, they covered up the vegetables. The trip from Aentral mar$et
'&andungan( to -ang baru mar$et '+emarang( is about hour.
;. The lettuce is sold at central mar$et and bought out by semarang citizen.
t gang baru mar$et, the lettuce is displayed and sold. ccording the greengrocer, the
lettuce will start to wither the next day. If $ept inside refrigerator at night, it will remain
fresh for maximum two days.
"inally the lettuces journey ended from the field to our stomach.
"rom the survey we get some information that explains how the treatment of the lettuce
after harvested. The lettuce is directly pic$ed up from the soil and washed it in a small
pond. +he washed the lettuce while at the same time hand sorting the damaged leaves.
The water of the pond is not so cleanB this is probably an important point which fastens
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the deterioration of the lettuce. The actual time of our survey at this progress is at about
am.
There is no other treatment to the crops beside that. +he has not used any $ind of
pesticides to the lettuce. fter the lettuce is set into the big plaited bas$et, its ready to
be transported to central mar$et. The pic$ up car is not even covered with any
protection from neither dust nor sunlight. The distance from the field to central mar$et,
estimately is about : minute trip by car. The actual time of the lettuce reached central
mar$et is at about or 4 pm. "rom central mar$et to +emarang, the lettuce is delivered
by another pic$ up car, this time they use some $ind of screen impenetrable by sunlight
or dust. This might be due the trip is about hour length. Aontinuous exposure of heat
from sunlight and dust might be unacceptable for the condition of the lettuce. The actual
time of the lettuce left central mar$et is at about 4 or 5 pm.
t the -ang &aru mar$et the lettuce is displayed open air without any other treatment.
&ut certain thatched roof of palm leavesB get the lettuce free from direct sunlight.
ccording the green grocer, the lettuce will stay fresh and sellable for another day.
"rom the explanation above, we can see how 6traditional7 is our 6traditional method7 of
post harvest treatment 'in this case, lettuce(.
'. DISCUSSION
fter we do the survey we $now that the farmer use traditional method in post harvest
treatment for the lettuce. They have not use any $ind of pesticides and only use a water
to clean the lettuce from the soil. fter that lettuce set into the big bas$et, thats it. Its
the easiest way to handling the lettuce after harvested. &ut maybe because there is no
other thing besides washing with waters the shelf life can not be the same if the farmer
use modern treatment. "rom the farmer we $now that the lettuce will get decomposed
after day if left without any treatment. It can happen because the treatment is very
simple. "or the farmer the treatments are cheap and easy to do. "rom the reference we
$now that post harvest treatment can be done in two methods, that is traditional method
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and modern method. "rom the survey we conclude the method that the farmer use is
traditional method.
&ut we conclude that these post harvest treatment that is applied to the lettuce is good
enough. #e can say this from the economic aspect and its easy to do even for the
farmer that doesnt have high level of education.
The purpose of post harvest treatment is/
Prevent from physical injury.
Cecover the injuries that already happen.
2bstruct the spoil
Dill and obstruct the blooming of microorganism
Traditional et(od
The first things that the farmer do after harvesting the lettuce is clean it with water in
small water pond. fter that they set lettuce into the bas$et and it ready to transport to
other place. The method is very easy to do and its cheap. The farmer only needs some
$ind of water pond, some rope, and big plaited bas$et. &ut even the treatment is very
simpleB the shelf life of the lettuce is fine it can be still in fresh condition in day if we
$ept it at normal temperature and 4 day if we $ept it at refrigerator.
#ashing the lettuce with water is to protect the lettuce from microorganism, soil, and
waste. Protect the consumer from toxic content 'before the vegetables harvested maybe
the farmer spray them with pesticides(. )a$es the vegetables loo$ing fresh and so it can
attract the consumer. &efore the farmer washes the lettuce they cut the damage E spoiled
part of lettuce. The function of this method is to prevent other part of lettuce getting
spoiled to. &eside that it can help the next treatment for the lettuce.
ctually, washing lettuce with water can ma$e the guard layer outside the lettuce
bro$en. fter the lettuce is washed with water it has to be dried because the water
particles can enter to the lettuce. It can ma$e the lettuce getting softer beside that if the
water contains bacteria it can ma$e the lettuce spoiled.
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odern et(od
fter we understand the traditional method, especially in lettuce post harvest treatment,
we also must $now what the modern method is, too. &ut, the example of execution of
this method is rarely found in Indonesia. gain, li$e previous discussion 'in traditional
method(, we can understand why all this can happen. fter we searching and observed
in some boo$s and also from the internet, we $now that the modern method from the
post!harvest handling of green vegetables 'in our case/ lettuce( in the reality have done
ordinary in Furope, merica and other developed countries.
In fact, the principal of the modern method is how to control and handle the ethylene
production of the green vegetables. "irst of all, before we study further more, we must
$now what ethylene is. Fthylene 'A484( is a colorless gas, a well $nown plant hormone,
produced in varying uantities by most plants. It induces senescence of the leaves and
promotes ripening of fruits thus decreasing storability and shelf!life. t room
temperature, ethylene will rapidly affect plant material, but, under cold storage
conditions '5!=:A( its effects are slower.
&ased on the information about how ethylene wor$s and produced, we can understand
some method in post harvest handling. This method can be classified in the modern
method. "irst method is using the controlled atmosphere. Fthylene have good wor$ in
ripening only in room temperature, it is the principal of controlled atmosphere.
Table . Cecommended storage conditions for greenhouse
vegetables.
Tem)erat*re
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!*midit
Relati/e
Storage
"ife
C*c*m0er :!5 >:!>; :!="ett*ce (ead : >; 4!5 wee$s
"ett*ce leaf : >; 5!@ days
$e))er :!4 >:!>; !4 wee$s
Tomatoe
green4!5 : 4!5 wee$s
Tomatoe
ri)e4!; >: 5!; days
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#e can study from the table above, from this table, we $now that the lettuce from this
controlled atmosphere have a better shelf life '5!@ days(, especially if compared with
traditional method. &eside the controlled temperature, humidity is also becoming one of
the factors. &ut it does not mean that this method doesnt have any wea$ness. lthough
lower temperatures from the list above can be used to slow down ripening, chilling
injury may happen.
"rom this method, we $now that the shelf life is increase because the controlled
ethylene production. #hat must be paid attention in this method are, though produce of
the ethylene is depressed, complete removal of ethylene from the storage facilities is not
recommended since ethylene is reuired for normal ripening to occur. +o, the point that
we have to do is control the ethylene production and won0t result the spoilage but also
won0t result vegetable maturation to be fasten.
The second method, which also based on characteristic of ethylene, is modification of
the atmosphere within a pac$. Pac$aging the vegetables in a suitably permeable film to
euilibrate at =!@G :4, and =!@G A24 within the pac$age should slow down ripening
and increase shelf!life by :!= days at room temperature. %ow pressure storage may
also increase product storability. Tissue ethylene level is decreased in these facilities
because the lower air pressure causes a more rapid loss of ethylene from the tissues into
the air.
Com)arion
"rom the short explanation above, we can se that the modern techniues have better
result in the crops shelf life and freshness. &ut the modern techniues also have muchhigher cost to be done, more difficult, and ta$e more time.
Traditional method is the most favorite method for the farmer, even if the crop wont be
able to last long. #e can understand traditional method cost less than the modern
method. nd also, traditional method is easier to do and doesnt ta$e too much time. In
this case, the lettuce treatment is adeuate, in consideration that the lettuce will be sold
out just within a day, and the price of the lettuce itself is rather cheap. The price of a
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bundle of the lettuce is about Cp ;::,::. If the lettuce is given modern methods li$e
what weve studied above, the farmer wont be able to endure the production cost. #ith,
an increase in production cost, the mar$et price will be increased too. This condition
wont be acceptable for such vegetables in the consumer side. That is why the
traditional method is much more preferred by our local farmer, as they wont have any
technology nor fund to do such improvement.
3. CONC"USION
Post harvest treatment can be done in two methods, that is traditional method and
modern method.
"rom our survey, we can classified that the lettuce farmer in &andungan using
traditional method to harvest lettuce.
The purpose of post harvest treatment is prevent from physical injury, recover the
injuries that already happen, obstruct the spoil and $ills and obstructs the blooming
of microorganism.
#ashing the lettuce with water is to protect the lettuce from microorganism, soil,
and waste and protect the consumer from toxic content.
The traditional method is much more preferred by our local farmer, as they wont
have any technology nor fund to do such improvement.
)odern method from the post!harvest handling of green vegetables 'in our case /
lettuce ( in the reality have done ordinary in Furope, merica and other developed
countries.
The principal of the modern method is how to control and handling the ethylene
production of the green vegetables.
The modern techniues have better result in the crops shelf life and freshness but it
also has much higher cost to be done, more difficult, and ta$e more time.
Aomplete removal of ethylene from the storage facilities is not recommended since
ethylene is reuired for normal ripening to occur.
%ow pressure storage may also increase product storability.
4. RE%ERENCES
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