Abstrak Pengomposan pupuk organik cair (POC) perbedaan volume bahan dengan headspace bisa dipakai sebagai indeks untuk mengetahui efektivitas pengomposan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh rasio bahan dan headspace terhadap laju pengomposan dan kualitas POC yang dihasilkan serta untuk menentukan rasio bahan dan headspace yang menghasilkan kualitas POC terbaik sesuai dengan persyaratan teknis minimal POC dari Menteri Pertanian Republik Indonesia berdasarkan Surat Keputusan No.261/KPTS/SR.310/M/4/2019. Pengomposan menggunakan sistem anaerobik dan bahan yang digunakan berupa sampah buah-buahan dan sayuran. Pada penelitian ini memakai metode Rancangan Acak Lengkap satu faktor. Adapun faktor yang digunakan berupa rasio bahan dan headspace yaitu 1:5, 2:4, 3:3, 4:2, dan 5:1. Kelima perlakuan dilakukan 3 kali pengulangan sehingga didapat 15 unit percobaan. Parameter penelitian meliputi kadar awal bahan, total mikroba bioaktivator, suhu bahan dan POC, pH bahan dan POC, penyusutan ketinggian bahan, kadar nitrogen (N-total), fosfor (P), kalium (K), C-organik, C/N rasio, bahan organik (OM), electrical conductivity (EC), dan total bakteri POC. Data yang didapat dari hasil pengamatan dianalisis dengan uji ANOVA dan dilanjutkan dengan uji Duncan. Secara umum kualitas POC yang dihasilkan sesuai syarat teknis minimal dengan suhu POC 29,3°C-29,8°C, pH POC 5,3-6,3, kadar nitrogen 2,01%-2,15%, fosfor 2,02%-2,09%, kalium 2,03%-2,08%, C-organik 2,39%-3,69%, dan total bakteri POC 5,31×107-3,12×109cfu/ml. Rasio bahan dan headspace berpengaruh terhadap laju pengomposan dan kualitas POC yang dihasilkan. Perlakuan P2 (2:4) merupakan perlakuan terbaik berdasarkan hasil analisis data dan hasil dari parameter yang digunakan. Abstract Composting liquid organic fertilizer, composting efficiency may be gauged using the variation in material volume with headspace. The purpose of this study is to ascertain how the ratio of materials to headspace affects the rate of composting and the quality of the POC that results, as well as to identify the ratio of materials to headspace that yields the best POC quality in accordance with the minimal technical POC requirements based here on Decision of the Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Indonesia No. 261/KPTS/SR.310/M/4/2019. Composting uses an anaerobic system and the materials used are fruit and vegetable waste. The method used is a one-factor Completely Randomized Design.The factor used is the ratio of material and headspace, namely 1:5, 2:4, 3:3, 4:2, and 5:1. The five treatment were repeated 3 times to obtain 15 experimental units. The research parameters include the initial content of the material, total microbial bioactivator, temperature, pH, material height shrinkage, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and C-organic content, C/N ratio, organic matter, EC, and total POC bacteria. Data obtained from observations were analyzed by ANOVA test and continued with Duncan's test. In general, the quality of the POC produced complies with the minimum technical requirements with POC temperature 29,3°C-29,8°C, POC pH 5,3-6,3, nitrogen content 2,01%-2,15%, phosphorus 2,02%-2,09%, potassium 2,03%-2,08%, C-organic 2,39%-3,69%, and total POC bacteria 5,31×107-3,12×109cfu/ml. The ratio of materials and headspace affect the rate of composting and the quality of the resulting POC. Treatment P2 (2:4) is the best treatment based on results of data analysis and parameters used.