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Agri- Fishery Arts - Horticulture
Quarter 2 - Module 1
Produce Vegetables: Growing Seedlings
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Quarter 2 - Module 1: Produce Vegetables: Growing Seedlings
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3. Technology and Livelihood
Education
Agri- Fishery Arts - Horticulture
Quarter 2 - Module 1
Produce Vegetables: Growing Seedlings
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What This Module is About
Good day learners! Welcome to this module in Agri- Fishery Arts –
Horticulture Course ( AFA – Horticulture). In this module you will learn skills on how
to grow seedlings for your vegetable garden.
At the end of this module you will be able to apply the knowledge and skills on
growing seedlings. This is the basic skill in horticulture and essential to have a
successful vegetable production.
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For the Facilitator:
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Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Growing Seedlings!
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
TITLE PAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Lesson 1 - Grow Seedlings: Procure and Select Good Quality Seeds
What I Need to Know 1
What I Know 2
What’s In 4
What’s New 4
What Is It 4
What’s More ( Activity 1) 6
What I Have Learned 6
What I Can Do ( Activity 2) 7
Summary 7
Assessment 8
Answer Key
Reference

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Lesson
1
Produce Vegetables:
Growing Seedlings
Growing seedlings is not an easy task. First you need to have
knowledge on the basic about the seeds that you are going to use for
planting.
In this lesson we will learn about seeds: their quality and
characteristics and we will appreciate the value of securing a good quality
seeds for growing seedlings.
What I Need to Know
At the end of the lesson, the learners are expected to:
LO2.1 Procure and select good quality seeds

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What I Know
Pre test
Multiple choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. It is the term applied to the ripened ovule before germination
A. fruit
B. seeds
C. plant
D. flower
2. The capability of seeds to germinate
A. dormancy
B. viability
C. maturity
D. purity
3. Which of the following is NOT a characteristics of a good quality seeds?
A. damage - free
B. genetic purity
C. free from weed seeds
D. immature embryo
4. The following are the disadvantage of producing your own seeds, EXCEPT
A. You will not get uniform quality of plant when you grow it.
B. It calls for keen observation
C. It requires close application of details
D. The supply of seeds needed in your farm is already available.
5. These are the product of crosses of two different varieties.
A. dormant seeds
B. viable seeds
C. seed purity
D. hybrid seeds
6 One of the factor to consider when securing seeds
A. Quantity of your product.
B. Quality of the seeds
C. Quality of the product
D. availability
7. The following are advantage of producing own seeds for planting, EXCEPT
A. Supply of seeds needed in your farm is already available.
B. It improves the quantity of your product.
C. It improves the quality of your product.
D. Requires application of details.

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8. Good quality seeds contains foreign materials.
A. true
B. false
C. sometimes
D. B & C
9. The following are the characteristics of a good quality seeds ,EXCEPT
A. Possess cracks or holes.
B. Free from seed borne- diseases.
C. mature
D. viable
10. This refers to the development of seeds into a young plant.
A. viability
B. germination
C. dormancy
D. maturity
11. It is a period in which plant has no active growth
A. Seed testing
B. Seed viability
C. Seed dormancy
D. Seed germination
12. Capable of growing into a healthy organism
A. germination
B. viability
C. maturity
D. purity
13. Factors to consider in selecting quality seeds
A. viability
B. seed storage
C. seed maturity
D. all of the above
14 In growing seedlings, what is the first factor that is given considerations?
A. Characteristics of seeds
B. The quality of seeds
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above
15. Adaptation of the seeds to the locality is one factor to consider when
securing seeds
A. true
B. false
C. sometimes
D. most of the times

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What’s In
Seed is a ripened ovule of a seed plant before germination. Its quality plays
a vital role in production of vegetables and other horticultural crops. What are the
primary step that we are going to do to assure that we will grow good seedlings?
What’s New
In growing seedlings the primary thing that are given considerations are the
characteristics and quality of the seeds that you are going to grow. Though different
types of seeds looks different from one another there is a common characteristics
that signifies good quality.
Viable seeds - capable of germination under suitable conditions
Seed Dormancy – a period during which seeds has no active growth. Also known
as rest - period of the seeds.
Germination - the development of seeds into a young plant.
What is It
Characteristics of a Good Quality Seeds
Seeds quality plays an important role in the production of
horticultural crops. The selection of the best planting material is basic to
good crop production.
There are some factors to consider in selecting quality seeds
1. Viability. It is the capability of seeds to germinate.
2. Seed maturity. Seeds from a matured fruit that have a fully developed
embryo.
3. Free from insect or mechanical damage
4. Pure for the crop variety
5. Contain little or no inert matter or weed seeds.
6. Free from seed borne diseases
7. Seed storage.

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Procurement of Seeds
There are ways of procuring seeds to be planted:
1. You can buy seeds from the stores
Most seeds you can buy from the stores are hybrid seeds. They are a product
of crosses of two different varieties. It produces plants with vigor, disease resistance
and productivity. Hybrid seeds are more expensive.
2. You can produce your own seeds to plant
You can save vegetable seeds from your own garden produce to plant for the
next cropping. In seed savings, it involves selecting good variety of plants from which
to save seeds and harvesting seeds at the right time.
Factors to consider when securing seeds
1. Quality of the seeds
2. Adaptation of the seeds to the locality
Advantage of Producing own seeds for planting
1. The supply of seeds needed in your farm is already available
2. It improves the quantity and quality of your product.
Disadvantage of producing your own seeds
1. It calls for the knowledge of the principle of plant breeding.
2. You won’t get the same quality of plant when you grow it
3. Seed growing in an exacting work
4. It calls for keen observation
5. Requires application of detail

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What’s More
Activity 1
Read and analyze the situation. Then answer the question briefly.
Situation:
Joan is a junior high school student. She has a project in vegetable
production. She bought a pack of eggplant seeds from a side walk vendor. When he
sowed the eggplant seeds in the seed box. She was surprised that only few eggplant
seeds germinated.
Questions.
1. Why do you think are the reasons why only few seeds germinated?
2. If you are Joan, are you going to buy seeds from anyone? Why?
What I Have Learned
True or False. Write true if the statement is correct and false if it’s incorrect
____ 1. Good quality seeds are those that are viable and free from
diseases.
____ 2. If you produce your own seeds you will get uniform quality of
plant.
____ 3. Quality seeds contains foreign materials
____ 4. Good seeds are immature.
____ 5. Good seeds carry all the desirable characteristics of the parents.

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What I Can Do
Activity 2
a. Visit a farmer in your barangay. Ask for some stored seeds ( at least
100 seeds). Segregate seeds based on quality.
b. Out of 100 seeds how many seeds do you considered as in good
quality? Not good quality
Summary
In growing seedlings, the most important thing to consider is the
characteristics and quality of the seeds. Good quality seeds is viable, true to its
name, free from damage and fully developed.
Although there are advantages and disadvantages in producing your own
seeds, the most important thing when you secure seeds is to consider the quality of
the seeds and its adaptation to the locality.

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Assessment
Let’s find out how much have you learned.
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on a separate sheet
1. It is the term applied to the ripened ovule before germination
A. fruit
B. seeds
C. plant
D. flower
2. The capability of seeds to germinate
A. dormancy
B. viability
C. maturity
D. purity
3. Which of the following is NOT a characteristics of a good quality seeds?
A. damage - free
B. genetic purity
C. free from weed seeds
D. immature embryo
4. The following are the disadvantage of producing your own seeds, EXCEPT
A. You will not get uniform quality of plant when you grow it.
B. It calls for keen observation
C. It requires close application of details
D. The supply of seeds needed in your farm is already available.
5. These are the product of crosses of two different varieties.
A. dormant seeds
B. viable seeds
C. seed purity
D. hybrid seeds
6 One of the factor to consider when securing seeds
A. Quantity of your product.
B. Quality of the seeds
C. Quality of the product
D. availability
7. The following are advantage of producing own seeds for planting, EXCEPT
A. Supply of seeds needed in your farm is already available.
B. It improves the quantity of your product.
C. It improves the quality of your product.
D. Requires application of details.
8. Good quality seeds contains foreign materials.
A. true
B. false
C. sometimes
D. B & C

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9. The following are the characteristics of a good quality seeds ,EXCEPT
A. Possess cracks or holes.
B. Free from seed borne- diseases.
C. mature
D. viable
10. This refers to the development of seeds into a young plant.
A. viability
B. germination
C. dormancy
D. maturity
11. It is a period in which plant has no active growth
A. Seed testing
B. Seed viability
C. Seed dormancy
D. Seed germination
12. Capable of growing into a healthy organism
A. germination
B. viability
C. maturity
D. purity
13. Factors to consider in selecting quality seeds
A. viability
B. seed storage
C. seed maturity
D. all of the above
14 In growing seedlings, what is the first factor that is given considerations?
A. Characteristics of seeds
B. The quality of seeds
C. Both A & B
D. None of the above
15. Adaptation of the seeds to the locality is one factor to consider when
securing seeds
A. true
B. false
C. sometimes
D. most of the times

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Answer Key
What I Know
Pre test Assessment
Activity 1
What I Have Learned
16. B
17. B.
18. D
19. D
20. D
21. B
22. D
23. B
24. C
25. B
26. C
27. B
28. D
29. C
30. A
1. B
2. B.
3. D
4. D
5. D
6. B
7. D
8. B
9. C
10. B
11. C
12. B
13. D
14. C
15. A
1. The reason why only few seeds
germinated because the seeds that
she bought is not of good quality.
If I were Joan I am not going to buy
seeds from anyone because you
cannot guarantee that it is of good
quality
1. true
2. false
3. false
4. false
5. true

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Reference
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dengarden”. Last Updated on May 11, 2020 https://dengarden.com/gardening/How-
to-Sow-Seeds
Iannoti , Marie, “What is Direct Seeding of Direct Sowing ? “the spruce”. Last
Updated October 24,2019. www.thespruce.com/what-is-direct-seeding-or-direct-
sowing-1403094
Study.com, “What is Seed Germination? – Definition , Process, Steps & Factors
https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-seed-germination-definition-process-
steps-factors.html
http://seednet.ap.nic.in/Stl/htmlpages/GerminationTesting.htm
Department of Education ,Competency- Based Learning Material, Third Year
Horticulture NC II.
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The spruce. Updated October 18, 2019. https://www.thespruce.com/how-
deeply-should-seeds-be-planted-2539711

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