Agriculture Grade 5

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AGRICULTURE
Planting the
Vegetable garden

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There are many benefits to get
from gardening:
Self
helping yourself to
have your goal in
planting your own
vegetable garden.
Family
provides the family
with fresh and
nutritious vegetable.
It helps the member
of the family
become responsible
and industrious.
Community
engaging in vegetable
gardening also means
earning extra income for
the family. If you have a
good harvest, you can
sell the harvested
vegetables.

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Consideration in
Vegetable Gardening
Soil
1. Clay soil
2. Sandy soil
3. Loamy soil
Time
1. Season
2. Climate
Needs
the community
will buy any kinds
of vegetables that
they need for
everyday.
Profitable
the vegetables
that can be
easily sold any
time. Market
demands for
vegetables.

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1. Venus – 14/14
2. Em – 13/14
3. Eiann –
4. Yesha – 3/14

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Methods in Vegetable Planting
Kinds of
vegetable
plants
1. Root crops
2. Vines
3. Shrubs /
bushes
4. Herbs
Preparing a
vegetable plot
1. Clear the area
2. Use sticks and
strings
3. Cultivate soil
4. Add fertilizer
5. Level the plot
6. Water the plot
7. Use rake
Bio-intensive
gardening
1. Prepare the garden soil
2. Use compost (organic
fertilizer)
3. Plant herbs (prevent
insects)
4. Place the plot closely
5. Water the plot regularly

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1. Em – 18/20 10/10
2. Venus – 20/20 6/10
3. Eiann –
4. Yesha – 12/20 4/10

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Organic Fertilizer
Importance
of fertilizer
To increase the
supply of available
nutrients
To balance the
plant nutrient
2 kinds of
Organic
fertilizer
1. Compost pit
- Seedbeds
-Backyards/home
gardens
2. Basket
composting
Methods in preparing
compost pit
1. Located at the back part of the
garden (1m wide 4m long)
2. Gather and prepare the compost
materials
3. Dig a canal around the leveled
area.
4. Pile the compost materials.
kitchen leftover (12-15 cm)
Animal manure (5 - 8 cm)
Sprinkle the compost with water
to make it moist
5. Moisten the compost pile if it is
too dry.
6. Cover the top of the pile with
banana leaves to protect from
rain.
7. The compost will be ready to
use after three months.

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Advantage and Disadvantage
1. Em – 19/20
2. Venus – 19/20
3. Eiann –
4. Yesha – 0/20

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Organic fertilizer
1. Em – 10/10
2. Venus – 10/10
3. Eiann –
4. Yesha – 0/10

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Proper way of planting a
Vegetable Garden
Watering the
plants
Sprinkler
Drainage
Cultivating the
soil
Type of soil
-clay loamy soil
Tools for digging
the soil:
1. Mattock
2. Spading fork
3. Spade
4. Grub hoe
5. Hand trowel
6. Shovel
7. Rake
Applying the
organic fertilizer
1. Broadcast application
2. Band application
- applying fertilizer close
to the seed or around the
seed. It must be covered
with soil.
3. Foliar application

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Proper way of planting a
Vegetable plant 9/22/16
• Eiann – 10/10
• Venus – 10/10
• Em – 10/10
• Yesha – 3/10

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Prevent insects in vegetable
garden
Intercropping
– to grow two or more
crops simultaneously on
the same plot.
Methods of Planting
Seeds
1. Transplanting Method
2. Direct-Seeding Method
Organic
pesticides
- naturally made by the
organic materials like
plants.

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1. Direct - seeding
method
2. Transplanting
method

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Intercropping

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Intercropping

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Kinds of insects

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Organic Pesticides

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Onion insect repellant for
plant
1. Onion skins
2. Warm water
- after one week strain the
onion bits out and store
the onion water in spray
bottle.
- bury the onion bits
around the plants that are
prone to aphids, spiders

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• Basil tea
- 4 cups water
- 1 cup fresh basil
leaves
- 1 tsp. liquid dish
detergent
 Bring water to a boil
then add basil.
Remove from heat,
cover and steep until
cool. Strain, mix in the
liquid detergent then
apply. Good for
aphids
• Salt spray
- 2 table spoon salt
- 1.5 gallons warm water
 Mix salt and water to
dissolve, allow to cool
to room temperature.
Use for spiders mites,
caterpillars, cabbage
worms and chewing
insects

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• Horticultural Oil
Mix
- 1 TBS vegetable oil
- 1 tsp liquid dish
detergent
- 2 cups water
Fill a spray bottle
with the ingredients
then shake to mix

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• Citrus Spray
- 2 cups orange peels
(or lemons)
- 4 cups water
 Bring water to a boil,
remove from heat and
add peels. Cover and
steep until cool.
Strain and use. Use
the lemon mixture to
repeal white flies.

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Prevent Insect in Vegetable
Garden 9/27/16
1. Em – 9/10
2. Venus – 9/10
3. Eiann – 7/10
4. Yesha – 1/10

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Harvesting the Vegetable
Garden
• Harvesting – the
proper way of
gathering vegetable
crops at the right
time.
• Delay in harvesting
– may result in
serious damage or
deterioration of the
products.

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Leafy
Vegetables:
• Pechay
• Lettuce
• Cabbage
Fruit crops:
(still fresh, tender
and green)
• Eggplant
• Okra
• Cucumber
• Squash

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Tubers and Root
crops:
(harvested before
they are fully
mature and fibrous,
when their leaves
are dry)
• Sweet potato
• Cassava
• Sweet yam (tugi)
• ube
Pods and
leguminous crops:
(harvested when
their pods are fully
dry)
• Pea
• String beans
• Patani

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Factors to consider before, during and
after harvesting crops.
1. Gather the vegetable in the morning.
2. Vegetable are very tender (leafy vegetables)
3. The best flavor and appearance.
4. Avoid damaging and bruising vegetables while harvesting.
5. They will reach the market in perfect condition and command
better prices.
6. All crops should be washed after harvest.
7. Drain water or air-dry them first before storing.
8. Maintain the freshness and nutritive value of the vegetables for
cooking; pick them only when they are needed.

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Planning and marketing
a.Packaging
b.Restriction of price
c.Arrange the goods
d.Dealing with goods
e.Attracting the buyers
f. Record the Investment, expenses,
income and savings.

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