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← 2.1 Crop Establishment

Observing planting materials

Agriculture · Grade 7 · about 40 minutes

Planting materials are small seeds, medium seeds, or large pieces such as tubers, suckers and cuttings; observation of size comes before digging.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Crop establishment in the kitchen garden
  2. Observing planting materials
  3. What tilth is and why size matters
  4. Fine tilth for small seeds
  5. Medium tilth for medium seeds
  6. Coarse tilth for large materials
  7. Preparing the planting site safely
  8. Planting into the matching tilth
  9. Adopting appropriate tilth