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Agriculture
and Fishery Arts
Quarter 2 – Module 3:
Procedures for Planting:
Transplanting Seedlings
Agriculture and Fishery Arts – Grade 9
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 2 – Module 3: Transplanting Seeds
First Edition, 2020

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Agriculture
and Fishery Arts
Quarter 2 – Module 3:
Procedures for Planting:
Transplanting Seedlings
Introductory Message
For the facilitator:

Welcome to the Agriculture and Fishery Arts (AFA) 9 Alternative Delivery

Mode (ADM) Module on Procedures for planting: Transplanting Seedlings!

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by

educators both from public and private institutions to assist you, the
teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic
constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore,
this also aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while
taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
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Notes to the Teacher

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing
them to manage their own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to
encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks included in the
module.

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For the learner:

Welcome to the Agriculture and Fishery Arts (AFA) 9 Alternative Delivery Mode
(ADM) Module on Procedures for planting: Transplanting Seedlings!

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opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and
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 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help
you learn the fundamentals in Agriculture and Fishery Arts. The scope of
this module permits it to be used in many different learning situations. The
language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The
lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the
order in which you read them can be changed to correspond with the
textbook you are now using.

The module is divided into three lessons, namely:

 Lesson 1 – Preparations before transplanting
 Lesson 2 – Methods of planting vegetable crops
 Lesson 3 – How to determine the rate of seedling per area of land

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. identify the signs/indicators that will tell you the seedlings are ready
for transplanting;
2. explain what hardening means in Agriculture;
3. create a flow showing the complete procedure in transplanting
seedlings by writing the basic steps; and

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 What I Know

Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate
sheet of paper.

1. The seedlings are ready for transplanting when they have grown how
many pairs of leaves?
A. 2 to 3
B. 1 to 3
C. 3 to 4
D. 5 to 6

2. Arrange the basic steps for transplanting seedlings chronologically.

1. Prepare furrows on the thoroughly-prepared plot where the seedlings are to be transplanted.

2. The seedlings are ready for transplanting when they have grown three to four pairs of
leaves. Prior to transplanting, the seed box or seed bed must be watered. This will prevent
injury to the roots of the seedlings, which could delay growth.

3. Prepare watering materials like sprinkler cans or a water hose.

A. 2 – 1 - 3
B. 1 -3 - 2
C. 2 – 3 - 1
D. 3 – 2 - 1
3. What does the term “punla” means?
A. seedlings prepared for transplanting
B. seeds prepared for sowing
C. vegetative parts of plants for reproduction
D. none of the above
4. The following statements below describes the term “HARDENING” in
agriculture, except one?
A. hardening is the process of exposing transplants
(seedlings) gradually to outdoor conditions.
B. It enables your transplants to withstand the changes in
environmental conditions they will face when planted outside in
the garden.
C. It encourages a change from soft, succulent growth to a firmer,
harder growth.
D. hardening is the process of firming up the soil around the roots
of the seedlings prior to transplanting.
Lesson
Preparations Before
1 Transplanting
Before transplanting the seeds you sown, you have to make necessary
preparations like clearing the land, making soil beds, furrows, farming tools,
watering materials etc. That way you can perform transplanting smoothly
and hassle free.

What’s In

1. What is the role of seeds in crop production?

2. Why is it important to test the planting materials before planting?

Notes to the Teacher

You may let them draw or illustrate their answers.

 What’s New

Have you tried sowing seeds of certain plants/crops?

Did you plant it directly on the farm or you put them first in the nursery?
What were the steps you followed in transplanting the growing plant?

What is It

PREPARATIONS BEFORE TRANSPLANTING

Seedlings prepared for transplanting are what we commonly called

“punla”. These are young plants that have been grown from the good seeds
you selected. In the event that they are hardened, the seedlings are to be
transplanted any time after they have recovered.

1. The seedlings are ready for transplanting when they have grown three to
four pairs of leaves. Prior to transplanting, the seed box or seed bed must be
watered. This will prevent injury to the roots of the seedlings, which could
delay growth.
2. Prepare furrow on the thoroughly prepared plot where the seedlings are to
be planted.
3. Prepare watering materials like sprinkler cans or water hose.

Steps in Transplanting Seedlings

It is not advisable to transplant seedlings under the direct heat of the sun.
The best time to plant them is in the late in the afternoon to protect the
seedlings from too much exposure to sunlight. This will also allow the
development of the roots to start.
1. Water the seed bed/seed box before carefully uprooting the tallest and
healthiest seedlings.
2. With your right thumb and index finger, pull each seedling carefully for
transplanting.
3. Dig a small hole about 2-3 centimeters deep within the furrows using
your index finger and insert the seedlings into the holes.
4. Seal the hole with a thin layer of fine soil, with utmost care of not
damaging the seedlings and press the soil gently towards the seedlings.
5. Apply a trickle of water to the newly transplanted seedlings with the use
of a small water container or a sprinkler.

What’s More

I. Study the image and answer the following questions.

1. What is a cotyledon?
2. What roles does the cotyledons serve to the growing plant(seedling)?
3. Which of the two illustrations show the right way of planting the seedling?
why?
4. When should you transplant the seedlings, when it still has the
cotyledons or when it already loses the cotyledons? why?
II. Give what is asked.
1. What are the materials needed for transplanting seedlings
2. Why is it not advisable to transplant seedlings under the direct heat of
the sun?
3. When is the appropriate time to transplant seedlings?
4. What are you going to do if the conditions for transplanting seedlings are
not ideal or met?
 What I Have Learned

1. “Punla” is commonly used term pertaining to seedlings prepared for

transplanting.
2. Seedlings are ready for transplanting when they have grown three to
four pair of leaves.
3. Necessary preparations must be done before transplanting so that
plants will not be damaged during the process of transplanting.
4. Transplanting seedlings must be done in the late afternoon to prevent
them from being exposed to too much heat of the sunlight.
Transplanting seedlings late in the afternoon will also allow the
seedlings to develop roots.
5. Following the proper steps in transplanting seedlings must be
observed to ensure high survival rate of the growing plants.
6. Handle the seedlings with utmost care when transplanting for these
are very delicate.

e Teacher
your students to write down additional inputs they have learned from this module. Or you can have them fill in this sectio
 What I Can Do

Using the flowchart below, complete the procedure in transplanting

seedlings by writing the basic steps.

START Step 1:

Materials/equipment
needed

Step 2:

Take care of seedlings to be transplanted

Step 3:
NO

Are the conditions

for transplanting ideal?
Step 4:

Step 5:
YES

Seedlings are already transplanted

END
 Assessment

Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate
sheet of paper.

1. The seedlings are ready for transplanting when they have grown how many
pairs of leaves?

A. 2
B. 1
C. 3
D. 5

2. Arrange the basic steps for transplanting seedlings chronologically.

1. Prepare furrows on the thoroughly-prepared plot where the seedlings are to be transplanted.

2. The seedlings are ready for transplanting when they have grown three to four pairs of
leaves. Prior to transplanting, the seed box or seed bed must be watered. This will prevent
injury to the roots of the seedlings, which could delay growth.

3. Prepare watering materials like sprinkler cans or a water hose.

A. 2 – 1 - 3
B. 1 -3 - 2
C. 2 – 3 - 1
D. 3 – 2 - 1
3. What does the term “punla” means?
A. seedlings prepared for transplanting
B. seeds prepared for sowing
C. vegetative parts of plants for reproduction
D. none of the above
4. The following statements below describes the term “HARDENING” in
agriculture, except one?

A. hardening is the process of exposing transplants

(seedlings) gradually to outdoor conditions.
B. It enables your transplants to withstand the changes in
environmental conditions they will face when planted outside in
the garden.
C. It encourages a change from soft, succulent growth to a firmer,
harder growth.
D. hardening is the process of firming up the soil around the roots
of the seedlings prior to transplanting.
 Additional Activities

Demonstrate!
Direction: Apply what you have learned in sowing seeds from the previous
modules, and what you have learned in this module.
Sow seeds of crops that are in season or anything that is available in your
locality and place them in your own seed boxes or seed beds.
While waiting for the seeds to germinate/grow, prepare the plot where the
seedlings are to be planted.
Once the seedlings are ready for transplanting perform transplanting by
following the appropriate steps.

How good did you perform the activity?

Find out by accomplishing the Scoring Rubric honestly and sincerely.
Remember it is your learning at stake!

SCORE
Criteria
20 15 10 5
Standard Procedures were followed/met
Appropriate documents/proofs are provided to
support authenticity of output.
Reenactment of the farm activities
Activity is well documented
Interpretation of Scores:
16 – 20 – Excellent output
11 – 15 – Very good
6 – 10 – Fair output
5 and below – Poor output
Answer Key
What I Can Do

Flow Chart on Transplanting Seedlings

References
ALBARICO, JONI M., CELARTA, CRISTINA B., FERNANDO, EVEZ & VALDEZ,
EMMANUEL S. 2010. “Agriculture and Fishery Arts I”. Transplanting
Seedlings: Lesson 1: Preparations Before Transplanting, 134-136.
Manila, Philippines.
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