TLE 6-Agriculture

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ACTIVITY SHEET No. 1

FIRST QUARTER, WEEK 7
Develops Plan for Expansion of Planting Trees and Seedling
Production

MELC: Planting Trees and Fruit Trees

Lesson 1: Multi-Cropping Plan/ Layout for Plantation Expansion
Lesson 2: Preparing Seeds for Planting
Lesson 3: Identify other Varieties of Trees and Seedlings Available
for Planting Expansion
Lesson 4: Design/Layout Option for Plantation Expansion
Lesson 5: Identifying Plantation requirements of Additional Plants
for Expansion
CG Code: TLE6AG-0g-8

At the end of the first lesson, you are expected to:

 understand the scientific practices in planting trees and fruit trees;

 apply knowledge and skills in planting trees and fruit trees;
 develop plan for expansion of planting trees and seedling
production; and
 appreciate the effectiveness of a well- planned project . expansion

What I Know

Pre-test
Write T if the statement is true. Write F if the statement is false.

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 1. Nursery making can be the start of a profitable livelihood project.
2. Propagating seedlings in scientific way can assure that the plants
will grow fast, strong and healthy.
3. Establishing a nursery is the most effective way of bringing back
the trees that had been cut.
4. The nursery can be small and irregular one depending on the
available area and the bulk of plants to propagate.
5. Seeds and seedlings bought in a nursery are not yet ready for
planting or transplanting.
6. The three places to germinate seeds, young plants, and young
trees are boxes, pots, and plots for germinating seeds.
7. One of the requirements in making a nursery is the location or
site.
8. Different plants need different types of soil needs to be consider
in nursery making.
9. A shed should have totally lighted roof to allow sunlight for the
young tree to grow.
10. It is not important to have a complete set of tools or their
substitute to be able to carry out all nursery activities properly.

What is It

Why is it important to plant/propagate seedlings in scientific ways? The

benefits of using the scientific way of planting are the following:
1. You are assured that the plants will grow fast, strong and healthy.
2. There is less mortality or death of plants because pests and diseases
will be controlled.
3. More plants can be grown and harvested.
4. You can demand good price in selling good quality plants.
There is more profit gained when you have more harvest and your plants
are of the best kind.
5. You are assured that the plants will grow fast, strong and healthy.
6. There is less mortality or death of plants because pests and diseases
will be controlled.
7. More plants can be grown and harvested.
8. You can command good price in selling good quality plants.
There is more profit gained when you have more harvest and your plants
are of the best kind.

What is a nursery? Is it important?

Establishing a nursery is the most effective way of bringing back the
trees that had been cut. A nursery is a lot or garden where plants are
grown and propagated for transplanting, budding, or grafting. As new
seedlings are grown, it would also be a very wise move to include in the
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nursery some ornamental plants, especially medicinal plants that are
gaining more popularly and use.
In putting up a nursery, it is necessary to acquire scientific
knowledge and the required planting skill through reading, seminars,
apprenticeship, observations and interest in the work, perseverance, and
creativity.
The nursery can be big, regular, or a small one depending on the
available area and the bulk of plants to propagate.

What’s More
Propagating trees and Fruit Trees like ornamentals, is fast becoming
a booming business. The place where fruit trees are propagated is called
nursery. Today, there are plants like along the highways, besides roads
and streets, and inside towns and cities. With perseverance, work, and
creativity, the plant nursery becomes a profitable business. As a
requirement, your adequate knowledge and skills in planting and taking
care of the plants is important.
To put up a nursery, one must consider the following
requirements:
1. Location/Site- choose a place near a source of water.
2. Soil type- different plants need different types of soil . But for
young plants, the most common soil used is the loam type, rich
in organic matter.
3. Shed – this is one structure essential in propagating young
trees. A shed should have a partially lighted roof to allow
sunlight for the young tree to grow.
4. Storage place for tools and equipment – it is important to have
a complete set of tools or their substitute to be able to carry out
all nursery activities properly.
5. Boxes, pots, and plots for germinating seeds – there are three
places to germinate seeds, young plants, and young trees . Boxes
and plots are usually used for germinating seeds. Pots or Plastic
bags are usually used for young trees.

Activity 1
Pretend that you are going to put up a nursery. List down the plants/trees
your will propagate. Use a chart in classifying your plants.

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 Name of the Plant/Tree Reason

Activity 2

Write something about the pictures shown above.

Activity 3

Identify the word that is describe in the sentence. Find the

word in the box below
1. A process wherein a branch or shoot touches the ground, develops
roots, and becomes an independent plant.
2. A process wherein a ring of bark on a large branch is removed, the
inner surface scraped lightly and then wrapped with moist soil or
moss covered with plastic or coco husk and secured tightly on both
ends with twine.
3. A process by which a scion is inserted into the rootstock to unite
and grow as one plant.
4. This is also a form of grafting using a single bud.
5. It is a process wherein in the scion is united with the rootstock.
6. These are slim branches that grow from bases of stems running
along the ground.
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 7. A type of propagation which refers to a part of a plant that is cut and
propagated.
8. A sexual type of propagation, the most common as it is the easiest.
9. Roots emerged from the surface from which new plants develops
from buds.
10. These refers to stems or shoots emerging from portions of plants or
trees.

Layering Marcotting Grafting Budding Inarching Runners

Cuttings Seeds Rhizomes Suckers

Prepared by:

Ma. Teresa F. Fernandez

Teacher III

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