Republic of the Philippines

Quirino General High School

Zamora, Cabarroguis, Quirino

A Detailed Lesson Plan in Technology and Livelihood Education

Horticulture – Grade 10
September 27, 2017

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson the students should be able to:
a. identify the composition of growing media,
b. draw a graph representing the composition of a growing media; and
c. acknowledge the proper mixture of a growing media

II. SUBJECT MATTER

Topic: composition of a good growing media
Reference: TLE – Agricultural Crops Production Grade 10 – Module,
www.pthorticulture.com
Materials: Pictures, Manila paper, and Cartolina

III. PROCEDURE

A. Preliminary Activities
Teachers’ Activity Student’s Activity
1. Prayer
“Let us pray, please lead the “good morning sir”
prayer”

2. Greetings (one student will lead the prayer)

“Good morning class”

3. Checking of Attendance “students raise their right hand as I called their

“please raise your right hand and names)
say present as I call your name”

B. Motivation
I have an illustration of a potted plant. What Clay soil sir.
do you think is the soil that is present in the Loam soil sir
pot class?

Given that this medium contains different Components of a good growing media sir.
types of components.

What do you think is our topic for today?

 C. Lesson Proper
Our lesson for today is all about the
composition of a good growing media. I have
a pie graph in here showing the basic
components of a growing media.

Based on the pie graph shown what can you
say about the components of a growing
media?
Sir, components of a growing media are the pre-
mixed ingredients/materials used to create a
growing media. These are the individual
ingredients that are mixed with other components
to create the growing media.

Before moving on to the common types of

materials/components used in a growing
media I have a web chart. There are only five
correct answers in the set of in the set of
words that are posted in there. I want you to
guess those 5 materials and post it in the
chart.

Peat moss is formed by the accumulation of plant

One common material that is used in mixing a materials in poorly drained areas.
growing media is peat and peat like materials.
What can you say about it?

Peats are used because it is less acidic and

contain relatively few fibrous particles.
Wood residues constitute a significant source of
The second one is wood residues. What is soiless media. Some examples are leaf mold,
wood residues class? sawdust, and barks which are rich in nitrogen.

Rice hulls are a byproduct of the rice milling

The next one is the most common component
that we are using locally which is the rice
hull. What can you say about rice hull class?
Very good, another component is the sand.
What is sand class?
industry. Although they are very light in weight,
rice hulls are very effective in improving drainage.
Sir it is a basic component of a soil. Fine sands do
little to improve the physical properties of a
growing media and may result in reduced drainage
and aeration.

Perlite is a siliceous mineral of volcanic origin.

Sand is also a good amendment for both Perlite is very dusty when dry and has a tendency
potting and propagation media. Last but not to float to the top of a container during irrigation.
the least is perlite. What is perlite class? Perlite is an effective amendment for growing
media.
Here are some examples of commonly used
soilless mixtures for greenhouse crops.
2:1 peat, perlite
2:1/3:1 peat, sand
2:1:1 peat, bark, sand

These are the best soil medium for general

nursery purposes.

For loam soil.

 1-part loam soil
 1-part manure or decomposed manure
 1-part decomposed rice hull
For clay soil
 1-part clay soil
 2 parts compost or manure
 1-part decomposed rice hull/sieved
sand

D. Enrichment Activity
I will group you into four. You are grouped (the students went to their respective groups)
based on your row. Row 1 will be group 1,
row 2 will be group 2, row 3 will be group 3,
and row 4 will be group 4.

Go to your respective groups and form an arc. Yes sir

I want each member of the group to work
together to draw a graph and label it
according to the type of growing media that
you’ll draw. I will give you 5 minutes to
finish the task. Your time starts now.

E. Generalization
Congratulations class for a job well done
during the activity. Now I’m going to ask
some questions if you really understood our
lesson for today.

What are again the common components of a The common components of a growing media are .
growing media? . . . . . . . ..

What do you think will happen if the growing Sir it will affect the whole growing media. When it
media is not mixed properly? is not mixed properly, the growing media might
not support the plant properly so we must always
mix the growing media accurately and correctly.

Very good class, bring out 1/4 sheet of paper

and get ready for a short quiz.

IV. EVALUATION
 1. Enumerate the components of a loam soil.
2. Enumerate the components of a clay soil.

V. ASSIGNMENT
Bring soil components to be checked next meeting.

PREPARED BY:
Ren Denver Renato L. Dequina II
Student Teacher