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Module 4:
Preparing Layout Design for
Orchard Garden
CO_TLE-AFA6_ Module4
TLE – Agri-Fishery Arts - Grade 6
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Module 4: Preparing Layout Design for Orchard Garden
First Edition, 2020
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Agri-Fishery Arts
Module 4:
Preparing Layout Design for
Orchard Garden
Introductory Message
Each SLM is composed of different parts. Each part shall guide you
step-by-step as you discover and understand the lesson prepared for you.
In addition to the material in the main text, Notes to the Teacher are
also provided to our facilitators and parents for strategies and reminders on
how they can best help you on your home-based learning.
Please use this module with care. Do not put unnecessary marks on
any part of this SLM. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises
and tests. And read the instructions carefully before performing each task.
Thank you.
What I Need to Know
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
learn and master the skill in preparing layout design of an orchard garden.
You will need a map and plenty of paper to sketch your plan so when planting
day comes, you will know exactly where everything is going and how many trees to
order and be confident that every single one of them is going to bear fruit.
This module will cover the different layout design of an orchard garden and
how to prepare layout design of an orchard garden using the information gathered.
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Pauk, Free Royalty,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mango_Plantation_near_Sasan_Gir,_Gujarat.jpg
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What I Know
To begin your lesson in this module, please answer the following statements.
Write TRUE if the statement is correct and GIVE THE CORRECT ANSWER if
it is FALSE and then write it on your answer sheet.
____ 3. In square system, the trees are planted in six corners for keeping the same
distance between rows and from plant to plant in the same row.
____ 5. In this system, the number of trees planted in the same area is almost
doubled is called rectangular system.
____ 6. In the hexagonal system, the trees are planted at the corners of an
equilateral triangle.
____ 8. Measuring the land is one thing to be considered for layout procedure.
____ 9. Layout means fixing the position of trees, roads, building, etc in an orchard
being planted.
____ 10. Choosing the type of trees to be planted is necessary in preparing the
orchard layout design.
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Module
Preparing Layout Design for
4 Orchard Garden
You will need a map and plenty of paper to sketch your plan so when planting
day comes, you will know exactly where everything is going and how many trees to
order and be confident that every single one of them is going to bear fruit.
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What’s In
Direction: Arrange the following scrambled letters inside the box to form a word or
words base on the given definition above it, and then write it on your answer sheet.
1. In this farm, trees are grown for the purpose of fruit production.
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5. Locating the position of trees, roads and buildings in the orchard are being
established.
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What’s New
A picture of Rambutan Plantation owned by Lorenzo D. Laja Jr. at Sitio Sig-ang Brgy.
Carabalan, Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental
If you are the owner of the farm being shown in the picture, what layout
would you make in this kind of farm?
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What is It
Planting fruit trees has five systems where trees are all planted in
rows. Distances between rows and plants varies with the kind of
system, type of fruit trees and their varieties, bigger canopy requires a
wider distance between planted trees.
1. Square System
Square system keeps the same distance between rows and plants
in the same row where trees are planted in four corners. The
advantages in this system are an easy farm operation to include
harrowing, cultivating, plowing, spraying, harvesting.
Since this system is the simplest way of planting trees, anyone
can easily get a view of the whole orchard from one end to another.
Thus, better supervision of the plantation using straight irrigation
channels and paths can be done. However, this system
comparatively has lesser number of tress being accommodated in
given area and the distance between plant to plant and row to row
remains the same as such, certain amount of space in the middle of
four trees is wasted.
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2. Rectangular System
Trees in rectangular system are planted similarly with square system
aside from distance between rows are more than the distance
between plants in the same row. Four adjacent trees comprise the
rectangular system design and irrigation channel will have the
advantage of length and breadth while having a better supervision
and intercultural operations as easily as possible.
On the other hand, a large area of the orchard is consumed by using
this system with smaller number of trees that are planted. Such,
intercropping should be practiced, maximizing any harvest that can
be produced from the available area for planting.
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Illustrated by Learesa G. Amban
4. Hexagonal System
5. Contour System
There are instances that orchard areas are located on hills such that
the slope may cause soil erosion and irrigation system becomes difficult.
In this situation, contour system should be the design to use in planting
trees. It minimizes land erosion, conserve soil moisture and make the slope
fit for growing fruit trees.
The flow of water in the irrigation channels should be made slow to
allow soil penetration without causing erosion.
The advantages in this system can be adopted in hilly regions and
in leveled land, it can control soil erosion, and it helps simultaneously in
the conservation of water.
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On the other hand, laying out of contour lines is difficult and time
consuming. Special skill is required to layout the system and special
instruments are also required for making contour lines. These are some of
the common disadvantages in contour system.
For the layout procedures for different system, a few common steps can be
identified.
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What’s More
Independent Activity
In this activity, you are tasked to study the picture collage of layout design of
orchard below and answer the questions that follow.
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Independent Assessment
Direction: Answer the following questions based on the collage of layout
design of orchard then write your answer in a separate sheet of paper.
1. ______________ This is the simplest and easiest system of plantation.
2. ______________ In this system, the trees are planted at the corners of an
equilateral triangle.
3. ______________ It is a layout design that is generally followed on places
that are hilly and with high slopes.
4. ______________ This system is the same as square system except for the
addition of a tree in the center of each square.
5. ______________ Four adjacent trees in this system make a rectangular
design.
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• What are the few common steps in preparing for the layout design of
orchard?
What I Can Do
To apply your understanding on the content of this module, complete the table below
following the steps in preparing layout design in planting fruit trees in your small
orchard garden based on the given system of planting.
Measure-
System of Materials Types of Planting
ment of Remarks
Planting Needed Plant Distance
the Land
Square
System
Rectangular
System
Hexagonal
System
Quincunx
or Diagonal
System
Contour
System
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Assessment
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer then write it on your answer
sheet.
1. This is the simplest and easiest system of plantation. The trees are
planted in four corners to keep the same distance between rows and
from plant to plant in the same row.
a. Contour system
b. Hexagonal System
c. Rectangular system
d. Square system
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4. It is desirable to have the trees planted in a systematic way due to the
following reasons:
a. I & II
b. II, III & IV
c. III & IV
d. I, II & III
6. The following are few common steps in the layout procedure for different
system except one.
a. Measure the land
b. Prepare a plan on the paper marking details
c. Decide the types of trees to be planted
d. Conduct a survey
7. Basically, this system is the same as the square system except for the
addition of a tree in the middle of each square. The number of trees
planted in the same area is almost double.
a. Hexagonal system
b. Quincunx system
c. Rectangular system
d. Square system
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8. Which of the following is the disadvantage of contour system?
a. Laying out of contour line is difficult and time consuming.
b. Contour system can control the soil erosion
c. It helps simultaneously in the conservation of water.
d. It can be adopted in hilly regions and in leveled land.
10. What do you call the additional tree in the center of a quincunx
system?
a. Filler
b. Grower
c. Filter
d. Shelter
Additional Activities
This time, kindly get a short size bond paper and draw the different layout
designs of an orchard listed below.
1. Contour system
2. Hexagonal system
3. Quincunx system
4. Rectangular system
5. Square system
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Answer Key
10. T
T 9.
T 8.
system
A 10.
F- Contour 7.
B 9.
T 6.
A 8. system
B 7. system 5. Rectangular
D 6. F-Quincunx 5.
system
A 5. Disadvantage
4. Quincunx
D 4. F- 4.
C 3. system 3. Contour system
B 2. F- Hexagonal 3. system
D 1. T 2. 2. Hexagonal
T 1. 1. Square system
References
Learning and Living in the 21st Century 6, pp. 124-126.
"The Orchard Project - Bringing Community Orchards To Cities And Towns.". 2020.
The Orchard Project. https://www.theorchardproject.org.uk/
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