Learning Area TLE_HORTICULTURE Grade Level Ten

W6 Quarter Three Date Week 6

I. LESSON TITLE Produce Vegetables (Transplanting of Seedlings)

II. MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING LO 1.3 Transplant seedlings following the right recommendation
COMPETENCIES (MELCs) (TLE_AFHC9-12PV-IIIa-j-3)
III. CONTENT/CORE CONTENT Characteristics of Good Quality Seedlings
Reference: Competency-Based Learning Materials Horticulture NC II
Module 4 Direct Planting and Transplanting of Seedlings page 99 - 100
Suggested
IV. LEARNING PHASES Learning Activities
Timeframe
A. Introduction Day 1
Panimula What do you know about transplanting of vegetable seedlings?

Transplanting is the process of transferring the seedlings from the

nursery to the field where they continually grow and develop.

Purposes of Transplanting

 Allow sufficient space for stocky development of the plants.

 Select good, healthy and sturdy seedlings.
 Eliminate disease-infected and weak seedlings.

Tips in Successful Transplanting

 Have good healthy seedlings.

 Have the land thoroughly prepared before transplanting.
 Transplant hardened seedlings. Hardened seedlings could withstand
outside conditions.
 Have a good container, a shallow small basket, or a banana bract
of convenient length for the seedlings.

Characteristics of Good Quality Seedlings

1. Healthy roots. Roots of healthy transplants should be white and
actively growing. If the plants have been over-watered, injured by
excessive soluble salts, infected with disease or stressed in other
ways, the color may be tan or brown. Root breakage results in
severe transplant shock and plants sit in the field for several weeks
before they start to actively grow. This period of sitting extends the
time to harvest and defeats the earliness purpose of using
transplants.So make sure the roots are healthy.
2. Healthy green color of the leaves. Look at the leaves and stems of
the transplants. The leaves should be green, not chlorotic.
Yellowed or chlorotic leaves could indicate the transplants have
not been fertilized properly and are suffering nutritionally, likely
from nitrogen deficiency. Purple leaves would indicate
phosphorous deficiency. Transplants that are nutritionally stressed,
especially with limited nitrogen, have long-term reductions in
earliness and total yields. Avoid the other extreme of very lush
and soft over fertilized plants.

3. Absence of insects and diseases. Inspect the foliage for signs and
symptoms of insects and diseases. Planting transplants in the field
already infested with aphids is planting problem. The leaves should
also be free of lesions and spots because they could indicate the
presence of disease and you may be planting plants that are
already suffering from disease.
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IV. LEARNING PHASES Learning Activities
Timeframe
4. Number of leaves present. Transplants with few leaves will be
slower to establish or develop normally when planted.
5. Thick stems. Plants that are tall and spindly will suffer more from
wind breakage. Thick stems on transplants are an indication that
they have not been grown too rapidly and that there is a good
root to shoot balance of nutrients. Other problems with the stems
such as lesions or girdling near the roots can delay field
establishment.

If purchasing transplants, try to determine the age of the

plants. If they are so old that they are flowering or have set fruit
already then they will probably take longer to establish and will be
slower to yield a crop. Be sure to remove fruit from any transplants
that are being set in the field to help alleviate delays. Transplants that
have been in containers for long enough to become root bound will
suffer greater root breakage during planting.

B. Development Day 2 During the second quarter you learned about growing seedling
Pagpapaunlad consisting of good quality seeds, seed germination test and growing media.
Now, let us prepare our seedlings!

Learning Task 1
Mix pechay seed with fine sand before sowing the seeds in seed tray
or any plant container. Pechay seedlings will be used on our activity next
week.
Ask someone in your home to rate your work using the following
criteria. Copy the table on your answer sheet.
Write a narrative report on how you did the activity.
Criteria 20 15 10 Points
Quality of Quality of work Quality of work Quality of work
Work frequently met the sometimes failed
exceeded the expectations. to meet the
expectations. expectations.
Responsibility Exceeded the Responsible Failed to
expectations on and complete complete tasks.
completion of tasks most of the
and follow up. tasks.

Name & Signature of Parent: ________________________________

C. Engagement Day 3 Learning Task 2 Answer the following question correctly.

Pakikipagpalihan
A. Write GOOD if the statement is correct and SEEDLING if the statement is
incorrect.
_____1. Plants that are tall and spindly will not suffer from wind breakage.
_____2. Yellowed leaves could indicate the transplants have been
fertilized properly.
_____3. The leaves should also be free of lesions and spots.
_____4. Planting transplants in the field already infested with aphids is
planting problem.
_____5. Transplants with few leaves will be slower to establish or develop
normally when planted.

B. Why do we need to transplant vegetable seedlings? (5 points)

____________________________________________________________________
C. When is the best time to transplant seedlings? (5 points)
____________________________________________________________________
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IV. LEARNING PHASES Learning Activities
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D. Assimilation Day 4 Learning Task 3
Paglalapat Explain the following questions in 100 words with the guide of the
rubrics below. Write your response in your answer sheet.
1. Enumerate the factors to be considered in selecting good quality
seedlings.
2. Why is it important to know the characteristics of good quality
seedlings?

Criteria 20 15 10 Points
Content Sufficiently Limited Superficial and/or
developed content with minimal content.
content with inadequate
adequate explanation.
explanation.
Organization Functional Confused or Minimal control of
of Ideas arrangement of inconsistent content
content that arrangement arrangement.
sustains a logical of content with
order with some and without
evidence of attempts at
transitions. transition.
Number of 100 or more words 80 – 90 words 60 – 70 words
Words Used used used used

V. ASSESSMENT Day 5 Learning Task 4

(Learning Activity Sheets for
Prepare your garden plot of your desired size or any plastic container.
Enrichment, Remediation or
Assessment to be given on Weeks This will be used in our transplanting activity next week.
3 and 6)
Ask someone in your home to rate your work using the following
criteria. Copy the table on your answer sheet.

Criteria 20 15 10 Points
Quality of Quality of work Quality of work Quality of work
Work frequently met the sometimes failed
exceeded the expectations. to meet the
expectations. expectations
Responsibility Exceeded the Responsible Failed to
expectations on and complete complete tasks.
completion of most of the
tasks and follow tasks.
up.

Name & Signature of Parent: ________________________________

VI. REFLECTION The learner, in their notebook, will write their personal insights about the
lesson using the prompts below.
I understand that ___________________.
I realize that ________________________.
I need to learn more about __________.
Prepared by: Checked by:

Charell B. Francia / Mariebe G. Lacson Ma. Salvacion T. Realeza, PhD