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Earthing-up selected crops

Agriculture · Grade 7 · about 40 minutes

Earthing-up draws soil to the base of crops such as potato and maize to cover tubers, support stems and hold moisture.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. What crop management practises are
  2. Spacing and plant population
  3. Thinning crowded seedlings
  4. Gapping empty spaces
  5. Why weeds harm the crop
  6. Physical weeding safely
  7. Earthing-up selected crops
  8. Presenting why management matters