Planting the crop
Agriculture · Grade 9 · about 40 minutes
Twice as deep as the seed is wide, and spaced to suit the crop.
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- 9 sections of explanation, worked examples and diagrams
- 1 practice task with hints and worked answers
- A quiz that marks itself as you go
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Other lessons in this sub-strand
- What organic gardening is
- Organic and conventional compared
- Choosing the site and the crop
- Preparing the seedbed
- What organic manure does
- Making compost
- Farmyard manure
- Making an organic foliar feed
- Planting the crop
- Controlling weeds without chemicals
- Controlling pests without chemicals
- Watering and daily care
- Harvesting and keeping records
- Presenting the project, and why it matters