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Read the following questions and write your answer in a separated sheet of paper.
1. What is the general term for cultivating the soil?
2. In preparing a small area for planting vegetables, the initial breaking of the soil is usually done. What garden tool should we use to do the job?
3. Why is there a need to prepare the land for planting?
4. What are the tools used in land preparation?
5. Give the steps in land preperation?
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Answer:
What is the general term for cultivating the soil?
Ploughing (tillage): mechanical cultivation of agricultural soils by the plough to different depths (20 – 30cm) deep, creating arable land. Pocosin: A bog formed in shallow depressions with poor drainage, supporting predominantly evergreen shrubs or small trees.
In preparing a small area for planting vegetables, the initial breaking of the soil is usually done. What garden tool should we use to do the job?
All Purpose Trowel – Another essential cultivating tool – used for digging up small plants, making holes to set them out in, planting bulbs, etc. – the hand trowel must be strong.
Why is there a need to prepare the land for planting?
A well-prepared field controls weeds, recycles plant nutrients, and provides a soft soil mass for transplanting and a suitable soil surface for direct seeding. ... This is important for effective weed control and for enriching the soil. Generally, it will take 3−4 weeks to prepare the field before planting.
What are the tools used in land preparation?
1.Plough
2.Yoke
3.Leveller
4.Harrow
5.Mallot
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Give the steps in land preperation?
Step 1:
Plowing to "till" or dig-up, mix, and overturn the soil
Step 2:
harrowing to break the soil clods into smaller mass and incorporate plant residue
Step 3:
leveling the field. Initial land preparation begins after your last harvest or during fallow period.