ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL

GARDEN

BY: GENEROSO G. PATEO

TLE TEACHER
Kinoguitan National Agricultural High
School

TYPES OF VEGETABLE GARDEN

MODELS

1.Backyard Gardening
2.Container Gardening
3.Rooftop Gardening
4.Modified Hydroponics
5.School Gardening
6.Edible Landscaping

REQUIREMENTS FOR ESTABLISHING A

SCHOOL GARDEN

1.Space or Site

2. fence

3. Soil

4. Seed variety

5. garden tools

Wheel barrow

Sprinkler

spading fork

rake

Grab-hoe

Pick-mattock

knife

shovel

bolo

pruning shears

spade

Hand trowel

6.water

REQUIREMENTS FOR
ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL GARDEN
1.Space or site
2.Fence
3.Soil
4.Seed Variety
5.Garden Tools
6.Water

PLANTING PLAN

Its purpose is to have a year-round availability

of home/school garden.
Block A
Bitter Gourd
Cabbage
Eggplant
Tomato

-July-October
-October-March
-April-September
-March-June

PLANTING PLAN

Block B
Eggplant
December
Radish
Bottle Gourd
Tomato

-July-January - March
-April - June
-July-December

LAND PREPARATION

Preparing the land creates favorable

conditions for seed germination, seedling
establishment and management of the crops.
A. Cleaning
B. Bedding/Plotting
Preparing plots of beds with 1 meter width at
any given length. Ideal bed length is 10
meters to facilitate easy movement along
the the garden. Spacing between beds must
be 1 foot to maximize the area for planting.

Planting Options

Burning straw on top of the seedbed

sterilizes the top soil depth of approx. 5cm
depending on the thickness of straw and
time of burning

Hot water treatment

Planting Options

Planting Options
Cuttings
e.g. sweet potato, alugbati, malunggay, tinangkong

Planting Options

Seedbed preparation

SEED AND SEEDLING

MANAGEMENT

A.Preparation of sowing media

An ideal growing medium for
sowing is one composed of 1 part loam soil
and 1 part compost(Composted Manure)
For soil-less media used in
germination box/seedling tray method of
sowing and rearing of seedlings, 5 parts
carbonized rice hulls, 3 parts coconut coir
dust, and 1 part compost is the ideal
medium.

Media

SEED AND SEEDLING

MANAGEMENT

C. Hardening
How to harden Seedlings
If grown in partial shade, exposing seedlings
to strong sunlight 7-10 days before
transplanting hardens the seedling.
Withdrawing water to slow plant growth will
result in thicker, less succulent and harden
plant tissues.
Because hardened seedlings are sturdy, they
will require no cover after transplanting.

PLANTING
Ideal Conditions for Transplanting
Transplant in the late afternoon or on a
cloudy day to minimize transplant
shock.

Place transplants in holes, cover

the roots with soil, and lightly firm.
Irrigate immediately after
transplanting to establish good
root-to-soil contact.

SEED / SEEDLING PRODUCTION

IMPORTANCE OF USING GOOD SEEDS

Seed is the basic commodity of agriculture. Planting good seeds is essential to the
success in growing vegetables.
Planting any vegetable variety except the variety best adapted to the environment
in which it will grow unnecessarily limits the potential for high yields and profits
even before the first seed is planted.
No amount of fertilization, irrigation or other cultural practices will give profits from
poorly adapted varieties.
The value of good seeds was described by one grower when he said At no point
in the production of crops can greater results be obtained with less effort than the
seed

CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD
SEEDS
1. Varietal purity growers should be careful not to buy varieties that are mixed.
The plants resulting from the seed sown must possess the characteristics of the
variety to the variety to which the seed belongs.
2. Germination and vigor seed viability affects seedling stand in the field. Seeds
that germinate 90% will establish more seedlings than those germinating only
70%. Seedling vigor is usually greatest from seeds of good quality.
3. Uniformity of size With seeds of uniform size, evenness in emergence and
uniform seedling stand are easily obtained.
4. Free from seed borne diseases Good seeds obtained from disease free
plants are expected to give better yield performance from the infected ones.
5. Free from mixtures the seeds used as planting material must be free from
mixture with other crops, used seeds and other foreign matters.

WAYS TO OBTAIN DISEASEFREE

STOCKS
1. Growing in disease-free areas to ensure freedom from seed-borne
diseases, vegetable should be grown in an arid and disease free area during the
dry season or grown under the constant supervision of a well trained and
experienced plant pathologist . Seeds should not be harvested from diseased
fields and used for planting.
2. Sorting hand or mechanical sorting such as fanning and floating, light and
shriveled seeds which are likely disease carriers can be eliminated
3. Seed treatment
Objectives
1. to kill pathogens in the seed ( seed disinfection)
2. to kill pathogens on the seed ( seed disinfestation)
3. to give post and pre emergence protection to young plant.
Seed disinfection soak the seeds in 0.8% acetic acid for 24 hours
Seed disinfestation use mercuric chloride to kill fungi such as those causing
anthracnose and angular leaf spot of cucumber and the bacteria causing
bacterial spot of solanaceous vegetables.
Seed protection some fungicides commonly used are captan and arasan
Common insecticides are dieldrin and lindane are also used in treating seeds.
Chemical protectant can be applied as a dust, a slurry or by pelletizing the
seed.

THANK YOU VERY

MUCH!!