FPA150 (WEEK 5) - SEED HANDLING

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 WEEK 5 (2 November 2023) 


Assalamualaikum and hello everyone!!! Welcome again to my blog💜. Salam UITM dihatiku! My name is Nur 'Ain Syafiqah Binti Mohamad Hirani. I am from Selangor. I studied in Diploma In Planting Industry Management (DPIM) at UITM Melaka Campus Jasin. By the way, this is a blog about FPA150 Fieldwork II that all DPIM's student will learn during semester 2. Hope that everyone will get useful information from my blog and hope you enjoy it !!!

Every Friday in semester 2, all students part 1 until part 3 from Faculty Of Plantation And Agrotechnology need to get together in the field. In this blog, I want to show our time and activity that we have followed :

6:00 a.m. - 6.30 a.m.
  • Subuh prayers
  • Class representative take attendance for our class B
6:30 a.m. - 7.15 a.m.
  • Line up according to their respective classes
  • Morning exercise
7:15 a.m. - 8.35 a.m.
  • Moved to Agrotech 
  • Read Al-Kahfi(The first 10 sentences and last 10 sentences), Dua Dhuha, Doa Qunut Nazilah and Dua Rabithah(Recitation)
  • Sing the National Anthem, next is Wawasan Setia Warga UITM and Planters Song followed by prayer.  
  • Planter's talk that delivered by a student representative of part 2 which is from class A about Plant Propagation.
  • Dr. Zahid give a speech about confirmation of course validation.
  • Madam Farhamizah explain the activities we are going to do. The activities is about Seed Treatment which is under topic Seed Handling. 

         

         


8:35 a.m. - 10.00 a.m.
  • My class moved to rubber plantations to collect rubber beans that we want to use for seed germination.



  • Class A,B,C,D moved to nursery with our lecturer for FPA150 to do seed germination. 
  • The process of seed germination is :-
          1) Soak the rubber seeds for 10 to 15 minutes.
          2) Meanwhile, the soil is mixed with peatmoss to provide moisture.
          3) Then put the rubber seeds that have been soaked into the polybag.
          4) Finally water it and place it together with other tree plants of classmates.



Step 1 : Soak the rubber seeds

Step 2 : Mix the soil with peatmoss

Step 3 : Put the rubber seeds into polybag

Step 4 : Watering plants


10:00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.
  • Rest.
10:30 a.m. - 11.15 a.m.
  • Our group class are going to Plot Angkat which is Lime Plot to do circle weeding.
  • Class dismissed.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1. 4 basic seed pre-treatment
     1) Cold water treatment : Soak seeds in cold water for at least 12 and up to 48 hours. You can also try soaking the seeds in water during the day, and leaving them to dry at night.
   2) Hot water treatment : Boil water in a large pot, remove from heat and cool for 10 minutes. Add seed to water and let soak for up to two days.
   3) Boiling water treatment : Boil water in a large pot, remove from heat, add seed and leave for two minutes. Pour off the hot water and replace with cold water. Soak the seed for up to two days. 
    4) Mechanical : It is important not to damage the embryo, or the part of the seed where the root will emerge (usually an indented place or a pointed area). Nick the seed with a knife, crack it with a stick, or scratch its surface on a concrete floor, or with sandpaper. For small seed, place in a jar lined with sandpaper facing the inside of the jar, and shake vigorously. It is not necessary to completely remove the tough outer seed coat, just crack it so that water can enter the seed and trigger germination.

2. What is seed germination?
- Seed Germination and growth of an embryo from seed into seedling during favourable conditions is called seed germination. Seed germination can also be defined as a process in which a dormant seed activates and grows into a new plant.

THATS ALL FOR WEEK 5. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEND YOUR TIME  !
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