FPA200 (WEEK 6) - CIRCLE WEEDING

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 WEEK 6 (3 May 2024) 


 

Assalamualaikum and hello everyone!!! Welcome 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 FPA200 Fieldwork III that all DPIM's student will learn during semester 3. Hope that everyone will get useful information from my blog and hope you enjoy it !!!

Every Friday in semester 3, 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 :


6:20 a.m. - 7:15 a.m.
  • Gathered in the parking lot in front to the lecture block
  • Our class representative take attendance for class B
  • Line up according to their respective classes from class A until class D
  • Warm up 
7:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
  • Moved to Agrotech Plantation site.
  • Sing the National Anthem, next is Wawasan Setia Warga UiTM and Planters Song followed by prayer.
  • Supervisor give a speech.
  • Presentation from student part 1, part 2 and part 3. 
Figure 1 : Presentation from student part 1, part 2 and part 3

Figure 2 : Supervisor give a speech

8:30 a.m. - 8.35 a.m.
  • All student from class B moved to the Durian plot and our  lecturer Sir Fairuz  give a briefing about our activities.
  • Our activities is doing maintenance in the durian plot area.
8:35 a.m. - 10.00 a.m.
  • Students start doing maintenance followed by row
10:00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.
  • Rest
10:30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.   
  • Continue our activities 
  • Class dismissed

EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS

EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS

DESCRIPTION

1. 

     

Boots

2. 

     

Hoe

3.

    

Gloves

4. 

      

Straw Hat

5. 

Gasoline Brush Cutter(5 Unit)

- Petrol oil (5 litres)

- 2T oil (5 ml)

- Nylon strap (7-10 sets)

    


ABOUT CIRCLE WEEDING
1. What is circle weeding?
- Circle weeding involves removing weeds from around the base of a plant in a circular pattern. It helps the plant to thrive by reducing competition for nutrients, water and sunlight.

2. Circle weeding offers several advantages :
- Improved health 
- Enhance growth  
- Better aesthetic appeal
- Easier maintenance
- Increased yield

MAINTENANCE ON DURIAN TREE

                                                    TREE 6                                                      
                           
          Figure 3 : Before circle weeding                              Figure 4 : After Circle weeding


Figure 5 : The durian trees were discovered to have stem canker while the weeds were being removed. This disease mostly affects the base and stem, severely peeling off bark and making it difficult for the plants to absorb nutrients and water.


                                                                    TREE 7

                                    
          Figure 6 : Before circle weeding                              Figure 7 : After circle weeding
       
 
Figure 8 : We had to notify the plantation unit personnel about a leak in the water distribution pipe.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1. What is canker ?

✅Canker is a term used to describe various diseases that can cause necrotic, often sunken areas of damage on stems, twigs, or branches of plants. The term can also be applied to the lesions themselves. These disease can be caused by a variety of pathogens, including fungi, bacteria, and occasionally viruses, and they affect a wide range of plant species.

2. What causes canker ?

✅Cankers in plants are typically caused by a variety of fungal and bacterial pathogens that infect the plant tissue. These pathogens can enter the plant through natural openings, such as stomata, or through wounds from pruning, insects, weather damage, or other mechanical injuries. Once inside the plant, these pathogens colonize that tissue and disrupt nutrient and water flow, leading to the formation of cankers.

2. How to control and prevent cankers ?

✅Cultural Practices: These include regular inspection of plants for early signs of disease, proper sanitation to remove and dispose of inflected material, and avoiding unnecessary wounding of plants. It's also important to maintain overall plant health, as stresses plants are more susceptible to disease. 

✅Chemical Treatments: Fungicides or bactericides may be used in some cases to control canker diseases. These are typically applied as a preventative measure or at the first sign of disease. It's important to remember that these treatments will not cure existing cankers but can help prevent the spread of the disease to healthy tissue.

✅Resistant Varieties: where available, planting resistant varieties can be an effective way to manage canker diseases. 


PLANNING FOR NEXT ACTIVITIES 

1. Circle weeding for 4 trees🌳🌳🌳🌳
- Equipment : Hoe (1 unit)

2. Pruning ✂
- Equipment : Garden hedge shears (2 units)


THATS ALL FOR WEEK 6. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEND YOUR TIME  !
😊👋

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