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The first stage of crop cultivation
Site selection
Consider these two things when selecting a site to cultivate crops
Any TWO of:
soil type
climate
topography
accessibility
This method of clearing the land involves the use of simple tools like cutlasses or machetes.
manual
Famers do this to plants to ensure they have enough space to grow between them
thinning
The fourth stage of crop cultivation
planting
Plants should receive this everday in very dry weather.
water
A name for animals that destroys plants by eating them
pest
This land formation is used especially on top of clay soils when planting vegetables.
seedbeds/raised beds/level-surface beds
The third phase of crop cultivation
land preparation
This method of land clearing involves the use of machines like tractors.
mechanical
The final stage of crop cultivation
harvesting and post-harvesting
This refers to rainfall, temperature, the amount of sunlight, humidity, and wind.
climate
The second phase of crop cultivation
land clearing
This soil is placed in the middle layer in the Ellen White method of planting.
topsoil
This refers to the surface shape of the land. (The answers begins with a T)
topography
Long trenches dug in the ground to retain water, especially in dry areas.
furrows / trenches
Crops like potatoes are usually planted in this planting formation.
mounds
The fifth stage of crop cultivation
crop care and maintenance
The ideal soil for planting crops
loam
While plants are growing many of them must be fed with this.
fertilizer
This is another name for young tree plants
plantlets
When you go and reap your crops, you are performing this
harvesting
This is how deep and wide the hole must be dug in the Ellen White planting method.
3 ft by 3ft
When you throw your food scraps, papers, etc in a heap and allow them to decomposed for soil use, you are doing this
composting
When plants are planted in a container and then placed in the soil after a time, it is called this
transplanting