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FPA 150 WEEK 7

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  WEEK : 7 DATE : 24 November 2023 ACTIVITIES : Circle weeding  6.20 a.m - 6.50 a.m   Students gather at the rollcall site. Cr takes the attendance of students and we do exercises to warm up the body. 6.50 a.m - 7.40 a.m All students are asked to gather at the agrotech site to read surah al kahfi, qunut nazilah, doa rabitah and doa dhuha. Apart from that, students also sang the national anthem, wawasan setia warga uitm and the planters song. 7.40 a.m - 8.45 a.m  Sir Silva Kumar briefing about weed. He also told about how to control weed.  The way to control weeds:  -Removal of weeds by pulling out with the hand.  -Removal of weeds by using the trowel.  -Removal of weeds by some agricultural techniques like ploughing, burning etc. Spraying weedicides. What is leguminous cover crop ( LCC)? Leguminous cover crop (LCC) are planted as a living mulch, to control erosion and keep weeds out. many species are nutritious forages. When plowed under, t...

FPA 150 WEEK 6

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  WEEK : 6 DATE   : 10 November 2023  ACTIVITY : Fertilizer + land clearing / weeding (ladang angkat) 6.20 a.m - 6.50 a.m  Students gather at the rollcall site. Cr takes the attendance of students and we do exercises to warm up the body. 6.50 a.m - 7.30 a.m  All students are asked to gather at the agrotech site to read surah al kahfi, qunut nazilah, doa rabitah and doa dhuha. Apart from that, students also sang the national anthem, wawasan setia warga uitm and the planters song. 7.30 a.m - 7.40 a.m  students part 1 told about their activities last week 7.40 a.m - 8.15 a.m  Madam Dr Idayu  give  an explanation about fertilization  : Why apply fertilizer here? Because trees need nutrients. The three main sources of fertilizer are nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. -Three ways of sowing fertilizer are broktask, which is sowing mechanically; topgrass, which is fertilizer on the grass; and sidegrass, which is sowing around the trees. then...

FPA 150 WEEK 5

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  Date : 3 November 2023  Week : 5  Topic : Seed Handling ( HAVEA BRASILIENSE )    6.20 a.m - 6.50 a.m Students gather at the rollcall site. Cr takes the attendance of students and we do exercises to warm up the body. 6.50 a.m - 7.30 a.m  All students are asked to gather at the agrotech site to read surah al kahfi, qunut nazilah, rabitah prayer and dhuha prayer. Apart from that, students also sang the national anthem, wawasan setia warga uitm and the planters song. 7.30 a.m - 7.40 a.m   Student part 2 tell the activities they did last week. 7.40 a.m - 7..50 a.m  We heard Dr Zahid tell about the discipline that students must follow. He also told how to study like Imam Syafi'e. 7.50 a.m - 8.15 a.m  We heard an explanation from Madam Farhamiza about seed handling. 8.15 a.m - 8.30 a.m  We went to collect rubber seeds in the rubber plantation. 8.30 a.m - 9.30 a.m  After collecting rubber seeds, we continue to move to the nursery to...

FPA 150 WEEK 4

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  Topic : Preparation of Growing Medium  Assalamualaikum my name is Mohammad 'Izzul Tsaqif Bin Ahmad Asmadi . Today i will share the experience of my activities while at the farm for the week 3 . 7.00 a.m All part 2 student went to their roll call site, our cr and acr took attendance, after that we wait for our planters executive and did a morning exercise . Next, all part 1, part 2and part 3 from diploma student and degree student gathered at agrotech site, we started our roll call with sang national anthem, wawasan setia warga uitm and planters song . We were also told to recite the rabitah prayer, the qunut nazilah prayer, and surah kahfi. After that , we listened to students part 3 talked about pests and climate change.  8.00 a.m  we move to the nursery for growing medium preparation . We listened to a briefing from the lecturer about plant mediums such as loam, organic and sand .  8.30 a.m Students are asked to mix several medium namely loam , organic and s...