HT1091 Plant Propagation 1
Introduction
HT1091 Plant propagation 1 covers part of achievement standards:
- achievement standard 90157, AHS1.2: Demonstrate practical skills used in agricultural or horticultural production
- achievement standard 90923, AHS1.9 Demonstrate knowledge of basic plant propagation techniques
Find out here about what you will do, assessment requirements and what you will need to complete HT1091.
What you will do
This work will take about 8 hours.
This work explains the principles of sexual propagation of plants.
Use the HT1091 study plan to work your way through the 6 sessions for this standard.
You will:
- collect and label the sexual reproductive parts of flowers
- find examples of wind and insect pollinated flowers
- carry out a germination test on radish seeds
- sow seeds in open ground
- collect, clean, grade and store seeds
- explain the environmental and biological conditions affecting successful seed germination.
Assessment
Your teacher will look at how well you:
- collected and labelled reproductive parts of flowers
- found examples of wind and insect pollinated plants
- completed a germination test on radish seed
- completed the teacher-assessed work for HT1091 in your workbook
- sowed seeds in open ground
- collected cleaned and graded seed for storage.
What you will need
- radish seeds
- broad bean seeds
- corn seeds
- carrot seeds
- silverbeet seeds
- lettuce seeds
- turnip seeds
- paper towels or filter paper
- flat container such as the lid of an ice-cream container
- use of a fork, hoe, rake, watering can or hose with a nozzle, and a string line
- your diary from HT101 or a small notebook (3B1)
- labels
- marker pen
- clear sticky tape
- HT1091 workbook
- 12 small envelopes.
What's next?
Go to: 1 Producing more plants.