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TERM – 4 , WEEK – 4
November 2, 2009, 6:59 am
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02-11-2009  MONDAY

                               Irrigation , Today we got practical experience of irrigation , we have made  irrigation pipe line all put together in square form with mini sprinkler with  ‘T’ joints , ellbows . In afternoon we are involved in making irrigating lines with square pop up sprinkler system in front of polytechnic. we got good experience in irrigation. 

03-11-2009  TUESDAY

                                Weed spraying in Bannockburn campus  ,  due to dunedin field trip was canclled  , i am with Mr .Garry today, we were doing weed control in sportstruff golf ground by spraying  Tordan , it is selective  for brodleaf weeds like clover, systemic herbicide, for identification of the path we used foam marker, we diluted 1.5 lit of herbicide to get 300 lit in water. we used app  6 lit of herbicide for one hac.

04-11-2009  WEDNESDAY

                                Bannockburn cmpus ,Today we were with  Mr.Alex who has given us practical training in tractor, attaching implements like spay tanks  to three lever linkage & with PTO shaft  , dismandaling them , during these operations care should be taken that engine should be in off condition, first we have to fix left linkage then right , then top , then the PTO.

05-11-2009  THURSDAY

                                Propagation  –  Nursery , We were doing propagation of softwood cuttings of Lavendula ‘ grosso’ & Rosmarinus  officinalis  ‘Tuscan blue’in a potting mix of  1:1  sand & standared potting mix with some pumice ( for good aration ), using rooting hormone , kept in GH1. cuttings  we have to collect in cool morning, take the flower bud out while propagating . Then we were doing vegetable gardening , corn , ladies finger , cucumber , spring onion , Pea etc.   

06-11-2009  FRIDAY

                                 CV  , Mis Lyne mcfarlane explained us how to prepare our Curriculum Vitae, very useful session.                      

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