DON MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL STATE

UNIVERSITY
Bacnotan, La Union, Philippines
Website Address: www.dmmmsu.edu.ph
Email Address: [email protected]

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

NARRATIVE REPORT IN VEGETABLE

PRODUCTION

FERNAN L. BAYANGAN

BSA 3A
 CHAPTER 1

Introduction

Vegetable production refers to the cultivation and harvesting of vegetables,

encompassing processes like soil preparation, planting, irrigation, pest control, and marketing.

Learning vegetable production is beneficial for students as it enhances nutritional awareness,

encouraging healthy eating through a better understanding of balanced diets and the nutritional

value of fresh produce. It develops practical horticultural skills, problem-solving abilities, and a

sense of responsibility and patience through consistent garden care. Students gain scientific

knowledge and skills in botany and biology, learning about plant growth cycles and ecosystems,

while also understanding sustainable agricultural practices and the importance of organic

farming. The practice promotes physical activity, mental health, and teamwork, and introduces

students to economic concepts such as cost-effectiveness and basic entrepreneurship through the

marketing and selling of produce. The activity aims to provide the students hands-on learning

experiences that would connect them with nature and enhance their appreciation for food

production.

Objectives

The activity generally aimed to expose the student to field practices and provide them an

opportunity to enhance and develop their skills through the application of theories they have

learned from their course.

 Specifically, the activity was aimed to enable the students to:

 Provide student’s hands-on experience

 Give students to apply the things they learned from school and discover new

knowledge to facilitate improvements

 Learn and appreciate the great importance and dignity of agricultural work

 Grasp camaraderie and bilateral understanding among the students from various

places, regions and groups.

Expected output

1. Apply discipline-specific knowledge and academic skills in the workplace;

2. Recognize and analyze work-related situations and problems;

3. Complete tasks assigned by an instructor/ facilitator to a satisfactory standard;

4. Critically reflect on and report on their work experience

5. Demonstrate effective cross-cultural communication skills and cross-cultural team

player behavior; and

6. Respect diversity in a variety of academic and professional setting.

 CHAPTER 2
Activities

We, the Third-year student, major in Crop Science – Horticulture we’re

assigned by our instructor Mr./ Sir. Lloyd A. Lucena for our laboratory requirement for
the second semester of school year 2023-2024 to conduct an Ampalaya production here on
at College of Agriculture, DMMMSU-NLUC, Bacnotan La Union.

Acitivity 1: Procurement And Preparation Of Planting Materials

Date: February 20, 2024

Area/Location: Brgy. Sapilang, Bacnotan , La Union

During the laboratory session on the subject Commercial Vegetable Production,

ampalaya and patola seeds were prepared and used for the said production. The seeds

were procured at a local agro-store at Urdanita City, Pangasinan while the seedling trays

were brought online.

 Figure 1: seeds of patola (left) and ampalaya (right).

Activity 2.Preparing Of Soil Media And Seed Sowing

Date: February 21, 2024

Area/Location: College Of Agriculture

The following day on February 21, 2024, the students proceeded was then tasked

for seed sowing. They prepared the soil media meticulously, using a ratio of 1:1 garden

soil and carbonated rice hull substrates, to mix for the potting soil media. The soil media

will give the plant a good growing medium and safe germination. Seeds were then sowed

in the soil media placed in trays for uniform germination and then watered to initiate seed

germination.

Figure 2: Mixing of soil media (left) and seed sowing (right).

Activity 3:

Preparing The Production Area

a. Clearing The Area

Date: February 15, 2024

Area/Location: College Of Agriculture

After the seeds are sown, next thing is to prepare the site of production. The

students were tasked with various task for the same objective of clearing the area of any

obstructing debris. The students bare-handedly removed dead trunks and other debris

obstructing or left in the middle of the area that are deemed un-usefull while the other

utilized a grasscutter machine to mow down overgrown weeds. Taking turns using the

machine, the students were given a chance to experience and learn operating a grasscutter

machine.

Figure 3: Debris being removed off the area.

b. Bed Preparation

When the area was cleared of debris and weeds were mowed down, the students

was next tasked to prepare the soil beds. The soil at the site of operation, the soil was dry

and compacted that the students were first required to water the area just to loosen the

soil for easier plowing. We utilized then a hand tractor machine at the site to till the soil

after it was loosened to cultivate it effectively. The students took turns to operate the

machine until the task of tilling the soil was done.

After the soil was tilled, the students measured the land and made plots of 1x10

measurements, digging canals on a half meter distance in between using plows and

shovels. In the end, we were successful in raising beds numbering to 17 plots for the

production.
Activity 4: Transplanting

Date: March 7, 2024

12 days after sowing the seeds, the ampalaya’s has grown to the stage of proper

seedlings, ready for transplanting. On the said date, the students made holes in the plots

of 50cm apart, where basal application of complete fertilizer was applied. The application

of fertilizer was measured using a cup of a soda drink (cola) for a uniform and unbiased

rate of nutrients received. Seedling was then transplanted afterwards, 1 each plot holes.

For protection to the high temperature and burning sunlight sensation, using

banana stalks, the plants were covered with it overhead just to avoid direct sunlight and

prevent possibly dying of the plants, resulting to delayed growth or possibly death.

Figure 5: transplanting of seedlings and covering off of direct sun light

 After this steps were applied, the students were ensured that their plants had

received proper treatments, reducing the stress of excessive sunlight temperature and

giving enough nutrient supplement to promote healthy growth of the plant.

Activity 5: Trellising

a. Bamboo poles

Date: March 7, 2024

12 days after transplanting (DAT), the students were tasked to stand trellis for the

ampalaya to climb into. While the others dugs the soil on each side of every plot to place the

poles of the trellis, some members of the group of students (specifically the real mens) separated

to collect the bamboo poles for the trellis.

Figure 6: Collecting of bamboo and setting up for trellis poles

 b. Overhead Trellising

Date: Marcch 18, 2024

A box-type overhead trellis was constructed, tied on each side poles along the

plots, using blue strings and nylon twines, they were intricately intertwined vertically and

horizontally for the plant to climb upon to. Upon after the trellis is built, the students then

trained the vines of the growing ampalaya along the strings of the built trellis for uniform growth

and easier management of the plant later on as it grows and when it finally bears fruits.

Figure 7: overhead box-type trellising

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Activity 6. Plant Management

a. Watering

Date: March 15, 2024

As the plant crop grows, it is essential to keep track on the plants and observe any

possible irregularities. The students were grouped and tasked of days to water the crops daily.

Each grouped students waters the plants once a day to water the plants on their assigned day. Of

course, as they water the crop, they also check upon them for possible issues like such as pests in

the area, nutritional deficiency symptoms on plants, or overgrowing weeds, and then inform the

whole class of the issue. In my case, I was tasked to water the plants on Sundays as I seldom to

go home.

Figure 8: Tasked group watering the plants

 b. Weeding

Date: March 28, 2024

As in above mentioned, the students must be keep aware and observant during their

watering session for any issues in the area. In here, it can be seed the students were clearing the

weeds growing under the plants. Reason being that it will compete with the same resources as

the crop, causing relative loss for the crops as they have their nutrition and other supplementing

elements half-received as they are being stolen by the weeds.

Figure 9: student weeding off weeds under the plant

 c. Pruning

Date: March 26, 2024

Likewise, to manage efficient growth of the crop, here is another thing to account for the

management. Pruning allows the redirection of nutrient distribution in the plant. We pruned

lateral stems of the ampalaya crop to redirect the nutrients only to the mains stem to promote

apical growth and development of the crop. There was also a noticed infestation of aphids on the

base of the plant, just under the leaves, reasons why I also removed those leaves to prevent

further growth in population of the said pest.

Figure 10: Pruning of laterals to promote apical growth

Activity 7: Insecticide Application

Date: March 31, 2024

On date, we sprayed an insecticide to the plants just to control the infestation of aphidsto the

crops. actara pesticide was sprayed on the crop to control the growth of pests such as aphids, that

was observed on the plants using a knapsack sprayer.

Figure 11: Spraying of Actara pesticide to control pest increase

Activity 8: Fertilizer Application

Date: March 30 And April 4, 14 2024

On the said date, we applied fertilizer of urea and mop with ratio of 1:1, using a regular

plastic soda cup for uniform volume of application. the fertilizer was applied by drenching and

side-dress application.

Figure 12: Drenching of fertilizer diluted to water

Activity 9: Harvesting

Date: March 7, 2024

After roughly 2 months, we were able to harvest our first fruit of labor of which even if

few, this proved to us that our work was a success. Due to climatic problem of intense heat here

at bacnotan, the water supply got cut off resulting us unable to find water to treat our crop. Sadly

as a result, the intense heat has reduced the humidity so much that the plants dried off leading to

their inability to develop and fruit, in which later on, lead to the plants death and end of the

activity.

Figure 13: First and last yield of production

 COST PRODUCTION ANALYSIS OF AMPALAYA

GIVEN:

Seeds: Php700.00
Blue Twines: Php.500.00
Fuel: Php. 400.00
Planting Distance: 50cm x 50cm
Plants Transplanted: 170 plants/ Plant Population
Farm Gate Price: Php. 70.00/kg
Expected Yield/ Plant: 20g

Total Sales= 170 estimated plant population x 120g

= 20, 400g ÷ 1000g
= Php. 1,428

Total Expenses= Php. 400.00 + Php. 500.00 + Php. 700.00

= Php. 1,600

Net Income= Total Sales – Total Expenses

= Php. 1,428 – Php. 1,600
= - Php. 172.00

ROI= Net Income ÷ Total Expenses x 100

= Php. 172.00 ÷ Php. 1,600 x 100
= - Php. 10.75 or - Php. 1.075

Therefore, in every peso that is invested, we gained an amount of Php. 1.075.

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