HandTools and Equipent Lesson 1
HandTools and Equipent Lesson 1
HandTools and Equipent Lesson 1
• Used for
removing trash
and mixing soil
media
4. Shovel
• Used for digging
loose soil,
removing trash,
moving soil from
one place to
another, and for
mixing soil media.
5. Grab Hoe
• Used for
breaking hard
tap soil and
for
pulverizing
soil
6. Spading Fork
• Used for
loosening the
soil, digging out
root crops, and
turning over the
materials in a
compost heap.
7. Light Hoe
• Used for
loosening and
levelling and
digging out
furrows for
planting
8. Dull Bolo • Used mainly for
digging roots and
weeding gardens,
approximating the
functions of a garden
hoe
• Used to measure
planting distance
2. Ruler
• Used for measuring
the height of plants
• Used to measure
planting distance
3. pH Meter
• Used to measure
the hydrogen-ion
concentration (or
pH) indicating its
acidity or
alkalinity of the
soil.
4. Weighing Scale
• Used for
weighing
vegetable
produce
D. Cultivating Tools
1. Hand Trowel
• Used for balling
seedlings.
• Used for
cultivating soil
around the plants
2. Hand cultivator
• Used for cultivating
garden plot
loosening the soil
and removing oung
weeds around the
plants
3. Hand Fork
• Used to inter-
row cultivation
E. Other Horticulture
Tools
1. Rake
• Used for
cleaning the
ground and
levelling the
top soil
2. Sprinkler
• Used for
watering
seedlings and
young plants
3. Water Pail
• Used for
spraying on
small areas.
7. Water hose
• Used for
watering plants,
etc.
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