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Whangara Farm trip

Whangara Farm trip

We have been learning about seed and doing test in class to find how they grow and what agls they grow on best. So we went up to a farm that is doing test and triling how they grow so they can use the best for there stock.

They have a tester doing all the scientific stuff that is involved in the planting and the way they do it to prevent the bad grass and pasture but get all the good stuff.  She does stuff like check an weather monter and put cages on bites of grass then leave it for two week then they measure the grass, then they move it to other spot and have a look there .

They also have their own nursery were they grow poplars and willow for a couple of year then they cut one of the main poles and then they go and push it into a part of the farm. Th farm owners hobby is to do this so his farm does not fall apart.  The root hold the ground together so there in not really any slips around when there are trees. The poplars like dry steep places and the willow like the wet and by the river

I like going and doing our test so we can go and figure out if our seed would do the same as the farm environment. I also like looking at the cages and seeing if they made a difference to the grass and hammering the nails in so that the cages would stay there .

I am still wondering if the dirt and fertilizer make a difference to the type of grass or if you need a special type of fertilizer to grow the plants.

Green house

We have been working on greenhouses in class so we can test and find out what type of seed and grass work best not only for growing the animals to get healthy and fat ,we are working on what grow the best in what conditions and what angles they grow best on. I also enjoyed to making the green house because we bring our materials from home  so we can make it more stable and better.  First most group made one with the stuff mrs hall brang and then end up just making it at their home because it did not work making it with what they have got. I leant about all the stuff that greenhouse do to help the plants grow and how it affect how they grows more protection.  I am still wondering if the green house we made can hold any weather  that come because it is really light.

Clover reasheserch

In class we have been study seed especially clover we have read stories to learn nitrogen and nogles. we also have been learning about how clover production nitrogon to help it grow fast and healthy.