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Unit 1: Soil

Unit 2: Organic Soil Management

Unit 3: Plants

Unit 4: Plant Applications

Unit 5: Crop Management

Unit 6: Composting

Unit 7: Marketing and Certification

Unit 8: Practical Applications

Appendix

Fundamentals of Organic Farming and Gardening
An Instructor’s Guide - Revised for 2009

Unit 5 – Crop Management

Unit overview
Preventing crop loss from any factor is the goal of crop management.  The basis of a good crop management system is good soil that produces healthy plants.  Once that is established, controls for insects, disease and weeds can be used on an as-needed basis as they interfere with production of the crop.

Lesson Text (word doc)
Lesson Plans (word doc)

Teacher Demonstrations
1. Demonstration of chemical insecticide containers
2. Demonstration of floating row cover, Bt, garlic spray, etc.

Video
Locally Grown (.mov)
Focus Questions (word doc)

Student Experiments and Activities
1. *Scouting for insects (word doc)
2. *Pulling weeds (word doc)
3. Beneficial Plants (word doc)
4. Crop Rotation Worksheet (word doc)
5. Trap Crops (word doc)
6. Rotation Guidelines (word doc)
7. Yield and Value Worksheet (word doc)
8. Table of companion plants (word doc)

* Demonstration plot activities
           
Power Point Presentations
1. Unit presentation (ppt)
2. Life cycle of insects (ppt)
3. Weed ID (ppt)
4. Insect ID (ppt)

Other Resources
Video clip on releasing beneficial insects