FPA 100 BY MUHAMMAD HUZAIRI BIN ABDUL RAHIM

                             

Assalmualaikum and salam UITM dihatiku ! First of all i would like to introduce myself ,

my name is  MUHAMMAD HUZAIRI BIN ABDUL RAHIM from class AT110C UITM CAWANGAN MELAKA KAMPUS JASIN . I from Kemaman,Terengganu . I take this cost to continue my education .

I wrote this blog to show progress in FPA 100 project.

FOR THE FIRST WEEK FPA 100 :

Our lecturer, Sir Ts Muhammad Zahid bin Muhammad, provided a link for joining the online class on Google Meet during the first week of this course. For FPA100, our class is discussing the fieldwork. Sir Zahid also provides information about the fieldwork, such as the kinds of plants that will be planted for this project. Second, Sir Zahid discusses fieldwork safety and the methods that would be employed in order to prevent any accidents. Give some information on the FPA100 last. The lesson plan, ongoing assessments, and format final report are all displayed in the file.

FOR THE SECOND WEEK FPA100 :

For FPA100, we must visit the project site in the second week to assess the farm's condition. Due to the abundance of weeds or grass on our project site, the farm appears to be overgrown. Additionally, we break the ice with our plantation executive or call (PE). The PE has a duty to watch out for us and aid in our fieldwork. By doing so, we can prevent a potentially fatal agricultural mishap and make our work easier because PE will oversee it. Additionally, PE leads us and provides some briefing while we are out in the field.

WEEK 3 FOR FPA100 :

For fieldwork, we perform some farm work in the third week, such as clearing land for a buffer zone. Because this endeavour requires growing a plant, clearing the land is necessary. The field is quite overgrown and difficult to clear, but we must do so to prevent pests from attacking our plants. Additionally, we clear drains. Drains serve to drain water to plants, which is why drain cleaning is necessary. Additionally, this duty leaves us feeling quite worn out, yet we are content since we complete it equally and are able to strengthen student solidarity. 

 

WEEK 4 FOR FPA100 :

We perform a soil liming this week. Our liming method works to lessen soil acidity, replenish the soil with minerals, and regulate bacterial growth. Additionally, we perform lining. The primary goal of lining is to pinpoint the location where a seedling should be planted. Additional goals include evenly spacing the plants and ensuring that they all have access to sunlight, water, and nutrients.

We also create a seed germination in addition. The fundamental process by which many plant species develop from a single seed into a plant under ideal growing circumstances is known as seed germination.

FOR THE WEEK 5 FPA100:

For this week,all planters back to home to celebrate Eid Aidilfitri......

WEEK 6 FOR FPA100:

for the 6th week, we have started FPA100 work after the Eid Aidilfitri holiday. During that week, we continued work such as leveling the border. We were all instructed to level the border as soon as possible and prepare the border so that we could start planting quickly. In addition, we were also instructed to mulch using coconut fronds for some classes that had started planting. other planters, they were instructed to prepare water channels between the borders so that there is no standing water that can damage the borders when the rain hits.some planters have also been selected to do fertilizing activities on that day.

  

WEEK 7

TRANSPLANTING 

ACTIVITIES:

Warm up from 6:30 to 7:00 am.

Students started making their way to the UITM AGROTECH PLANTATION at 7:00 AM and began singing. 

7:30–8:00 AM: Lecturers and their students travel to the farm plot together, with some students from each class bringing a tray with saplings for replanting at their individual crop boundaries.

Before transplanting, between 8:00 and 8:30 a.m., lecturers give a speech outlining their plan for planting saplings.

Students started transplanting the saplings between 8:30 and 9:30 AM. 

The break for the students is from 9:30 to 10:00.

10 - 11 a.m.: Keep transplanting the saplings.

Between 11:00 AM and 12:00 AM, the lecturer calls for everyone to assemble for a briefing on the upcoming work week. Following that, every pupil returns home.

SUMMARY: 

Students started warming up in week 7. Next, they made their way to the UITM AGROTECH PLANTATION and began singing. Students are advised by lecturers to carry small instruments for transplant. Then, it was instructed to carry a tray already filled with saplings to the plot. Lecturers then accompany students to the farm plot. After that, the students began transplanting, which is the act of removing an active plant from one location and relocating it to another so that it can continue to grow and produce fruit. If the seedling is strong enough to withstand such shocks and the circumstances are favourable for a seamless transfer to the new location, this operation may be carried out. 

WEEK 8

Mulching

Activities: 

Warming up from 6:30 to 7:00 AM

Students started making their way to the UITM AGROTECH PLANTATION at 7:00 AM and began singing. 

7:30–8:00 AM: The lecturer discussed mulching. 

From eight to ten in the morning, students began to walk to the project work location and they began cutting leaves with the provided machete; we used oil palm leaves and tall weeds. 

10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: One-hour break for the students 

10:30 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.: Students continue to mulch; following that, they congregate to return to their dorms.

SUMMARY:

Before starting a challenging assignment, the student warms up with some modest exercise to get their heart rate up and their joints loose. Students move in front of the UITM AGROTECT PLANTATION after the warm-up and start singing the songs NEGARAKU and DIHATIKU. A class representative then recorded the kids' attendance and let their teachers know. After that, instructors and students will travel to the project plot jointly. According to the instructors, mulching is the duty that needs to be finished this week. When done correctly, the popular gardening practise of mulching is beneficial to plants. It is the practise of mulching the soil to improve its quality and help it retain moisture. Bark, wood chips, leaves, and other organic materials are typical mulches.Mulching contributed to improving the soil's quality. by breaking down clay and enhancing the soil's ability to channel water and air. The pupils then started chopping the oil palm leaves with a machete that the KG had provided. Some of them made mulch out of long weeds. After that, all students take a 30-minute break. The entire class then forms a group and heads home.

WEEK 9

WEEDLING

ACTIVITIES:

Students assemble in the parking area from 6:30 to 7:00 AM to begin warming up.

Students walked to the UITM AGROTECH PLANTATION after the warming-up session, where they started singing the planter's hymn, UITM DIHATIKU, and reciting Surah Yasin.

Between 8:00 and 9:00 AM, CR and ACR began recording attendance and informing their speaker. After that, students started to move to the farm plot with their professor, bringing their own gardening tools, gloves, and hats.

9 a.m. to 10 a.m.: The lecturer instructed all of the students to eliminate all the weeds from the area surrounding their crop beds.

10:00–11:00 A break for the students!

Between 11:00 AM and 12:00 AM, students continue to pull weeds. After finishing their work, students gathered, and instructors requested that they sing the planters.

SUMMARY:

Week 9's assignment required pupils to "weedle," or collectively remove every weed from around their crop beds. Asthma plant, crabgrass, and other weeds that grew around our beds of crop were also recognised. In addition, clearing weeds from crop beds is necessary to stop them from spreading to adjacent crop beds and to increase crop output. To do this, clear weeds from the cultivated area early in the crop cycle. 

Euphorbia hirta 

(asthma plant)

WEEK 10 

 

PEST

ACTIVITIES: 

Between 6:30 and 7:00 AM, students warm up together.

Students walked to the UITM AGROTECH PLANTATION between 7:00 and 8:00 AM, where they started singing the planter's hymn and the UITM DIHATIKU ALSO ASMA ALHUSNA.

8:00–9:00 AM: Students and the professor travel to the farm plot, where the lecturer gives a pest update.

9:00–10:00 AM: The lecturers advised the students to examine their own plants to see if any pests were devouring their harvests. Some of the crops are being attacked by a pest, but they have determined what species is doing it.

10 a.m. to 11 a.m.: A break for the students

Students are leaving for home early at 11:00!

SUMMARY:

If their crops are being eaten by bugs in week 10, all of the kids diligently watch out for the pest.

Some of the pupils realised that a pest had attacked their crops because some of the leaves had holes in them. We discovered that a hadda beetle (Epilachna vigintioctopunctata) attacked part of the crops. These tiny insects nibble on stems and eat holes in fruits in addition to making leaves shrink and dry up.

(Epilachna vigintioctopunctata)

WEEK 11

TAGGING

ACTIVITIES:

Each student is given a laminated piece of paper that has been filled up with their name, student number, class, plant name, scientific name, and planting date.

The tagging paper is then attached by the pupils using a piece of wood plank; some students also used sellotape and nails.

WEEK 12

HARI RAYA KORBAN

WEEK 13

PICKING UP AND MARKETING

ACTIVITIES: 

The already-matured crops are harvested by the students.

With the aid of a hoe, hand fork, and shovel, the pupils harvest the crops.

The students gather the harvests in one location before beginning to weigh and bundle the vegetables for sale to customers.

Long beans and water spinach were the crops sold.

 

                                                                      week 14

this week we were all given the task of crushing and leveling the crop boundary that we had made to be used by students in the coming semester.
a week full of laughter and sadness because this week is the last week for all of us.
we all managed to flatten all the crop boundaries. before that, we already talked about making a little feast to celebrate this last week. we use the money from our produce which amounts to RM160 to make water and also buy fruits to eat. don't forget we also celebrated this final week with P.E who attended that day.

In conclusion, we all performed admirably, and this first semester's farm experience is now complete. I gained a lot from everything. many tears and a lot of love. This FPA subject gave me a lot of experience. I discovered a lot about responsibility, bravery, exhaustion, and discipline from this subject. Thank you for all the informative lectures, as well as P.E. and all of your buddies who are always ready to help. The best is G16.