TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED IN PLANT PROPAGATION

A tool used in digging and loosening hard and dry soil. It has a thin blade across the end of a long handle.

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A long handled tool having a bar at one end with teeth in it. It is used for smoothening the soil and gathering loose leaves, hay or straw.

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A tool with curved blade used for loosening ground and taking up small plants.

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

A tool with a flat, sharp blade fastened to handle used for cutting trunk of trees and their branches.

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

A straight heavy iron bar pointed at one end about 4 feet in length; used digging holes for planting seedlings.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A tool with a wooden or metal handle from which a long blade is attached. It is used for cutting tall grasses and branches of tree.

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A tool with a broad or scoop attached to handle. It is used to dig, lift and throw loose matter.

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A tool resembling a table fork but much bigger in size. It is used in digging and preparing the soil for the plants.

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A can with a spout to sprinkle water on the plants. Plants should be watered every day to make them grow healthier.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Use for watering seedlings arranged in mass.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3