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7. Planting Fruit Tree Seedlings – Forest Garden Training Center
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Download the Planting Fruit Tree Seedlings Chapter

The Planting Fruit Tree Seedlings chapter of the Facilitators Manual provides the detailed instructions (and support materials) you need to implement the mobilization meeting.  Download the chapter here.

Summary

Goal Using the tools provided, farmers will plant suckers and/or fruit seedlings using proper spacing and best practices. Learning Objectives
  1. Learn the proper timing for planting and outplanting a variety of fruit trees.
  2. Learn how to properly space and orient fruit trees on their field.
  3. Learn where and how to prepare planting holes and plant selected fruit tree seedlings and/or suckers.
  4. Learn best practices for fruit tree care and maintenance after outplanting.
Venue and Timing This module should take place at the beginning of the rainy season. Hold the workshop on a participant farmer’s Forest Garden site with fruit tree seedlings ready for outplanting. Relevant Technical Manual Chapters Before this training event, the facilitator should read, review, and thoroughly understand the following chapters and sections in the Technical Manual:
  • Chapter 5: Seedling Propagation (Caring for Your Seedlings in the Nursery section)
  • Chapter 6: Fruit Trees (Rearing Fruit Trees section)
  • Chapter 7: Outplanting Seedlings
Preparation
  • Inspect the host farmer’s nursery to ensure seedlings are ready for outplanting, at least 5 seedlings per participant. Remind the host farmer to harden off the seedlings.
  • Understand the planting and care requirements for all species selected.
  • Identify a section of the Forest Garden to use for the pruning and harvesting practical.
  • Prepare plantain and/or banana suckers, where relevant. If possible, identify a nearby location where suckers can be harvested so farmers can practice during the training.
  • Invite host farmer’s family to the workshop.
Supplies
  • Measuring tape
  • 5 sharpened machetes for pruning and harvesting
  • Knives or razor blades for pruning roots and removing sacks
  • 2 wheelbarrows for transporting seedlings
  • 5 round shovels or appropriate digging tools
  • 3 watering cans with water
  • ½ wheelbarrow of wood ash
  • ½ wheelbarrow of charcoal dust
  • 1 wheelbarrow of compost or decomposed manure
  • Soil for filling tree sacks
  • Plantain and banana suckers, if relevant
  • Sticks for marking planting rows
  • String
  • Host farmer’s Forest Garden design
Total Time Approximately 3 hours Handouts in Farmer’s Workbook
  • Tree Spacing Diagram

Agenda

Opener: Review Forest Garden design (20 minutes)
  • Review host farmer Forest Garden design
  • Discuss plants to intercrop with fruit trees
  • Agroforestry technologies, protection, and care
Activity 1: Learn where and how to prepare planting holes (30 mins)
  • Mark where to plant the trees in the field
  • Demonstrate preparing holes
  • Farmers practice preparing planting holes
Activity 2: Outplanting Learn-and-Teach stations (45 mins)
  • Teach a small group of 5 farmers how to extract and plant seedlings in the prepared holes
  • The first group of 5 farmers teaches 5 new farmers how to extract, transport, and plant the seedlings
  • Continue small group Learn and Teach until all farmers have practiced removing, transporting, and planting the seedlings
Activity 3: Caring for outplanted seedlings and suckers (45 mins)
  • Discuss seedling/sucker care with large group
  • Debrief the workshop activities
Take Home Activity 4: Outplant your seedlings (15 mins)
  • Farmers plant suckers and outplant seedlings from nursery to field
  • Follow-up

What you need to know

Whether you intend to sit the FG Pro certification exam, or lead Seedling Propagation module extension activities, you must be able to answer the following questions to succeed. 

Building your nursery, planting seeds, and seedling care

Caring for Seedlings in the Nursery

Watering

Weeding

Thinning

Hardening Off

Read the Popular Fruit Trees article to familiarize yourself with some of the more common species of fruit trees.

Soil types, amendments, compost & mulch

Permagardening: Year round vegetable garden

Outplanting seedlings

 

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Updated on May 30, 2017

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