Berbice agri students grow organic cauliflower

May 07, 2019 News

Students from the Skeldon Line Path Secondary School who will be writing Agricultural Science at the CSEC level were required to cultivate a vegetable flower crop as part of their school-based assessment.
They chose to grow Cauliflower.
Led by the head of the Agriculture Department at the School, Miss Dawna Marissa Caesar, and with the guidance of their Headmistress, Evette Johnson, the students were able to successfully harvest the crop. Each vegetable weighed up to one pound.
According to Caesar, it is the first time the school has chosen such a vegetable to grow. It is considered a non-traditional crop but has become popular in Guyana over the years. She explained that it was quite easy to cultivate since it thrives exceedingly well in tropical climates.
They were grown from three-week-old seedlings bought from the local plant nursery and was grown in the school’s compound with a designated land space for agriculture purposes.
Normal land preparation was executed to ensure that the soil was in the best condition for successful plant growth and development and was grown without shade with direct sunlight.
The students used poultry manure and irrigation was done regularly. It took approximately eight weeks to produce and no chemicals were administered, making the vegetable fully organic. The plants were also disease free, she said.
The students are currently cultivating Broccoli, sweet peppers, tomatoes, corn and pak-choi. They are also currently rearing their third batch of broiler birds.
The School only recently started Agriculture at the Grade 10 level and will be sending up the first batch of students to write Agricultural Science for the upcoming CSEC examinations.

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