Question

how do you differentiate direct seeding from indirect planting?

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Answer 1

Answer:

Direct seeding means planting at the crop area with the use of seeds. Indirect seeding is planting seeds in a starter such as a pot.

Answer 2

PLANTING METHODS -

• In crop farming, different methods of planting are used namely direct seeding, transplantation, manual planting, mechanised planting, indirect planting.

1. Direct seeding

• Plantation of the crop directly into the crop field.
• The crop seeds are sown in the soil and cultivated using farming methods.
• The direct seeding method is used widely to grow cereal crops such as rice, corn, millets, pulses, and some vegetables.

2. Indirect planting

• Planting of a pre-grown plant or seedling or clonal field plant in the crop field.
• The seeds are not directly sown but the plants propagated from the seeds are moved in the soil.
• The method is known as transplantation and is commonly used to grow small-seeded vegetables such as fruit trees, perennial crops.