Agriculture science
School Based Assignment
Lettuce Production
Name of student: Rashad Pompey
Name of center: Wesley College
Student number:
Teacher: keshion Noel
Name of project: lettuce production
Location: Wesley College, Queen’s Park, St.George, Grenada.
Starting date: 4/10/19
Termination date: 3/12/19
Table of Content
Title
Page
Section one: Introduction
: Problem statement
: Objectives
: Crop record
Section two: Methodology
: Experiment design
: Materials and equipments
: Activates
: Data collection
Section three: Results
: Presentation of results
: Interpretation of results
Section four: Discussion
: Discussion
Section five: Conclusion limitation and recommendations.
: Conclusion
: Limitation
: Recommendation
Section six: cost analysis
: Complete budget
: Actual income and expenditure report
: Comparison
Introduction
Problem statement
 Low yield of lettuce plants in the field.
Objectives
 Practical - To obtain required recommended farming practices in
lettuce production.
 Business - To obtain maximum income in the production of
lettuce.
Crop Record:
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Size of bed :5ft 8”x 2ft 8”
Number of bed : 12
Number of plants :120
Scientific name : Lactuca sativa
Variety : Minetto
Method of propagation: Seedling
Methodology
Experimental Design:
 Plant 12 beds of lettuce and divided into 2 groups of 6. One group applied
natural fertilizer (manure) and the other artificial fertilizer (20:10:10) water
soluble would be applied in ten days intervals after transplanting.
Materials and Equipments
Materials
Primary use Tools/equipment Primary use
Seedling
For
transplanting
To fertilized
crop
Fertilizer(20:10:10)
Manure
Water
To fertilized
crop
Use to irrigate
crops
Fork
Spade
Hoe
Watering can
Hand fork
Rake
Use to dig and
turn soil.
Use to move
soil during drain
construction of
bed and drains.
Use to till and
plough soil.
Use to irrigate
crops.
Used to mold
and dig up bed.
Use for leveling
the soil and
clear up waste
on the bed.
Activities
Date
Activity
Observation
Comment
4/10/19
Prepare the
beds to plant.
Transplanting
the lettuce
and molding
around it.
Irrigation and
molding the
lettuce.
A lot of weeds on
beds
Weed growing on
bed again.
The bed was in a bad state.
Soil was kind of
hard.
Beds needed lots of irrigation
because of the dryness.
11/10/19
Molding,
irrigating and
weeding.
Plants were
growing great.
The project was full filling.
14/10/19
Pest problem
18/10/19
Fertilizing,
molding and
irrigating
Irrigation
Pests were eating
Needed to get rid of pest
the crop.
There was a broken The fertilizers were needed.
leaf.
7/10/19
9/10/19
19/10/19
Weed was growing fast.
Soil was dry
Irrigation is very helpful.
because the
temperature of the
sun was very hot.
20/10/19
Molding and Plants were almost Lettuce growth was in good
irrigating
ready to harvested shape.
23/10/19
Irrigation
Plants were up to
Weather was good.
molding and standard.
weeding
22 & 25/11/19 Harvested
Some crops were
Crops were ready to harvest.
mature.
27/11/19
Harvested
Crops were bag and ready to
market.
3/12/19
Harvested
Successful project.
Marketing report
Date
No. of. Head sold
Price per head
Total
22/11/19
25/11/19
27/11/19
3/12/19
Total
11
17
36
13
77
(A)
8(A) /9(N)
14(A)/22(N)
(N)
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
$1.00
11
17
36
13
77
 In this table the (A) represents artificial fertilizer and the (N)
represents natural fertilizer.
Harvesting report
Date
22/11/19
25/11/19
27/11/19
3/12/19
Total harvested
Total Heads Harvested
11
17
36
13
77
Presentation of results
 This area graph shows the different amount of naturally and artificially
fertilizer lettuce crops sole and harvested.
50
45
40
35
30
Artifical Produced Crops
Natural Produced Crops
25
20
15
10
5
Natural
Artifical
Figure 1.1
Interpretation of results
 At the end of the experiment, naturally fertilized lettuce crops was proven
to be more successful than artificially fertilized lettuce crops, as shown in
figure 1.1. A total of 77 plants were harvested, 33 artificially fertilized
lettuces crops and 44 naturally fertilized lettuce crops.
Discussion
 Ten lettuce plants were planted on beds with a size of 5ft 8’x2ft 8’. A total of
60 plants were planted on beds 1-6 and 60 on bed 7-12 during the research
there was minor pest problem that encountered decreasing number of
head planted. At the end of the project, 44 lettuces were harvested from
bed 1-6 because of exhibiting proper cultural practices. Beds 7-12
performed poorly because of inconsistent application of fertilizer (N.P.K
20:10:10) and irregularly irrigation.
Conclusion, Limitations and
Recommendation.
Conclusion:
 This project can be concluded as successful. Beds 1-6 produce the most
lettuce crops, whereby beds 7-12 produce the least. Overall we produce 77
lettuces and a profit of $44.10 was made.
Limitation:
 Limited space
 Water issue
 Lack of tools
Recommendation:
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Pay more attention
Regularly irrigation
Keep bed safe from pest
Use recommend pest management technique
Complete budget
Project expenditure
Seedling $25.00@ 1 tray
$25.00
Fertilizer $18.95@ pkt
$18.95
Total projected expenditure
=$43.95
Projected income
No. of head sold 100 @ $ 2.00
$ 200.00
Surplus
Projected income –projected expenditure
Projected income
Projected expenditure
Total surplus
$200
$43.95
=$156.05
Actual income and expenditure
report
Actual income
No. of head of lettuce
77
Average price per head
$1.00
Total actual income
$77 .00
Actual expenditure
Seedlings
84 x 0.25
$21.00
Plastic CL
(8 x 13) 2lb 1pkt @5.95
Fertilizer (20:10:10) 1@8.95
Total expenditure
$5.95
$8.95
$35.90
Surplus
Actual income –actual expenditure
$77.00 - $35.90
$41.10
Comparison
Comparison between complete budget and actual income &
expenditure report.
 I projected an income of $200.00, but the actual income was $77.00.
 I projected an expenditure of $43.95, but in reality my actual expenditure
was $35.90.
 I projected a surplus of $156.05, but my actual surplus was $41.10
Data collection