Module Overview & Aim Get started
Module 2 covers crop establishment: what a seed needs to germinate, how cultivations prepare the seedbed, how crops are sown or drilled, and how growth is monitored afterwards.
Work through the four sessions below in order, completing the quick checks, workplace tasks and decision points in each one.
Remember: use this module alongside your Crop Monitoring Project: Establishment page to turn classroom learning into real workplace evidence.
Module 2 Sessions Where to start
- Session 1 - What Does a Seed Need? Germination requirements and what makes an ideal seedbed.
- Session 2 - Cultivations. Primary and secondary cultivations, and why they are carried out.
- Session 3 - Sowing, Drilling & Planting. Sowing methods, sowing depth and seed rate.
- Session 4 - Monitoring Crops & Growth Stages. Field walking, growth stages and using observations to inform decisions.
Open Session 1 | Open Session 2 | Open Session 3 | Open Session 4
Evidence Requirements Collect this
- Quick checks, workplace tasks and decision points completed in each session
- Photographic evidence of seedbeds, drilling/planting and crop growth stages
- Employer discussion notes from each session
- Learning Journal entries linked to your Crop Monitoring Project: Establishment page
Remember to upload your evidence to OneFile.