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What's growing on?

By Anonymous
The new shade house is seeing a lot of activity these days with our level one students learning the basics of plant propagation techniques. Over the last 2 weeks we have been growing seeds in seed trays, choosing the vegetables suitable for this time of the year. This was the first opportunity we have had to prick out seedlings and pot them into bigger containers, for a few students this was the first time that ever tried this technique!. Itwas great to see students getting their hands dirty and taking the first step of growing their own fresh healthy Kai. There is still a lot of work to be done to get this garden growing, so far we are really happy with the awesome start progress this class is making to be coming more environmentally sustainable! Kapai!

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  1. Anonymous15 September 2025 at 10:35

    Kia ora I'm Arash from Mangopikopiko school. I read your post about planting seeds, and thanks for the imformation! ( Don't mind my spelling. )

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