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Monday • November 11,1 996
Weeding
Out Class
Students are growing gardens
for grades in a horticulture
class that allows them to eat
their homework.
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r vitamin-rich food that should be
umed six to eight tinjs a day are being
lected Hjoj Jltivatl and harvested by aTexas A&M horti-
gQop ilture^ss.
mThe yetable crop class take its lab time to the
jrrow Nighidds atie Horticulture Farm jross from the Vet-
jectgdj^ovyinaryledical Center to lorn how to plant
5]op edling use different formsf pesticides, and
ccesslly grow their own vegables. j
tesy erf TAMjt he ass displayed its garens to the public
delay, ifering participants variety of dips,
f^kes ad breads cooked wh homemade
v egetab|s.
■The mr guides said eacstudent is re-
Insib for the growth andupervision of a
Ob-foorow of vegetables.
Rebeca Kemp, a junior ^cultural devel-
uenmajor, said the insfetor, Dr. Joseph
Slovak,, senior lecturer inorticulture, tells
clas what to plant.
[“Soije students produ/their vegetables
n-oganically, using bmicals as pesti-
les,”Kemp said. “OtheStudents use nat-
ll pnducts, like manu/to grow their veg-
[tablesorganically.”
jKenp said there is a Ijbf work involved in
■owing the crops.
|‘‘I Ike the class becaf at the end you have
letiing besides a gra to keep,” Kemp said,
adiel Zammit, a ^homore horticulture
ftajor, said the class teles how vegetable crops
have productive, nutritive and commercial values.
“We learn something new every week,” Zammit
said. “For example, we learned that in Europe peo
ple desire white celery, while here we eat green cel
ery because it is higher in nutritive values.”
Zammit said the first week the students who
grew their vegetables organically had to use a
wheelbarrow of manure to start their fertil
ization. The acid in the manure helps
prevent weeds from taking over the
vegetables.
The organic matter also creates a
higher quality of soil, which produces a
higher quality crop.
“Organically grown vegetables look
better, taste better and are much big
ger than inorganic vegetables,” Zam
mit said.
Zammit said she has learned
how to identify pests and will use
her gardening experience when
she has her own garden.
Melanie Tipton, a junior horti
culture major, said a majority of
the class members are growing
their vegetables organically.
“I like to do things environmen
tally sound — that is why I grow
mine organically,” Tipton said.
"There are interesting alternatives
to pesticides.”
Tipton said the class taught
her how easy it is for seeds to
grow into huge plants.
“You put it in the ground, and the
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ground does the rest,” she said.
Novak said the class donates vegetables to the
Brazos Food Bank in Bryan.
Lindsey Inman, a junior horticulture major,
said the students are graded by the success of
their row of vegetables.
Novak said students have been growing vegeta
bles on the same field for 17 years.
Students use the front sections of the plots to
grow identical varieties of vegetables from seed to
harvest, and the back sections of the plots to grow
different crops so the students can learn from
each other.
Novak said people do not realize that the fall gar
dening season is the best season for crops.
“Why not educate the public?” Novak said. “Stu
dents are interested in gardening, and these stu
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their row of vegetables.
“You get counted off a half-point per weed,” In
man said. “You need to have a minimum number of
each vegetable growing in your row and label every
thing correctly.”
Inman said she spent 16 hours last week weeding
and taking care of her row of vegetables.
She said she is planning to create her own gar
den next spring.
“I know there is more to it than just throwing
seeds in the ground,” Inman said. “I like to see
what we get out of our work. I have 10 heads of
lettuce on my row that are prettier than the ones
in the store.”
The class has visited the Crestview Methodist Re
tirement Community in Bryan to help with its gar
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soil at the Martin Luther King Gardens in Bryan.
Chris Thompson, a junior horticulture major,
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