WORKING OF NURSERY

1. WORKING AND MANAGEMENT
NURSERY

2. BASICS
• Nursery is an area where plants are raised for
eventual planting out.
• NEED FOR NURSERY:
1.Seeds are not available every year and
throughout the year.
2.Direct sowing gives unreliable results.

3. 3.Seedlings of right size for a plantation can be
ensured if they are raised in the nursery.
E.g. avenue plantations, wastelands and
roadside need bigger seedlings.
4.Beating up of failures can be done by planting
nursery seedlings.
5.Exotics are introduced by planting out nursery
stock.
6. New initiatives e.g. miyawaki plantation.

4. WORKING

5. SITE LOCATION FACTORS
• Location: Ujjain devas road on revenue land.
- Road was wide for ease of transportation for
seedlings in vehicles.
• Water source: Tube well and distribution
through sprinkler channels.
• Topography and Drainage: The area was
nearly flat with good drainage.
• Size: rectangular shape

6. • Size of Beds: standard size beds of 10 x 1 m
and 15 x 1m.
• Beds are oriented in east-west direction.
• On basis of Vertical Level : permanent sunken
beds
• On basis of purpose:
 Seedbeds- For sowing minute seeds which
cannot be sown individually or direct sowing.
Transplant Beds - Seedlings after pricking out
from germination beds are transplanted into
transplant beds.

7. • Percolation Reservoir: Underground water
reservoir was constructed to use Rainwater for
irrigation of plants in the nursery.
• Compost Unit :vermicompost prepared from
leaves of trees or domestic vegetable waste
available in the area.
• Propagation Structures:
Shade House :Provides shade to plant to
reduce illumination and temperature.
Mist Chamber: It provides high humidity
(>85% RH) for rooting of cuttings.

8. Poly House :Provides conditions of higher
temperature during season of low temperature
for greater plant growth.
Green House: It provides controlled temperature,
irrigation, humidity, light conditions for better
plant growth.
Net House: Its main purpose is to grow plants
protected from birds, large insects, animals and
human beings.

9. Components of a potting media:
• Sand
• Soil
• FYM or compost
• Mycorrhizae
• Vermiculite
• Peat
• sawdust

10. • CONTAINERS : two major types of containers:
1.Polythene Bags
2.Root Trainers:
Polythene Bags: two sizes,
1. for small plants 25 cm x 15cm, (1000-1200
in number for bed.
2. For larger seedlings polythene bags of 30 x
20 cm (600 in number)

11. • Root Trainers: conical shape rigid containers
comprising cells in groups of about 16 to 30
formed into a frame of moulded plastic sheet.
Cells have vertical ribs on inner surface.
• lower end of the root trainers is open to allow
air pruning of roots.
• The vertical ribs on inner surface direct the
growth of roots vertically downwards to avoid
root coiling.
• Other advantages are: require lesser nursery
space , less amount, of porting mixture and
are easy to fill.

12. OPERATIONS
• P-Bag filling: January , may-june, september-
october
• Seed collection and storage : Straight, less
branched, middle-ages with good growth rate
and freedom from defects and insect/disease
infestation is preferred from nearby areas.
species duration
Terminalia chebula Jan-march
Terminalia bellerica feb
Tectona grandis Jan-feb

13. • Seed sowing:
1.)feb,march april
2.) june, july
3.) sept- oct
spp Nursery sowing
Terminalia chebula June- july
Terminalia bellerica March -april
Tectona grandis april

14. • Filling of p-bags: February- march
Composition : (sand :clay: compost ) (1:1:1)
• Irrigation : watering once a month
water source: tubewell and sprinkler irrigation
• Weeding: once a month
• Mother bed preparation: jan-feb , april-may,
sept-oct

15. OBSERVATIONS
• All plants were provided with unique QR-
Code.

16. • Dual use sprinkler system

17. • New ideas:
1. Daan ki kyari : people can plant a tree or
donate a tree on their special days.
- donated plants will be managed with help
of NGOs and it will give revenue.
2. Using religious occasions ,functions and
special functions to generate awareness and
plantation.
eg: distribution of belpatra (Aegle marmelos)
saplings on occasion of shivratri.

18. • Active participation in government initiatives
- National bamboo mission:
To increase the area under bamboo
plantation in non-forest Government and
private lands to supplement farm income.
- distribution of bamboo rhizome planting
material to farmers.
- generating awareness among farmers, skill
development of farmers regarding bamboo
production

20. LEARNING
• Hi-Tech nursery having all the modern
facilities.
• Catering to both departmental plantations
and social forestry.
• Eg. Wide range of plants medicinal,
ornamental, forestry, fruiting, threatened
plants.
• Enhancing green cover in district

21. • Strong focus on public association, creating
public awareness, public identifying with the
environmental causes.
• Participation of NGOs , civil society,
government organizations.
• Focus on revenue generation.
• Livelihood generation by providing
employment to local labor.
• Supporting government initiatives and
doubling of farmer income e.g.Bamboo
mission