To prepare a healthy nursery, it is important to keep the following things in mind.
Selection of location: To establish a nursery, such a place should be selected where adequate amount of light is available, irrigation facilities and proper drainage system is available. If the amount of salt in water is high then it should not be used for irrigation. The convenience of transportation in a particular place should also be kept in mind.
Selection of land: For the nursery, loamy soil rich in organic matter whose PH is suitable. 6 to 7.5 is suitable. Due to lack of air circulation in sandy soil and heavy clay soil, plants do not grow well. Highly alkaline, salty, clayey and gravelly land should not be selected for the nursery.
Soil treatment: To keep the nursery soil free from pests and diseases, it is very important to treat the soil. Soil treatment can be done by the following methods.
- Pesticides like Thimet can be made free from pests by mixing them in the soil.
- if there is a problem of termites in the soil, then apply chloropyriphos while preparing the land. This can be prevented by spraying a mixture of (2 ml/l).
- Fungicides like Bavistin to prevent soil borne diseases in nurseries. Make a solution of (2 grams/litre) etc. and moisten the soil thoroughly.
- One part formaldehyde and one hundred parts Mix formalin well with water. A solution can be prepared. This Five liters of solution in one square meter Spray. After that it is covered with polythene cover well for eight days. His After remove the polythene and soil 6-10 Leave the day open. nursery with this treatment on soil-borne pests and diseases Can be controlled easily. used in polythene bags The mixture should also be treated with appropriate method.
Caring for Potted Plants :
Pots of different shapes and sizes are available in the market. Generally, clay, cement and plastic pots are used, but in dry areas where the temperature and transpiration are very high, clay pots are found to be more suitable. The mixture for filling pots can be prepared in three main ways.
(1) Mixing perlite, vermiculite, rotted leaf manure, soil in the ratio 1:1:1:2.
(2) Mix equal amounts of garden soil, rotten leaf manure and sand.
(3) Mixing clay soil, rotten cow dung manure, sand, peat moss in equal quantities and the following things are necessary for the maintenance of the pot – (1) There should be proper arrangement of light and if the leaves turn yellow then increase the amount of light as per requirement using tube lights etc. (2) If the leaves start withering in summer, sprinkle water on them. (3) Nimboli extract should be kept spraying on the pots.