Creating your own plant nursery, either in your backyard or another space, can be an excellent side business or hobby. You’ll need some upfront investment and time to get it off the ground, but you’ll also have the opportunity to sell your plants for a profit. Creating your own plant nursery at home has its benefits. It’s a way to reduce overhead costs while still having access to all of the necessary tools and supplies. However, if you don’t have much experience with plants or greenhouses, this can seem like an overwhelming undertaking. But fear not! It doesn’t have to be that complicated. Starting a plant nursery in your backyard is definitely possible with the right preparation and some insider tips. Here are some helpful suggestions to get you started on the right track.
☑ what is nursery
A nursery is a place where new plants are produced from planting materials and produce healthy fruits that withstand the existing environmental conditions in a short period of time and prepare them for planting in the field.
Importance of nursery
⦁ To be able to obtain healthy and vigorous plants suitable for planting.
⦁ Able to obtain a uniform plant population
⦁ By reducing the amount of seed wasted, the cost of seed can be reduced.
⦁ Able to produce more plants in less space
⦁ Maintenance is easy.
⦁ Crop loss can be reduced.
There are some types of plants that can be planted after 21-28 days of seeding. For example, brinjal, chilies, tomatoes, cabbage etc...
First, a suitable place to set up a nursery should be decided. For that,
⦁ The place should be a well-drained place.
⦁ Place should be free of gravel.
⦁ Must be flat ground.
⦁ It is important to have water access facilities and transportation facilities
⦁ It should be a sunny place.
⦁ A site free of insects, weeds and pathogens is best.
⦁ It is preferable to have a place where plants of the same genus are not continuously planted.
3-4 weeks before planting the seeds in the selected place, the weeds should be removed, and the soil should be loosened to a depth of 20-25cm.Then crush the cubes and remove the gravel and twigs and other non-decomposed plant parts from the soil. Then the beds can be adjusted according to the need. When preparing nursery beds, they should be prepared facing north and south directions so that they get sunlight throughout the day. That is, the wide sides of the bed face the north and south directions.
raised bed.
The high bed method is suitable for wet areas with high rainfall. In this prepared ground, the bed should be 90cm wide and 15cm high and of the required length and 30cm wide drains should be applied on both sides.
submerged bed
Submerged bed nurseries are suitable for dry zone areas with low rainfall. Thus, the moisture protection of the soil. Here the width of the bed should be about 90cm, and the depth should be about 12-15cm. The bed should be deep enough to form a round ridge and the width of the ridge should be about 30cm. The nursery mix should be applied to a thickness of 3cm on the prepared bed. As a nursery medium, 1 part of sifted topsoil is mixed with 1 part of dried and pulverized dung or compost.
Then these beds need to be sterilized. Several methods are used for this.
⦁ Burn nursery beds
Apply water uniformly and leave for 5-6 days. Place layers of hay and straw alternately at a height of about 5cm and set fire to the bottom layer. When all is burnt, remove the ashes and level the bed.
⦁ By applying fungicides
⦁ By subjecting it to excessive solar heat
By covering the prepared nursery bed with transparent polythene and sealing it with wet soil around it and leaving it continuously exposed to the sun for about two weeks, the soil becomes Sterilized.
⦁ By fumigating the nursery
Volatile chemicals are used for this.
examples- Methyl bromide
Chloropicrin
Methyl isothiocyanate
These chemicals can be mixed with the soil or inject into the soil from pipes. Then the volatile chemicals pass through the pores in the soil and the soil becomes sterile. It is important to cover the soil with the surface before injecting the chemicals. After a few days, remove the cover and allow the gas to escape.
⦁ By applying hot water
After that,
At the time of placing the seeds in the nursery beds prepared in this way, the seeds are mixed with fungicides. In addition, in case of very small seeds, in addition to fungicides, mixing with sand is done. Then the seeds are sown irregularly or systematically throughout the bed so that they do not fall one on top of the other. Then sprinkle sterilized soil over the seedling to a height of about one inch. Wrap sterile paper or other absorbent material over it. Make sure to spray it with water daily and after about 14 days, remove the paper structure and use a net cover or something natural like coconut leaves to protect the plants from pests like caterpillars and flies. In addition, if possible, you can use a chemical pesticide or an organic pesticide. Between 21-28 days, the plants can be removed from the nursery and planted separately.
In pot nurseries, mix soil, sand and compost 1:1:1 and put them in pots and disinfect the soil with fungicides. After about a day, scatter the seeds in rows in the pot mixed with fungicide. Place a half-inch layer of sterilized soil on top of the surface and spread sterile wet paper over it. Then spray water. Remove the paper after 3-5 days. Apply oil extracted from margosa [neem] if bitten by caterpillars. Or a chemical pesticide can be used. Between 21-28 days can be removed and planted as plants or blocks.
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