• The basic considerations like knowledge, skills, strong desire,

capital resources, material and manpower are the major criteria for

successful establishment and operation of nursery.

• Establishment of a Nursery also requires capital investment for

component like, Scion bank, propagation structures, office, etc.

• It is very necessary to enumerate and analyze the components of

capital investments in nursery.

• Once the components of expenditure has been analyzed, the

prioritization of operations can done.

Introduction:

Fence::

• Fence around a nursery is essential to secure the nursery from

trespassing animals and humans.

• Fencing can be done using a barbed wire which is a secure but

still a economic method of avoiding stray animals and thieves.

• The fence could be further strengthened by planting a live hedge

with thorny fruit plants around like Karonda (Carissa carandas).

Components of Nursery

Live FenceWooden Fence

Fence:

• Properly planned roads and paths in a nursery can beautify and

add aesthetic value and make the nursery operations easy and

economical.

• Internal Roads and Paths can be achieved by dividing the

nursery in to blocks and sections. Each road / path lead the

customer to a point of interest in the nursery area.

• However laying too many paths can cause wastage of the land

which is a very expensive resource in Nursery.

Internal Roads and Paths: :

• Need based and desired size work shed should be made from local

materials for carrying out various nursery operations throughout the

year.

Mother Plant Block: :

• The nursery should have a well-maintained healthy, pest and

disease free mother plant block or scion bank of popular varieties

obtained from a authentic and genuine source.

• The success of horticulture nursery depends upon the initial

selection of mother plants for further multiplication.

Work shed: :

Mother Plant BlockWork Shade of Nursery

Mother Plant Block & Work shed

Irrigation System: :

Irrigation System: :

Foggers in shade net of nursery Micro-irrigation in ornamental nursery

• The office building is constructed at a place desirable for receiving

guests and also convenient for supervising the day to day nursery

activities.

• The office building may be suitably decorated with attractive

photographs of plants propagated in the nursery.

• A store room of suitable size is needed for storing poly bags, tools

and implements, packaging material, labels, pesticides, fertilizers

etc.

Office cum Stores: :

• Potting mixture determines the growth of nursery plants. Different

potting mixtures are used for different purposes.

• Potting mixtures can be prepared by mixing fertile red soil or river

bed soil with pH value of 6.5 to 7. The potting mixture is prepared

by mixing soil, rotten FYM/leaf mold and sand in 2:1:1 proportion.

Super phosphate must be added for better decomposition and

solubilization.

• The potting mixture must be prepared well in advance and may be

kept near the potting yard, where potting or bag filling is done.

Potting Mixture and Potting Yard::