Protected nursery

• Prepare the nursery area of 3 cents with slanting slope of 2 % for the seedling production to cover 1 ha.
  
  
• Cover the nursery area with 50 % shade net and cover the sides using 40 / 50 mesh insect proof nylon net.
  
  
• Form raised beds of 1 m width and convenient length and place HDPV pipes at 2m interval for further protection with polythene sheets during rainy months.
  
  
• Mix sterilized cocopeat @ 300 kg with 5 kg neem cake along with Azospirillum and phosphobacteria each @ 1 kg.
  
  
• Approximately 1.2 kg of cocopeat is required for filling one protay. 300 protrays (98 cells) are required for the production of 29,000 seedlings, which are required for one hectare adopting a spacing of 90 x 60 x 45 cm in a paired row system.
  

• Sow the treated seed in protrays @ 1 seed per cell.
  
  
• Cover the seed with cocopeat and keep the trays one above the other and cover with a polythene sheet till germination starts.
  
  
• After 6 days place the protrays with germinated seedlings individually on the raised beds inside the shade net.
  
  
• Water with rose can everyday upto seed germination. Drench with 19:19:19 @ 0.5% (5g/l) at 18 days after sowing.