(a) 1. Mother Plants: Area fixed for mother plants is an important part for developing a nursery. The mother plants must be true to the type and true to the variety.
Pot Nursery: Are where pots are kept and sored.
Poly bag nursery: The propagated plants are planted in nursery beds for better growth or hardening the plants. In general, this type of nursery bed is prepared under partial shade
Ball Nursery including beds: Ball Nursery including beds of 100 m x 55 m dimension with smaller seed beds.
Workshed: The workshed of 6 m x 4.5 m with thatch roofs and locally available materials like bamboo, wood, etc. may be constructed.
Polyhouse: The polyhouse of 9 m x 4 m dimension with 90 cm, brick wall, 3.6 m tall rhombus netting with expanded metal and polythene roof supported by local materials like bamboo, wood and planks, may be constructed.
Store--office: A store--office of 6.0 m x 4.5 m constructed with locally available materials may serve the purpose.
| Space allotment | Sq. m. |
| Mother Plants | 560 |
| Nursery | 200 |
| Polybag Nursery | 350 |
| Ball Nursery including beds | 550 |
| Workshed | 27 |
| Polyhouse | 36 |
| Store office | 27 |
| Total | 1750 |
| 15% additional for passage, drainage, etc. | 260 |
| Grand Total | 2010 |
(b) While packing plants the container is neither over-packed nor loose enough allowing the contents to move about. All space should be filled up by some packing materials like straw, dried grass, etc. For long distance destinations, the ball of earth should be soaked in water and covered with a thick layer of wet moss. Only plants having a welldeveloped root system should be selected for such destinations.
Marketing of plants and planting materials is the most crucial and important part of the nursery business. The production of high quality true to the type and attractive planting materials is absolutely necessary. They must be free from pests and **** and vigorously growing.
