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The Gardening Library

1. Introduction

This thread will collect useful reference documents about gardening. Topics include vegetative propagation, seedling and plant care, soil management, fertilization and other relevant subjects. For documents specifically about Seeds or Seed Propagation please refer to The Seed Library, and for either sharing or finding specific plants information, please visit the Botanical Information section.

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3. Index of Contents

- Manual - Tree Nursery Establishment for Small Holder Farmers

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Manual - Tree Nursery Establishment for Small Holder Farmers
Fransiskus Harum, Søren Moestrup (Copenhaguen University, 2010)

CONTENTS
1.     Reasons for Establishing your own Nursery
2.    Where should the Nursery be Established?
3.     How many Seedlings shall be Produced?
4.     How do you Establish a Small Nursery?
   4.1. How do you design a farmer nursery?   
   4.2. Equipment & material   
5.     Species Selection and Seed Handling
   5.1. Tree species selection
   5.2. How many seeds will be required
   5.3. Seed collection   
   5.4. Seed storage   
   5.5. Seed pretreatment   
6.     Nursery Management and Maintenance   
   6.1. Prepare the sowing beds   
   6.2. Seed sowing   
   6.3. Pest and desease control   
   6.4. Transfer the seedling to poly bags   
   6.5. Prepare the mixed media   
   6.6. Type of containers recommended   
   6.7. Fill the mixed media in the container   
   6.8. Placement of seedlings in nursery   
   6.9. Nursery maintenance   
   6.10. When will the seedling be ready for planting   
7.     Annual Work Plan for Nursery Establishment   
8.     Flow chart of nursery activity   

Annex 1. Manual on nursery establishment for some tree species   
Annex 2. Seed pretreatment of some tree and fruit species

   

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this manuals a nice brief checklist.... love it .... made me have a good look at my set up and see some areas that i could rethink.....its alota constant work and maintenance.... sooooo rewarding tho ..........this month ive been propagating the Brugmansias...their structure and flow is amazing.... from an artist and horticulturalists perspective is sublime....who wouldn't appreciate and adore their form reminiscent of Art Nouveau....floaty lines juxtaposed by intense textural variation xxxxx thank you for the posts...Catara

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