Soil moisture retention curves which illustrate the relationship between the percentage of soil moisture by weight and matrix potential of a soil. These ...
Irrigation in the nursery is usually provided by an atomizer, watering can, percolation method, flooding, border/strip, furrow, sprinkling method, and drip ...
Soil texture and depth, depth of root development and soil moisture content govern the amount of water to be applied in any irrigation. To irrigate a nursery ...
Determining nursery water requirements Before a new nursery is established, it is essential to estimate or calculate the water requirements for all ...
Water quality is defined in terms of the elemental composition and concentration of salts dissolved in the irrigation water. The ratio of precipitation to ...
The various after care operations to be performed in a commercial forest nursery are discussed below: Irrigation Water management may be defined as the ...
Good records help the nursery official to use experience to improve planning resulting the efficiency of the nursery. This is especially important for new ...
Calendar of operations It is easiest to calculate the amount of labour required by making a calendar of operations. By making a comprehensive calendar that ...
One of the major constrains on nursery plans in the past has been the availability of seed as fixed by the collecting season, in relation to the time needed ...
A good planning is necessary for the supply of good quality plants of various species in specified number in the planting season from mid-June to the end of ...
One of the most important reasons for the poor quality of the plants produced in many nurseries is the poor quality of the potting mixture. Much more ...
The species which cannot be planted out with naked roots are sown or transplanted in some kind of plant containers which ensures minimum disturbance to the ...