Resource Book on Horticulture Nursery Management

Sr
No
Particulars Quantity
Rate in
Rs
Year I Year II Year
III
Total
05 Office
Store
cum 27 sq.m. 500 13500 0 0 13500
06 Shadenet House 400 sq.m. 275 110000 0 0 110000
07 Polyhouse 200 sq.m. 500 100000 0 0 100000
08 Mist Chamber 15 sq.m. 250 3750 0 0 3750
09 Polytunnel 150 sq.m. 250 37500 0 0 37500
10 Land
2000
10 20000 0 0 20000
preparation, sq.m.
nursery beds,
internal roads,
11
pathways,
potting yard
Water Storage 1 unit - 25000 25000
Total 500750 9000 8000 517750
(Based on average prices during 2008-10)
10.2.2 Distributed Nursery Plant Production and Marketing
Types of Nursery Enterprises
The nursery enterprise comprises production of different types of plants for sale like,
fruit plants, ornamental plants, vegetable seedlings, forest trees etc. Better quality of
seedlings and grafts improves the salability of plants from the nursery. The various types
of nurseries provide employment for skilled and unskilled labor. It also makes plants
available for plantations, landscaping, and beautification.
Different types of nursery plant production can provide avenues of employment and
availability of plants through sale. It includes the following types nursery based
enterprise:
� Fruit Plants Nursery
� Ornamental Plant Nursery
� Forest Plant Nursery
� Vegetable Seedling Nursery
� Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Nursery
� Retail Nursery
� Wholesale Nursery
� Plant Library Nursery
� Landscape Gardening Consultancy
� Tissue Culture Nursery
� Secondary Hardening Nursery
� Flowering Plant Nursery
� Fruit Plants Nursery
The fruit plants nursery produces fruit plants and grafts of improved varieties for
plantations. The varieties vary with different agro-climatic zones and regions. It is
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